Rogger Castells
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That is funny, I am also the same way with the internet. Incredible how addictive it is.
GFI!
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That is funny, I am also the same way with the internet. Incredible how addictive it is.
Young Frankenstein
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I don't want to try to scare anyone here, but I thought about posting this last week but said to myself nope... a fellow electrician died inside an attic, doing a side job Sunday before the Christmas holiday. I found about it because the home owner was looking for a contractor to turn his electricity back on after FPL shut down the house for a week. Horrible for everyone involved in this drama. Electricity is no Joke people, thank the GFI that tripped and look to why it did trip, there may be a reason, maybe it saved you from coming back home to a burned house, that would be horrific compared to finding the fish or corals dead, maybe it did save someones live, perhaps a fire fighter etc, or maybe your own live. ELECTRICITY CAN KILL. Have at least 1 GFI for the pump separate !!! and all will be OK 
PLEASE !!!!!!!!
PLEASE !!!!!!!!
db_triggerfish
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<a href=showthread.php?s=&postid=11523032#post11523032 target=_blank>Originally posted</a> by 0 Agios
Electricity is no Joke people, thank the GFI that tripped and look to why it did trip, there may be a reason, maybe it saved you from coming back home to a burned house, that would be horrific compared to finding the fish or corals dead, maybe it did save someones live, perhaps a fire fighter etc, or maybe your own live. ELECTRICITY CAN KILL. Have at least 1 GFI for the pump separate !!! and all will be OK
I was going to run my own line through the attic a couple of months ago, but i feel wisely decided not to do it myself. I remember the fire fighter that died last year working in his attic. Here is the link:
http://www.nbc6.net/news/9733466/detail.html?subid=10101481
Paul B
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O Agios is correct. Although you will probably not die from a shock in your tank, you could. I have been an electrician for 40 years (retired last week) and I have put enough guys in ambulances from shocks and I have picked up a couple that diden't make it. It's a stupid very fast mistake that makes all the difference. I only have one GFI on my tank and even if it trips I never lost anything because of it and my tank is much older than any ones here. If I was concerned I would put two or three GFIs on there.
Paul
Paul
Young Frankenstein
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Beleve me ............ after a good shock, you will either install GFIs or get rid of your tank I can gurantee that 
I can gurantee that
Young Frankenstein
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Paul always good to see you.
Young Frankenstein
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Good luck with your retirement Paul........maybe its time for you to think about South Florida warm weather land let me know if you are
warm weather land let me know if you are
Paul B
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O Agios, even though I retired I worked every day so far including two saturdays and I never work saturdays.
It's just that there is so much money out there and you really can't take advantage of it until you retire. There is no money in a regular full time job.
Now I just do the jobs I like and most of them do not involve electric, but if they did I would use GFI's
It's just that there is so much money out there and you really can't take advantage of it until you retire. There is no money in a regular full time job.
Now I just do the jobs I like and most of them do not involve electric, but if they did I would use GFI's
reefsahoy
I can see thru you!
you guys know that GFI needs changing every so often. Yes they do go bad afterawhile. read this http://www.naturalhandyman.com/iip/infelectrical/infgfi.html
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