Would you consider this a fire hazard?

[TheOne]

One day I'm going to organize my wiring. Just not today, lol.

 

[C. Eymann]

Just make sure every submerged device (heaters, pumps etc) has a drip loop and you should be okay for now.

 

[TheOne]

Yeah, about that. I was cleaning the tank the other day with my arms all the way in and water ran straight down to the gfci and tripped it. Almost gave me a heart attack when the built in siren went off. What's worse is I wired up the gfci outlets and I don't have a clue what I'm doing, ha.

At lease now I know they work. Who needs the self test button, ha.

 

[sarcophytonIndy]

I've seen worse

 

[Paul B]

It looks much better than mine, and I am an electrician

 

[TheOne]

There is just so many devices to plug up and a ton of power bricks. I have roughly 25+ devices to run this one 750xxl.

 

[TheOne]

It looks much better than mine, and I am an electrician

I added an extra breaker and ran 14 gauge wiring across the house and still managed to hook it up as 240v. Luckily I only fried a power outlet and not my Apex. My dad is a retired electrician and made me send him pictures over the phone and told me how to rewire it. At first he told me he would come by the next day and wire it up but I'm stubborn and wanted to do it myself. Luckily I didn't burn the house down, ha.

 

[LadyMac]

Looks better than mine lol.
Don’t judge, I’m figuring it out.

 

[Saltyreef]

Ya weve all been there before.
My last SNAFU was when doing a water change, i accidentally dumped about a gallon of salt water on top of my two smart APC 1500s. They immediately let me know that was a bad idea by arcing and shorting out. To my surprise, after they dried out for 2 weeks, they work flawlessly. (Verified with a meter and test loaded up overnight in the middle of my cement garage floor lol)
And ive since redone the wiring but still not happy lol.

 

[djray77]

I hear ya, I'm still trying to figure out what to do with this mess lol.

 

[Paul B]

Extension cords tangled up all over the place is not dangerous. Ugly maybe, but not dangerous. Not illegal either.

The fires start when we plug things into those household cords that draw more power than the cords were designed for.

Those cords use #18 wire so you can use about 10 amps on it. Even on that the cords may get a little warm but it's still safe. But if you plug that cord into another cord that has something else plugged into it, you need to up grade your fire insurance as that will start a fire.

 

[TheHarold]

CoralVue is going the right direction with their WaveEngine. One power supply for many pumps.

I considered making a single power supply for my 6 radions on one tank, but cutting the cords would kill the resale value. Its tricky.

 

[TheOne]

CoralVue is going the right direction with their WaveEngine. One power supply for many pumps.

I considered making a single power supply for my 6 radions on one tank, but cutting the cords would kill the resale value. Its tricky.

I will definitely be going that route. I have 4 kessil power bricks and 3 mp40 power bricks now.

Trying to talk myself into organizing this mess today, lol.

 

[secret_reefer337]

and I thought I'm the worse!

 

[ca1ore]

I built a ‘bay’ into my tanks light hood to hold all the power bricks for my excessive number of lights. It’s a rats nest, but out of sight and no way for them to get leaked on.

 

[TheOne]

OK, my OCD is getting the best of me. Be back later with an updated pic.

 

[Waynerock]

It’s pretty amazing what a little peg board and some zip ties will do. Got all my power bricks secured and Nero controllers zip tied to it and let me tell ya very little effort for a big reward. Plus now my wife can vacuum behind the tank now and she is happy.

 

[TheOne]

From this....

 

[TheOne]

To this....Hey, It's a start.

 

[LadyMac]

Now come do mine?
It looks really good.