Help chiller is killing my livestock

[biologicalme]

I have an old jbj 1/10 arctica chiller on my 30g tank. Unfortunately its acting up on the worst of times! **** thing is leaking stray voltage and killing my livestock. I noticed my blue clam isn't opening up and all my snails were slowly dying. Some of my zoas aren't opening either. My parameters are all normal (within range) that's when I stuck my hand in the sump to maybe shut off my GFO and zap! I unplugged everything and plugged it all back in one by one with my hand in the water. When I plug in the chiller it doesn't zap me. That's until it starts running. As soon as it starts I can feel current build up.

It sucks cus I need it running now more than ever since I'm going on a week's vacation on Monday :/ anyone know a bit about chillers or could come up with a solution? Thanks

 

[Rrocky]

dang that sucks mang! whats crazy is that my tanks been having the same symptoms...im testing with API and my params come out ok, but since a lot say theyre "inaccurate" i figured a couple water changes would do the trick. but that hasnt helped at all. i think i need to check on the stray voltage thing too. i just added a BM skimmer...that could be my culprit. how bad is the zap? youre best bet is to just run a fan on a timer for the meantime. it should do enough to keep your temp in check. run it off a timer. check target for their small clip on fans!

 

[Six2seven]

no idea on what to do but man that sucks, hope you find a solution. Open it up and see if any wires are loose or touching each other.

 

[bigpaul]

I also had a stray voltage problem mine came from salt build up on my electrical plug. Everytime I plugged something in it would zap the tank so you might want to check your outlets.

 

[h0ndap0w3r]

i had my return pump leak voltage into my tank before

 

[janiners305]

I also had a stray voltage problem mine came from salt build up on my electrical plug. Everytime I plugged something in it would zap the tank so you might want to check your outlets.

++++1 I have had that happen before


Chris

 

[biologicalme]

I just cleaned the plug and connected it to a different outlet...I don't feel a current so far thanks guys!

 

[BeanMachine]

For those reading this, that is not safe using your body to test for stray voltage.

 

[biologicalme]

For those reading this, that is not safe using your body to test for stray voltage.

Yeah you're right it can be pretty dangerous. The only reason I kept testing with my hand is because I had already accidentally felt the current and realized it wasn't anything I couldn't handle. Second, whenever handling electricity you never use both hands. I'm no electrician but I know that the main reason for electrocution is a full circuit through a person's heart. You don't want the current to run from your hand, to your heart, and back to your other hand. That's why I was barefoot and kept only one hand in the water and the other behind me. If current were to flow through me, it would not create a complete circuit. Yeah I could get zapped pretty bad but not die.