plecoperson said:'cause I'm lazy and want to devote the time saved to making sure the fish are safe.
plecoperson said:'cause I'm lazy and thats it.
so like if there was an electrical current going through the water, wouldn't the fish be dead???
Are fish easily electrocuted or are they easily protected since they aren't grounded
kind of like a bird can land on an electric fence without being shocked unless the bird is heavy enough that the wire droops and touches the actual fence
'cause I'm lazy and thats it.
Weasel F. said:Ya'll all are forgetting one key fater here. It' not watts that kill it's volts.a 50 watt heater only produces 5 volts of eletricite. And that's just like graping a hold of your lawn mowers spark plug wire. it's going to knock the *beep* out of you but it's not going to kill you.
I've had a heater brake in the tank before and all the fish where laying on the bottom. I stuck my hand in the tank to see if I could see or find the proplum was. I very very quickly pulled it out. But then as soon as i unpluged the heater. The fish started swimming again. It's just enough current to make pee your pants but no where near enought to kill you.
chotie said:BillD said:Kind of blows the common misconception that water is a good conductor of electricity. It isn't.
what? water is one of the best conducters of electricty. just because a light fixture fell in and nothing happen does not prove anything but luck 8)
BillD said:chotie said:BillD said:Kind of blows the common misconception that water is a good conductor of electricity. It isn't.
what? water is one of the best conducters of electricty. just because a light fixture fell in and nothing happen does not prove anything but luck 8)
If the water was a good conductor, the contacts would have shorted out and the light would have gone off. It stayed lit, in both cases, until I pulled the plug. You can run a small voltage motor in FW with out a problem. If water was a good conductor, it would short out. SW is a different story as it is conductive.
chotie said:BillD said:Kind of blows the common misconception that water is a good conductor of electricity. It isn't.
what? water is one of the best conducters of electricty. just because a light fixture fell in and nothing happen does not prove anything but luck 8)
BillD said:0.006 amps can kill a man at a high voltage!Weasel F. said:A 50W heater would draw about .5 amps, but if the wire is exposed, that feeds the heater, you have access to the full amperage available, which is usually 15 amps.