Tunze leaking current
- Thread starter thrlride
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How did you get these results? I am mainly puzzled because the 6100's run on 20V so it should not be possible to get a result above 20V. If you want to send them in I can test them, we use a Borg Warner Fault Current Alarm which basically just gives us a yes/no answer on whether stray voltage is present but it has to excede 12V, most electronics will produce some stray voltage but it should be miniscule amounts. We also would run a test on watt meter and this would show a greater amount of power is being consumed then is normal, if you have losses the demand would have to be higher than normal.
thrlride
Aka lemmywinks
this is odd, I plugged the pump in and touched the water and felt a shock. I then checked the voltage by setting the meter to AC 200 volts and put the black lead on ground (the bottom of an outlet) and then put the red lead in the tank. That's when it read like 60.0. I made this post and then tried again a few mintues later and now it only says 3 volts and it doesn't shock me like it did though I do feel a tingle in a cut on my finger.
I would try the same test but with each seperate pump in a bucket by itself. Such a test may not be conclusive though because older houses often have faulty grounds, or ground/neutral reversals or any thing on the same circuit leaking current to ground. The single most common cause of shocks in an aquarium from my experience is lighting. Just the iar being very moist or a fine trail of salt from a socket or end cap is enough.
