GZZZZT Anyone else get electricuted by your tank?

[John Rambo]

While setting up a 75 gallon with an old heater, I reached in to make an adjustment and zap. The bad thing is this was the third time in the last 3-4 years that a heater that can be fully submersed zapped me! Does this happen to anyone else or am I accident prone?

 

[Finalfire9]

Second hand heaters and aggressive fish = you feeling the power coursing thro you veins its normal

 

[Finalfire9]

I usally run triple heaters on most my larger tanks so just find the one thats getting wet somehow and take it out

 

[Oddball]

Check out this thread:

http://www.monsterfishkeepers.com/forums/showthread.php?t=246307

 

[toolbox31]

Yeah I was shocked a few times by my salt tank when I still had it running. My heater was in good shape though so I'm not really sure where the charge was coming from.

 

[gobucks1]

I shocked the crap out of myself when my inline pump and light fell in the water at the same time.

The fish were unfazed though.

 

[pupumole]

haha my hand went all numb couple times when i reached into my 180 ....must be the odyssea submersible pump... cuz my heaters were Stealth, those cant break or so i heard.

 

[John Rambo]

I reached in without seeing any signs that there was something wrong. I got zapped cuz part of the heater cord was exposed and in the water. What sucks is after I repared the cord, I banged the heater against the ground and I needed to throw it away any way.
getting shocked hurts!
getting shocked sucks!

 

[famous323]

man thanks for the input

 

[Lupin]

You know the term "electrocute" technically refers to being "shocked to death". A more appropriate term would be "shock". It happened to me countless times from metal screws of airpumps to lighting.