I'm.getting shocked

[jmareef1022]

Ok so went to stick my hand in the tank and felt a shock..so unplugged everything and still felt it now when I shut off the lights it was gone....everything is plugged in atm except the mh..I just don't get how I'm getting shocked if there s no cables from the fixture in the fish tank..

 

[jmareef1022]

Plugged it back in and out touched with my finger and again...what should I do..should I completely unplug all the cables that are plugged in

 

[chimmike]

well, here's the deal.

when you said you shut everything off you still felt a shock, then you shut off the lights and it was gone.

So....you narrowed your problem down to the lights. Your lights are somehow getting stray current into the tank.

 

[goliwala]

I was getting shocked by my cheap eBay LEDs that were mounted in the canopy. I guess salt over time provided a path to the tank. I used a little grounding probe from Amazon and no more shocks. Just make sure grounding probe is directly plugged into a wall outlet.

 

[jmareef1022]

Ok thanks everyone so it is the lights...I googled ground probe for fish tank and came across a few do you have to stick the antenna in the tank..you guys think if I unplug everything and wipe it down I could fix the problem or is it pretty much a done deal

 

[chimmike]

ground probe is a band-aid. You need to locate the source. If the light or ballast is getting current into the tank somehow that needs to be stopped/solved.

 

[Cujo]

your devices most likely share a ground, sounds like the light is inducing a voltage on the ground. If you use a GFI circuit for the tank it should be tripping.

 

[jmareef1022]

Ok so since its either the ballast or light my best bet is to probably get a new light set-up..the one I have now is oddysea mh and a few years old..just dint know what to do.I don't have a backup fixture

 

[goliwala]

ground probe is a band-aid. You need to locate the source. If the light or ballast is getting current into the tank somehow that needs to be stopped/solved.

Absolutely correct. In my case the band-aid solved the issue, you may or may not get same results.
Yes, you would need to stick one end into the tank.

 

[jmareef1022]

Will look into gfi circuit..right now they're all connected to a.m extension cord then to a time then to wall...just never had this issue.

 

[AZRippster]

Please see the attached article. Grounding probes are a very bad idea.

 

[jimmyj7090]

I used to get little shocks all the time. Eventually I realized I was barefoot on a shaggy rug.....