tfp
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thought i'd share a story for everyone to benefit from...
a couple weeks ago, my wife and i went to a margarita party for a few hours. in-laws watched over the kiddos while we were away.
upon returning, from a distance, the tank seemed extremely quiet but was still lit up and had circulation. as i approached down the hallway my socks quickly soaked up water! i knew something was wrong and immediately grabbed as many towels as possible to begin cleanup. the stand had about 1/4" of standing water and i couldn't figure out what the heck happened.
granted, i was half *ahem* drunk (and no, i didn't drive) troubleshooting was difficult and pretty much every bad word i know was used
turns out that our 2yr old unclipped the CA reactor drip effluent from the sump while we were away and about 4 gallons of water dripped into the stand until tripping one of the GFCI's. very unlike her to do something like that, but its also my fault for leaving the stand doors off during our absence. thank God i put in GFCI outlets about 2 months ago - who knows what coulda happened...
all this happened the night before our 5yr olds birthday party at 11am!
a couple weeks ago, my wife and i went to a margarita party for a few hours. in-laws watched over the kiddos while we were away.
upon returning, from a distance, the tank seemed extremely quiet but was still lit up and had circulation. as i approached down the hallway my socks quickly soaked up water! i knew something was wrong and immediately grabbed as many towels as possible to begin cleanup. the stand had about 1/4" of standing water and i couldn't figure out what the heck happened.
granted, i was half *ahem* drunk (and no, i didn't drive) troubleshooting was difficult and pretty much every bad word i know was used

turns out that our 2yr old unclipped the CA reactor drip effluent from the sump while we were away and about 4 gallons of water dripped into the stand until tripping one of the GFCI's. very unlike her to do something like that, but its also my fault for leaving the stand doors off during our absence. thank God i put in GFCI outlets about 2 months ago - who knows what coulda happened...
all this happened the night before our 5yr olds birthday party at 11am!