Electricity(current) in water
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fishnutham said:
I read the post, seems like a bunch of jibberish to me. He doesn't even know how to measure current flow in the water and just goes on about if you add a ground probe that you will induce current through the fish. I highly doubt that these companies would sell this product if it made the problem worse.
Obviously if you stick your hand in the tank and you feel a shock, you have to find and replace the defective devise that's causing it and I think that's what he is talking about. These ground probes are to eliminate small current flows given by all the electrical devises on the tank that are there all the time.
mark. said:they wouldnt sell you some thing you dont need now would they?
Not something that would kill your fish. That's just a lawsuit waiting to happen and I don't think they would risk it. I am not going to make a decision from one clown off of the internet.
i agree on the one clown thing but i read more than one thread on it and it seam it go to the side of no probe (from what i read any way) i would do google on it and find more opinons on it, no mater what you do you should use a GFCI outlet to protect you from currents in your tank that what i feel any way.people will sell what ever sells (they might not known if good or bad)
agreed i did make this post to help you not to be dissrespected with this attitude i will offer no more help in the future in fact i found 10 articles on ground probes all bad but since you think i'm posting for the hell of it go ahead dont take my advice good luck.
fishnutham said:
I appreciate your post and feedback and I don't see how I disrespected you, but if you feel that I did then I appologize. All I am saying is that I myself don't make quick decisions from reading one article off the internet. I make my decisions from hearing from people who have used the product hands on and get feedback from them. In no way did this guy's article say that he used the probes and tested them with live fish, so I take it very lightly. Just a little feedback, I have the probe in my tank now for 2 days and my fish are much calmer.
I recently won first place on my Honors Bio science project, The Electrophorus Electricus. What I basically did was measure the voltage produced by the electric eel. I used a multimeter to measure the amount of electricity. I was going to use a osscilloscope to have a vary accurate reading but oscciloscopes are very expensive and very confusing.
I hope that helps.
I hope that helps.
Ali said:I recently won first place on my Honors Bio science project, The Electrophorus Electricus. What I basically did was measure the voltage produced by the electric eel. I used a multimeter to measure the amount of electricity. I was going to use a osscilloscope to have a vary accurate reading but oscciloscopes are very expensive and very confusing.
I hope that helps.
Ali, tell us more on your project. Like how you measured it and what voltage you got from the eel? Sounds very interesting.
