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Old 02-16-2006, 08:47 PM   #1
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Grounding Probe?


Grounding Probe A Good Idea Or A Waste Of Money?
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Old 02-16-2006, 09:40 PM   #2
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Old 02-16-2006, 09:41 PM   #3
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Good idea. Brightened up the color of my fish! My father's an electrician and put his volt meter in the water and it registered at 28! After the ground was put in, it registered at nothing.

Very helpful (it wouldn't hurt that's for sure).
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Old 02-16-2006, 10:22 PM   #4
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it would not hurt for sure, but if you are getting voltages in the tank than you have a leaky device that you should hunt down.

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Old 02-16-2006, 10:27 PM   #5
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leaky device, that's a possibliity. I don't have a sump though and I think maybe that heater puts out some voltage. Perhaps I should get a new one. Grounder helps a lot though.
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Old 02-16-2006, 10:30 PM   #6
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Just Trying To Get Some Feed Back Before I Buy It The Store Is Trying To Sell Me One Saying That I Need One. Thanks For The Feed Back.
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Old 02-16-2006, 11:32 PM   #7
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It can make a big differance!
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Old 02-16-2006, 11:44 PM   #8
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I would add a GFCI before a grounding probe; but yes, they can help avert some disasters.
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Old 02-17-2006, 02:43 AM   #9
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Run your grounding probe to a GFI plug. I think it is an invaluable peice of equipment that could save your life.
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Old 02-17-2006, 07:02 AM   #10
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The voltages can also be static charges from impellers and such.
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Old 02-17-2006, 12:14 PM   #12
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I read at one time that the grounding probes were linked to HLLE and that the stray voltage is not detrimental at all to anything in the aquarium (as nothing in there is grounded) the only thing that stray voltage can hurt is you so matbe put one in the sump if you have one but I wouldn't put it in my tank. Think about it this way would you pass a bird on an electric wire a grounding device?
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Old 02-17-2006, 02:36 PM   #13
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The main reason to have a grounding probe is to protect humans.

Running a wire from tank-->voltmeter-->ground will most certainly give you a voltage reading, but that does not mean that you have a 'stray voltage' in your tank.

If you think that you have stray voltage, the thing to do is to find the offending appliance and get rid of it.

This isn't a 'everything you ever wanted to know about grounding probes' article, but it has good points and is worth reviewing:

http://avdil.gtri.gatech.edu/RCM/RCM...ingProbes.html
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Old 02-17-2006, 03:52 PM   #14
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If you have fish there is also a danger of lateral line disease from stray voltage. Remember that a primary sensory mechanism for fish is the lateral line being able to sense other animals/objects through the use of electric pulses. if we have stray voltage (usually static) then it will interfere with this ability.
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