My dog chewed through my Metal Halide cord what do I do??? No Joke!

[Palmettopark]

My dog has chewed all the way through my 150 watt sunpod metal halide light fixture on my nano reef tank. Im assuming that with no light the corals will die very soon. How do I go about getting this repaired or does it have to be replaced. Help me please.

 

[stevem650]

I dont think it would need to be replaced if there is still wire that can be spliced back together. I live in Boca and if you want you can give me a call and I would be happy to help you repair it. cell# 3025336.... Steve

 

[NanoKat]

Depending on the corals you have, they probably won't die if you go a day or so without lights. I went for 5 days (after Wilma) without a light on my nano which had predominantly softies in it and they all came back fine. I don't know about sps though...I'm sure a bit more sensitive...but then, sometimes there are cloudy days over the oceans.

 

[nyvp]

yes all you need to do it go to home depot and get some wire nuts ( yellow) and go black to black. white to white and green/copper to green/copper Twist them tight together with a pr of pliers (color to color) and cap them with the wirenuts. If you want you can use black tap to keep them apart. Very easy. email me if you need help


Oh btw hope the puppy is ok

 

[sammie]

Solve the origional problem---shoot the dog. JK

 

[Palmettopark]

Puppy is OK I do have wires, wire nuts and electric tape to splice everything together. Will there be any issues when spliced back together with it fireing and working 100%?

 

[Palmettopark]

how about putting a new plug where the wires were cut. Difficult or easy?

 

[bckane]

Instead of the wire nuts if you want to make it look neater. Pick up a male and female plug and wire them in.

 

[E-A-G-L-E-S]

<a href=showthread.php?s=&postid=9092926#post9092926 target=_blank>Originally posted</a> by Palmettopark
how about putting a new plug where the wires were cut. Difficult or easy?

simple....splice the wires to get enough for a good contact and either plug'em or wire nut them together....good as new except shorter and chewed through

 

[ek9vboi]

The correct and most safest way to do this would be:

-Make a clean cut on both ends of the wire.
-Strip the 2 wires on both ends, half and inch should be fine.
-Slide on the shrink wrap.
-Get the soldering iron ready along with the solder
-Twist the wires according to color
-Solder then up and slide the shrink wrap up... heat that up and its fixed. No worries about any rigs coming loose or it catching on fire.

Second best way to do it is to get a new plug and just create a plug from where the end of the wire connected to the MH ends.

Thrid, get two butt connectors and then strip the wires. Connect them together and then use electrical tape around the butt connectors to make sure nothing will catch on fire or anything.

 

[E-A-G-L-E-S]

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[45commando]

Before you splice the wires together you may want to go ahead & sheath them in some metal conduit.It will save your tank & the pup's life,should he decide to chew on the wires in the future.HD & Lowes sell regular electrical conduit that you can run your wiring through.Even some PVC piping would would work,if you just can cover the area where the pooch can get to.Wire nuts &/or crimp connectors will work fine,you don't need to solder the connections.HTH

 

[nyvp]

true best way would be to put two romex connectors and a gang box

 

[bckane]

This is what I was taking about

 

[Palmettopark]

Im thinking just one male plug on the end that goes to the wall. I just need to figure out which wires go to which prong on the male socket. Colors are green, white, and black. This fixture should have a detachable power cord. The LED's are on seperate cords (chewed through too but replaceable) that plug into the unit in seperate sockets. Why wouldnt they make the main power cord that way too?


EDIT: Oh yeah I spliced everything together last night and pluged into timer. I fired this morning no problems, but I need a male plug to have this thing right.

 

[bawla47]

palmetto. i would strongly advise hiding any exposed wires and protect any that cant be hidden away.

my rottweiler pup chewed on 1 of my wires before, and ended up getting shocked really bad. had problems breathing and was coughing blood. If its bad enough, they can even go into a seizure, sometimes as much as 4 hours later.

 

[bckane]

Easy
Green goes to the round pin
White goes to the bigger pin
Black to the small pin

someone correct me if Im wrong

 

[Palmettopark]

Well I added a new three prong plug to the end of this fixture. Thank you very much for all the help. Turns out adding a plug to a light is a very easy process. Thanks for the help. Nick