Children Feeding Fish

[madmom]

This electrical dumdum would like to know what a GFCI is. :stupid:

 

[JDonner]

This electrical dumdum would like to know what a GFCI is.

http/www.google.ca/search?hl=en&q=gfci&meta=

 

[MHunt]

I don't but my ring main's got a breaker on it, as has the supply to my house, so there is protection there if needs be.

I wouldn't call a breaker great protection againts electrocution...

My tanks are 3 foot+ high so she can't reach them and there is no visible wires.

That's no reason not to get a GFCI...

You'd still get a bit of a belt even with a ground fault circuit interrupter, just a very short one. More importantly, make sure that no water can enter the mains wiring, wall sockets or extension blocks etc.

Anyway this is a bit off topic.

 

[madmom]

thank you. I checked after looking at the link and found I do have them and luckily the tank is plugged into one. Learned something new.

 

[sunpirate2u]

I'm 12 and I have very healthy tanks.(I know I'm young ) I also know a lot and still learning too lol.

 

[JDonner]

You'd still get a bit of a belt even with a ground fault circuit interrupter, just a very short one.

Yeah, yeah, that's smart, creating doubts about GFCI. Now you can be sure that those who don't have one won't ever buy one because they might get a short shock.

 

[Rhiannon]

My food is up nice and high so my daughter who is also 2 cannot reach it. I know if she could get her hands on it, she would. You gotta love kids though for all the silly things they do!

 

[MHunt]

You'd still get a bit of a belt even with a ground fault circuit interrupter, just a very short one.

Yeah, yeah, that's smart, creating doubts about GFCI. Now you can be sure that those who don't have one won't ever buy one because they might get a short shock.

A short one is better than a long one. Anyway the point (that you really want me to say) is it is better to use one, it also protects against faults in the devices connected to it, tripping if it becomes dangerous. GFCI is so cryptic, no one knows what one is without googling it! I had to. I prefer to use the term Circuit Breaker, same as you should use with power tools and electric tools in the garden.

Back on topic now, the tank appears to be ok now. With only two neons lost I guess I got off quite lightly. I think i have a decent male and female neon left, so I may try and breed them to increase the school size when i'm finished raising my bronze cory's. It's more interesting and satisfying than getting them from a shop! The food for the tank has been put in a cupboard well out of my littleun's reach for now, and I have been encouraging him to feed the tank with what I give him on occasion, hopefully he'll learn something constructive from now on!

 

[CruX]

hopefully he'll learn something constructive from now on!

Definitely, mine used to always have the lid up and the amount of cutlery we had to chuck that found itself in the tank was unbelievable, that was one main reason for the bigger tank for us, harder to reach, now he is older and can reach the worse thing he has ever done is bugger my lighting cycle up by altering the timer, he does like to lift the hatch and 'look down' on the fish though, must be a superiority complex.

 

[JDonner]

I prefer to use the term Circuit Breaker, same as you should use with power tools and electric tools in the garden.

A circuit breaker and GFCI are two different things. Not knowing what a GFCI is is less confusing then naming things the wrong way.

 

[MHunt]

I prefer to use the term Circuit Breaker, same as you should use with power tools and electric tools in the garden.

A circuit breaker and GFCI are two different things. Not knowing what a GFCI is is less confusing then naming things the wrong way.

* Receptacle Type: This type of GFCI is used in place of the standard duplex receptacle found throughout the house It fits into the standard outlet box and protects you against "ground faults" whenever an electrical product is plugged into the outlet. Most receptacle-type GFCls can be installed so that they also protect other electrical outlets further "down stream" in the branch circuit.

* Circuit Breaker Type: In homes equipped with circuit breakers rather than fuses, a circuit breaker GFCI may be installed in a panel box to give protection to selected circuits The circuit breaker GFCI serves a dual purpose - not only will it shut off electricity in the event of a "ground-fault," but it will also trip when a short circuit or an overload occurs Protection covers the wiring and each outlet, lighting fixture, heater, etc. served by the branch circuit protected by the GFCI in the panel box.

* Portable Type: Where permanent GFCls are not practical, portable GFCls may be used One type contains the GFCI circuitry in a plastic enclosure with plug blades in the back and receptacle slots in the f rant. It can be plugged into a receptacle, then, the electrical product is plugged into the GFCI. Another type of portable GFCI is an extension cord combined with a GFCI. It adds flexibility in using receptacles that are not protected by GFCls.

I have two of the above GFCI's in my house the portable type i use with tools in the garden, and all the circuits in my house are protected by circuit breakers in the fuse box, in fact the incoming supply to my house has a breaker on it too. I am happy I am adequately protected, and modern building regulations would require the circuit breaker type of GFCI to be installed instead of traditional fuses

 

[CruX]

I was under the impression that every house in the UK should have adaquate circuit breaking protection in the fuse box.
Our box trips at the ping of a light bulb, incidentally my kitcken flooded recently dues to the seal on the dishwasher waste pipe being a little out of position, the water dripped onto a socket and tripped it immediately. I was trying to unplug the wet sockets at the time and never received a belt. Although I once was repairing a broken PC and was told the PSU was dead and was unplugged anyway, as it happens it wasn't and it felt like my chest bent in two. Not as bad as the time I was rigging on masts and someone had illigally run a power cable up the mast, the mast was being removed so everything was to be removed, I cut into the cable and took a nasty blast, there was a guy who was stood at the foot of the mast who was shocked too, presumably as I was holding the metal work as I cut the cable. ouch

 

[MHunt]

I was under the impression that every house in the UK should have adaquate circuit breaking protection in the fuse box.
Our box trips at the ping of a light bulb, incidentally my kitcken flooded recently dues to the seal on the dishwasher waste pipe being a little out of position, the water dripped onto a socket and tripped it immediately. I was trying to unplug the wet sockets at the time and never received a belt. Although I once was repairing a broken PC and was told the PSU was dead and was unplugged anyway, as it happens it wasn't and it felt like my chest bent in two. Not as bad as the time I was rigging on masts and someone had illigally run a power cable up the mast, the mast was being removed so everything was to be removed, I cut into the cable and took a nasty blast, there was a guy who was stood at the foot of the mast who was shocked too, presumably as I was holding the metal work as I cut the cable. ouch

Oh i've had a couple of decent belts in my time. A couple of times while replacing the power supply in an AV switcher, had it plugged into the mains, and touched the live back end of the IEC socket. Put a couple of nice burns on my little finger. Another unexpected one, if your gas hob takes the power for the ignition spark from the mains, don't put your hand near it when you press the ignition switch. I've done that a couple of times while trying to clean it and that one stings too.

 

[Rob.S]

Yeah but it's all worth it when they look up and say 'I love you daddy!'

Which probably means they've done something they shouldn't

 

[CruX]

Another unexpected one, if your gas hob takes the power for the ignition spark from the mains, don't put your hand near it when you press the ignition switch. I've done that a couple of times while trying to clean it and that one stings too.

I have one of them sudden urges to try this. Must resist.

Yeah but it's all worth it when they look up and say 'I love you daddy!'

Which probably means they've done something they shouldn't

Indeed. Usually comes with fluttering eyes. Just trying to get the little buggers to bed and the eldest just told me 'I'm not tired, I'm hyperactive'