[orion25]

First a little background. In my kitchen there is a GFIC outlet near the sink. In the dining area where my tank is located there is a regular plug behind the tank and another one on the wall adjacent to the tank about 2 feet away. The lights and a fan are plugged into a powerstrip on the adjacent wall's plug. The pump, Wavemaster, and skimmer are on a powerstrip plugged into the other outlet. Mothing is plugged into the GFIC outlet.

Now, while I was doing a water change today the hose attached to the pump I use to drain and refil the tank got a little out of control.It sprayed the powerstrip that the lights plug into (water change pump was also plugged in here) . Well everything went dead on the tank. I immediately went and threw the main breaker. I checked the individual breakers and none had tripped. :confused

I dried everything off, swapped out the powerstrip and plugged everything back up. I flipped the breaker back on and nothing happened , the tank did not start back up. Everything else in the Apt. did though. I checked the GFIC and it had tripped. I reset it and everything came back on.

So my ? is this. Was I just lucky that I have some freaky wiring in this Apt. or is a GRIC outlet supposed to protect all outlets on it's circut. When I press the test button the tank goes off also.

Sorry for the long post but I need an answer. This scared thr @#%$ out of me.

Thanks,
Ryan:

[icemark]

GFI outlets if wired corrrectly protect all the outlets wired downstream of them.

Yes you were lucky and should be praying a thanks to the gods Ohm, Volts, and Alternating Current.