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I don't understand the stray voltage idea, where would it come from. A
voltage from the pum would short the fuse and affect all the fish surely. The fish was ok for a couple of days before twirling again. ???????? "Crashj" wrote in message news On or about Sun, 20 Feb 2005 03:55:55 +0000 (UTC), Cichlidiot wrote something like: Ignore the salt advice and go more along the lines of what Jan has posted. I believe that device is generically called a grounding wand/probe, Better yet, if you have friends in the electrician field, see if one will come over and check the pond for stray voltage. Then you can see if this is the problem or not. Adding a true ground at the outlet for the pond equipment is an excellent idea, I will do that come spring. There is no need to get fancy about it with Ti rods and all, a common copper bar about 2 feet into the ground will do fine. Your local Home Box store will fix you up with just what you need. -- Crashj |
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On Sun, 20 Feb 2005 21:04:09 -0000, "Oxymel of Squill" wrote:
I don't understand the stray voltage idea, where would it come from. A voltage from the pump would short the fuse and affect all the fish surely. Apparently not. This is what the website says about Rid-Volt” Titanium Grounding Probe: **Made of pure titanium, this specially designed probe removes "stray voltage" generated by pumps, heaters, lights and other electrical devices. A worthwhile safety device for live seafood tanks, aquariums, hatcheries, garden ponds, etc. Noncorrosive titanium probe has 10' wire lead. Simply immerse probe in water and either plug into wall receptacle or attach to grounding lug. Instructions included. ** The fish was ok for a couple of days before twirling again. Were the water parameters the same in the bucket as the pond? What was different? Or did the smaller space make it more difficult to continue this behavior (how big was said bucket? how big is fish?). ~ jan ~Power to the Porg, Flow On!~ |
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"Yabbadoo" wrote in message ... Simplest way of checking without a meter - Switch off ALL electrical devices in the pond for an hour. If your fish is still distressed, it ain't the electrics! If it IS the electrics, do NOT add more salt to the pond till you've got them fixed. Increasing the salt level will increase electrical conductivity and put more fish at risk. Depriving the pond of (elecrical) services for an hour will not cause any problem. SNIP IMHO...stop all salt. Why toss in a treatment for an unknown problem? -- BV Webporgmaster of iheartmypond.com Come post in our forums...PLEASE!!! http://www.iheartmypond.com/phpbb I'll be leaning on the bus stop post. |
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Were the water parameters the same in the bucket as the pond? What was different? Or did the smaller space make it more difficult to continue this behavior (how big was said bucket? how big is fish?). ~ jan I used pond water and the bucket stands nearby so the temperature will be close. Poor fish is obviously constricted in small space, but has a couple of lengths perhaps. In the pond he was shooting about and twirling wildly, in the salt he complained a lot and ended up upside down and very dead looking. After the salt, in new pondwater he stablised and flapped around happily just like a healthy fish in too small a sspace. He was ok in the pond for a couple of days, then started twirling again. The other fish aren't affected at all, so I don't think it's a pond problem, and I'm not putting salt in the pond. I'm going to keep him in the bucket for a longer convalescence this time, but if he twirls again in the pond I think I'll have to consider it terminal. |
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Not putting salt in the pond is a smart decision.......
On Mon, 21 Feb 2005 10:57:43 -0000, "Oxymel of Squill" wrote: === === === Were the water parameters the same in the bucket as the pond? What was === different? Or did the smaller space make it more difficult to continue === this behavior (how big was said bucket? how big is fish?). ~ jan === ===I used pond water and the bucket stands nearby so the temperature will be ===close. ===Poor fish is obviously constricted in small space, but has a couple of ===lengths perhaps. In the pond he was shooting about and twirling wildly, in ===the salt he complained a lot and ended up upside down and very dead looking. ===After the salt, in new pondwater he stablised and flapped around happily ===just like a healthy fish in too small a sspace. He was ok in the pond for a ===couple of days, then started twirling again. The other fish aren't affected ===at all, so I don't think it's a pond problem, and I'm not putting salt in ===the pond. === ===I'm going to keep him in the bucket for a longer convalescence this time, ===but if he twirls again in the pond I think I'll have to consider it ===terminal. === REMEMBER: "This is worth repeating for benefit of al newbies! Jo Ann asked Dr. Solo to remind people that while she has retired from selling GF (and sold the business to Ken Fischer http://dandyorandas.com/) she has NOT retired from helping people with sick GF and koi FOR FREE. 251-649-4790 phoning is best for diagnosis. but, can try email put "help sick fish" in subject. Get your fish at Dandy Orandas Dandy Orandas Dandy Orandas........you guys got that DANDY ORANDAS |
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A short would make the GFCI or breaker or fuse "FLIP" using the
words of one wanna be electrician.....You do not have a short, you have a potential path to another ground source and the reason it is not kicking off the circuit is there is sufficienct resistence to absorb this stray current flow (If that is what is happening) by the water in your pond and the ground around it. Its easy to find stray voltage if there is any present with a VOM but I sort of doubt thats your problem.......Normally stray voltage in water makes a fish arch up, not necessarily twirl....... On Sun, 20 Feb 2005 21:04:09 -0000, "Oxymel of Squill" wrote: ===I don't understand the stray voltage idea, where would it come from. A ===voltage from the pum would short the fuse and affect all the fish surely. ===The fish was ok for a couple of days before twirling again. === ===???????? === === ==="Crashj" wrote in message ===news8dh11tpou9f23c0jcbfc2t9njegi690es@4ax. com... === On or about Sun, 20 Feb 2005 03:55:55 +0000 (UTC), Cichlidiot === wrote something like: === ===Ignore the salt advice and go more along the lines of what Jan has posted. ===I believe that device is generically called a grounding wand/probe, === === Better yet, if you have friends ===in the electrician field, see if one will come over and check the pond for ===stray voltage. Then you can see if this is the problem or not. === Adding a true ground at the outlet for the pond equipment is an === excellent idea, I will do that come spring. There is no need to get === fancy about it with Ti rods and all, a common copper bar about 2 feet === into the ground will do fine. Your local Home Box store will fix you === up with just what you need. === -- === Crashj === REMEMBER: "This is worth repeating for benefit of al newbies! Jo Ann asked Dr. Solo to remind people that while she has retired from selling GF (and sold the business to Ken Fischer http://dandyorandas.com/) she has NOT retired from helping people with sick GF and koi FOR FREE. 251-649-4790 phoning is best for diagnosis. but, can try email put "help sick fish" in subject. Get your fish at Dandy Orandas Dandy Orandas Dandy Orandas........you guys got that DANDY ORANDAS |
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And short of my remark to add slat to increase electrolyte and increase a path for curent fdlow my post was dead on.......Read between the lines JJ. I bet you find it hard to resist all those super duper gadgets sold on TV that do miracles.......ANd once again breakers etc do not FLIP, they TRIP............and a proper working GFCI device will TRIP with minimal current flow to the wrong places.......and they are a device that does wear out and needs to be kept serviceable................. ..On Sun, 20 Feb 2005 14:04:05 -0400, Derek Broughton wrote: ===~ jan JJsPond.us wrote: === === Roy, shows he doesn't know everything, typed: === === Unnecessary derogatory comments snipped ===More salt is in order....BGotta build up the electrolytes sp a better ===cpnductive path can be had and then possibly your GFCI (if you have ===one) will "TRIP" if its a common type GFCI device if not and its an ===oddball then it will FLIP. === === Electrical devices will bleed off minute amounts of charge that won't flip === a GFCI. At least that is what this product takes care of: === === Rid-Volt” Titanium Grounding Probe www.aquaticeco.com Part # TG10 === ===I confess, I didn't go to the site to check it out, but I very much doubt ===it's worth the money. === ===Electrical devices can't "bleed off minute amounts of charge" (at least to ===the point of being hazardous) without tripping a GFI. What happens is that ===there is no path "to ground" in a typical rubber- or plastic-lined pond. ===So a pump might have a ground fault, but not trip a GFI until it gets a ===clear path to ground (e.g., you). That still shouldn't be a real problem ===as the GFI should trip before you're harmed. === ===The grounding probe just ensures that the GFI trips at the time the fault ===really occurs. However, a copper wire (in the pond) fastened to a length ===of rebar (in the ground outside the pond) should do the job as well as a ===Titanium grounding probe. Concrete or clay ponds shouldn't ever be a ===problem. REMEMBER: "This is worth repeating for benefit of al newbies! Jo Ann asked Dr. Solo to remind people that while she has retired from selling GF (and sold the business to Ken Fischer http://dandyorandas.com/) she has NOT retired from helping people with sick GF and koi FOR FREE. 251-649-4790 phoning is best for diagnosis. but, can try email put "help sick fish" in subject. Get your fish at Dandy Orandas Dandy Orandas Dandy Orandas........you guys got that DANDY ORANDAS |
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On Sun, 20 Feb 2005 13:59:52 -0800, ~ jan JJsPond.us
wrote: **Made of pure titanium, this specially designed probe removes "stray voltage" generated by pumps, heaters, lights and other electrical devices. A worthwhile safety device for live seafood tanks, aquariums, hatcheries, garden ponds, etc. Noncorrosive titanium probe has 10' wire lead. Simply immerse probe in water and either plug into wall receptacle or attach to grounding lug. Instructions included. ** That's interesting. Why not just use a GFI? That stops the circuit from operating if it loses more than 400milliamps. I've never tried it, but understand you don't even feel it when that amount of voltage is contacted. On the other hand if you are losing voltage into the water and have a nice ground rod in the water completing the circuit back to the circuit breaker box you may have about the same set up as a metal plating tank. Adding salt wouldn't be a good thing... Regards, Hal |
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"Oxymel of Squill" wrote in message ... I don't understand the stray voltage idea, where would it come from. A voltage from the pum would short the fuse and affect all the fish surely. The fish was ok for a couple of days before twirling again. ============================= I don't know much about stray voltage either. I did have a few twirlers at the same my fish were having an ulcer problem. Since we use that bacterial product that prevents the ulcers and netted our ponds - no twirlers. The nets are also beneficial for disease prevention since they keep other critters out of the ponds that may be carrying diseases from pond to pond. -- Carol.... the frugal ponder... "Where the hell is Easy Street?" Completely FREE softwa http://www.pricelessware.org/thelist/index.htm ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ |
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On Mon, 21 Feb 2005 09:33:03 -0500, Hal wrote:
That's interesting. Why not just use a GFI? That stops the circuit from operating if it loses more than 400milliamps. I've never tried it, but understand you don't even feel it when that amount of voltage is contacted. When I was first shown this device I felt "snake oil" but I don't know, I'm not an electrician. I don't use one on my ponds, but the OP had a problem where the fish got better out of the pond, yet still in the same water, so the water quality wasn't an issue. Why I suggested it. ~ jan ~Power to the Porg, Flow On!~ |
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On Mon, 21 Feb 2005 09:33:03 -0500, Hal wrote:
That's interesting. Why not just use a GFI? That stops the circuit from operating if it loses more than 400milliamps. I've never tried it, but understand you don't even feel it when that amount of voltage is contacted. When I was first shown this device I felt "snake oil" but I don't know, I'm not an electrician. I don't use one on my ponds, but the OP had a problem where the fish got better out of the pond, yet still in the same water, so the water quality wasn't an issue. Why I suggested it. ~ jan ~Power to the Porg, Flow On!~ |
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On Mon, 21 Feb 2005 11:46:00 -0800, ~ jan JJsPond.us wrote:
On Mon, 21 Feb 2005 09:33:03 -0500, Hal wrote: That's interesting. Why not just use a GFI? That stops the circuit from operating if it loses more than 400milliamps. I've never tried it, but understand you don't even feel it when that amount of voltage is contacted. They should switch at a lot less than that. Looking at some UK products http://www.toolstation.com/shop/Elec...es/d190/sd2659 (about halfway down) they switch at either 30ua or 30ma and in something like 40ms. When I was first shown this device I felt "snake oil" but I don't know, I'm not an electrician. I don't use one on my ponds, but the OP had a problem where the fish got better out of the pond, yet still in the same water, so the water quality wasn't an issue. Why I suggested it. ~ jan It's not the voltage at the fish that harms it but the voltage gradient across it. In a pond with no earth the voltage would go to whatever your mains is but it would be the same all over so there wouldn't be a current passing through the fish. With an earth spike the voltage would drop from mains to 0 between the pump (or whatever was leaking voltage) to the earth spike. If you have a trip the spike would probably cause the trip to fire sooner but if you don't have a trip I would expect the spike to cause more harm to the fish. There is a 33,000volt power line going across the field next to me and the birds happily sit on it without getting fried even though they are at 33,000 volts but there isn't any current flow. I think the spike is just 'marketing hype' but one might just help a trip to work if there is no other path to ground. Usually there is either, via an earth wire in the pump or even through a plant leaf that goes between the pond and the outside. Going slightly off topic the BS kitemark is misused quite a lot in this context. BS1363 (I think it's that one but it's a while since I dealt with them) used to be used by the marketing people to say how good their computer spike suppressor was but all it means is that the insulation will withstand 2,000 volts before electrocuting you :-) -- Regards - Rodney Pont The from address exists but is mostly dumped, please send any emails to the address below e-mail ngpsm4 (at) infohitsystems (dot) ltd (dot) uk |
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