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05/02/2006, 11:30 AM
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Location: Mobile, Alabama
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Fire + Reef = Not Good!
Well, I'm done with power compacts. The third bulb caught fire yesterday. This is the third bulb in 3 different systems to catch fire. The first one was probably avoidable; I had a 65W pc on a 29g that was retrofitted into the hood. I should have put silicone around the connection to the bulb, but didn't think about it because it's an aquarium fixture; Thought it would be waterproof from the factory! I've since paid close attention to things like that, but evidently it wasn't enough....
Here's a pic.....thank God it didn't get worse. The plastic strip next to it is the cover that goes over the BRAND NEW fixture to keep water from splashing on the bulb......this fixture was totally enclosed, safe from water splashing. Dunno what happened, but I'll never spend $$$ on pc anymore. I'm going VHO from now on..... 
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-Mike from Alabama Boss: 'I'm sorry, we're going to have to let you go. You're too argumentative.' Former Employee: 'No I'm not.' Current Tank Info: 180g reef, 3g nano |
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05/02/2006, 11:33 AM
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This may not sound right, but you got lucky.
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400gals of various tanks in the same system. Current Tank Info: 2 175w MH, 2 VH0 Actinics, Lots of Live Rock, tons of copepods, a Fat Mandarin Goby, Niger Trigger, Yellow Tang, Falco Hawkfish, Bi-Color Pseudo, numerous soft, SPS and LPS Corals |
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05/02/2006, 11:33 AM
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Wow, im sorry u had to go through that.
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05/02/2006, 11:40 AM
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Rusty, I know I did.......
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-Mike from Alabama Boss: 'I'm sorry, we're going to have to let you go. You're too argumentative.' Former Employee: 'No I'm not.' Current Tank Info: 180g reef, 3g nano |
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05/02/2006, 11:43 AM
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Join Date: Dec 2004
Location: Kyushu, Japan
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I've had them crack but never catch fire. Thats simply nasty.
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Laurence Flynn 340g In-Wall Envision Tank and 150g Sump. Current Tank Info: Deltec 902, PFO hood with 3x400w Radium 20k and 4x96w PC's. Hammerhead closed loop - and 2 x Tunze 6105 (and Vortech still sucks). |
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05/02/2006, 11:49 AM
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Fish heads unite!
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Sorry about your experience Bkndsdl
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Peter SDMAS member Marine tanks since 1989. ><((((º>`·.¸¸.·´¯`·.¸.·´¯`·...¸><((((º> ·´¯`·.¸. , . .·´¯`·.. ><((((º> Current Tank Info: 240g butterfly and angel FOWLR. 15g QT. |
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05/02/2006, 12:07 PM
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Patience is a vitrue Current Tank Info: 60gal reef, 2 175 watt MH, 2 95 watt VHO Actinics, 20 gal sump; 30gal FOWLR, pair of B&W baby perculas |
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05/02/2006, 04:23 PM
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Thanks for posting pics- and letting people be aware!!
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05/02/2006, 04:40 PM
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Location: Los Gatos, California
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Can you tell me who made them so I can stay away from this brand?
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05/02/2006, 05:10 PM
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Location: Colorado
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Yea I am also intrested in the manufactor. Sorry to hear about your near miss. Do you have a GFI? Would a GFI help this situation? I have had many PC smoke, fizzle but then the bulb goes out. But nothing like that.
p.s. I too think VHO is better but I have had a VHO start on fire too, and fry the ballast at the same time :-/
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cheers, jent d-_-b Current Tank Info: 66gal = 32x24x20 |
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05/02/2006, 05:48 PM
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Location: hilton head is SC
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a friend of mines VHO's caught fire as well. i've never had problems with PC's
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05/02/2006, 05:56 PM
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Join Date: Jun 2005
Location: livermore, ca
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That Happened to me last march, only not nearly as bad. I came down stairs to the smell of burning....went to the 110gallon and opened the hood to see sparks flyin...
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-Dave- Current Tank Info: 30gal 30Lbs LR, zoanthids, green star polyps, lots of Ricordia, open brain, short tenticle plate, frogspawn, True Perc. Clown, Banded Coral Shrimp, catlina gobie; New 30 gal withScorpaena brasiliensis |
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