I'd suggest you chuck all your glass heaters and stick with ONLY titanium or stainless steel heaters. I've broken too many glass ones to EVER trust them again!
F-ING BLOODY HEATER
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Yes, but unfortunately I do not have the about $550-$600 dollars it would cost me to replace all the glass heaters. I have 13 tanks up and running, that's a lot of heaters to replace.
Always make sure that your heaters at the very least, and preferably all of your nominal voltage equipment is protected by ground fault circuit interupters. Thes are available in either receptacle or circuit breaker form.
If something goes wrong with your apliance creating a shock hazard, or a leakage current to ground of more than 10 milliamps then the power is interrupted, removing the hazard. A current flow of 20 milliamps is sufficient to kill you and easily encountered from a broken heater in a fish tank full of water. If this is absolutely impossible to do (although highly unlikely) then use an isolation transformer to eliminate ground faults. With isolation transformers you will need to fuse protect individual heaters and filters seperately.
It would be worth while getting to know a local electrical contractor who can further advise you on how to make your fish room safe, both for you and your finpals. Don't take a chance with electrical safety in your fish room. If you do, your risking not only your own personal safety but also the safety of your friends and loved ones who may pay a visit from time to time...
If something goes wrong with your apliance creating a shock hazard, or a leakage current to ground of more than 10 milliamps then the power is interrupted, removing the hazard. A current flow of 20 milliamps is sufficient to kill you and easily encountered from a broken heater in a fish tank full of water. If this is absolutely impossible to do (although highly unlikely) then use an isolation transformer to eliminate ground faults. With isolation transformers you will need to fuse protect individual heaters and filters seperately.
It would be worth while getting to know a local electrical contractor who can further advise you on how to make your fish room safe, both for you and your finpals. Don't take a chance with electrical safety in your fish room. If you do, your risking not only your own personal safety but also the safety of your friends and loved ones who may pay a visit from time to time...
Don't know if they are available where you are, but have a look for Sera heaters. Very efficient and safe and come with a tough plastic guard around the glass. I won't use anything else in my tanks...and they are no more expensive than other brands as far as I've seen.
i had a heater break on me.i put my hand in the water to feel the temp. and got shocked. so what did i do? i took a doubletake cause at the time i was high and i thought i had imagined it,but no i didnt imagine it.so i took it out and since it was spring,i didnt bother to get another one.i found out that it was because my water was too low and too much of the glass heater was exposed.
remember you cant have a peice of glass be really hot on one side and freezing on the other
remember you cant have a peice of glass be really hot on one side and freezing on the other
Wasn't because of a low water level, the tank was full.
Either way, its garbage now and Bongo has fully recovered. I replaced it with a Visitherm Stealth, which if you ask me are just about the greatest heaters on the market.
Either way, its garbage now and Bongo has fully recovered. I replaced it with a Visitherm Stealth, which if you ask me are just about the greatest heaters on the market.
