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Controversial Reefer
Does anyone know the maximum allowable amount fo leaking voltage? I tested 4 koralea and 3 via aqua pumps last night and they all leak about 5-6 Volts each. is this voltage induced because of the electromechanical nature of the design? When you add them up it starts getting excessive. When you ground your tank you create a path for votlage and current to flow. This creates a more direct flow so it's not all over teh tank but the fact of the matter is it is still there and there is really no way to predict what path it takes through the tank. Between powerheads, protein skimmer, filter and reactor I'm running 4 motors and have about 18-24V of voltage. I remember when I first started doing this I was running a lot of motors and some of them had high leakage. I remember measuring up to 45-50V in total and some things in the tank were not happy even when grounded. took me a while to figure this out.