tired of getting shocked !!

[kesdc]

So I am doing some water testing this morning and I dip my test tubes in my sump and get the zap of my life.....trips the GFI. I immediately unplug the primary heater and the secondary heater and then the water is safe to enter....No visable damage to the heaters but they are obviously the source of stray current.

This has happened before and I replaced the heaters a couple of years ago. I was using an ViaAqua stainless steel as the primary and an Azoo titanium as a backup both controlled by an Aquacontroller 3. So I have 2 questions:

1. What is the absolute best heater on the market?
2. Do they make a voltage/current meter for aquariums and where can I get one?

thanks for your help.

-Kevin

 

[connecticut cichlids]

I like the the plastic coated black stealth heaters...

 

[mike33]

I found a cracked visitherm and had the same shocks. Can use a standard meter to see if there is current (one probe in water and one on metal outside tank-fuge light). I also bought the stealth heaters after.

 

[ilikelps]

+1 on the black stealth heaters i have two and have worked like a charm for over a year now

 

[AwkwardParrot]

get a titanium ground probe, i have 1 in every tank, and go with the a good titanium heater.

 

[patriots81]

that sounds painful. fish and corals are ok though?

 

[kesdc]

fish and corals are ok - I think cardiac rhythm is ok as well...

 

[kesdc]

I read tonight on another thread that using a grounding probe may save you from a shock but will complete the circuit with any stray voltage in the tank and turn it into current that the tank inhabitants will be then constantly exposed to.

thoughts?

 

[erbgo]

I use the ground probs and I have no probs

 

[cato]

I never use em.

 

[kesdc]

you will after the first time you get shocked.....