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  • BIGTYMER
    Junior Achiever
    • Nov 2004
    • 17066
    #1

    Power/Breaker Question

    Is it safe to flip a breaker in the rain? The panel is outdoors but in an enclosed box.

    While cleaning my fish tank water hit the surge protector and caused the power in that room to go out.
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    • DBS.US
      Geo Cities
      • Aug 2003
      • 11843
      #2
      Push it up with a stick with your hands not touching the panel
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        • Alky
          Confirmed User
          • Apr 2002
          • 5651
          #3
          Originally posted by DBS.US
          Push it up with a stick with your hands not touching the panel
          a dry stick....

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            • alias
              aliasx
              • Apr 2001
              • 19010
              #4
              Yes, insulated screwdriver trumps dry stick btw.
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                • WebCashMaker
                  Confirmed User
                  • Feb 2008
                  • 1726
                  #5
                  Originally posted by BIGTYMER
                  Is it safe to flip a breaker in the rain? The panel is outdoors but in an enclosed box.
                  YES.

                  But make sure any metal box or metal conduit is grounded.

                  You should be using a GFCI breaker outdoor.
                  Last edited by WebCashMaker; 12-13-2011, 05:17 PM.




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                    • Mr Pheer
                      So Fucking Banned
                      • Dec 2002
                      • 22083
                      #6
                      You should have you fish tank stuff plugged into a GFCI outlet. The same kind of outlets that should be in your bathroom near the sinks or bath tub. It could just save your life one day if you've got your hands in the tank and something electrical falls in, and at the least it wont throw your breaker. You just press the reset button on the outlet. Costs about $10 at most hardware stores.

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                        • alias
                          aliasx
                          • Apr 2001
                          • 19010
                          #7
                          GFCI with a power strip with another breaker that is set up to employ a drip loop between the aquarium and the GFCI wall outlet is probably the best practice.

                          Still doesn't help if his main or sub-panel is outside for whatever reason.
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                            • BIGTYMER
                              Junior Achiever
                              • Nov 2004
                              • 17066
                              #8
                              Thanks everyone! I'm alive.

                              Flipped the switch and it did nothing. I ran up to Lowes and bought another breaker and that fixed it. Installed it in the pouring rain with a towel over me and the panel.

                              I will buy a GFI.

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                                • Operator
                                  So Fucking Banned
                                  • May 2009
                                  • 2419
                                  #9
                                  The air works like the oceans except more locally.

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                                    • raymor
                                      Confirmed User
                                      • Oct 2002
                                      • 3745
                                      #10
                                      Originally posted by Alky
                                      a dry stick....
                                      I once touched an electric fence with a three foot stick. I will not do THAT again.
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                                        • Mr Pheer
                                          So Fucking Banned
                                          • Dec 2002
                                          • 22083
                                          #11
                                          Originally posted by LightSpeed
                                          The air works like the oceans except more locally.
                                          Yeah thats why fish are swimming all around us.

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                                            • marlboroack
                                              So Fucking Banned
                                              • Jul 2010
                                              • 9327
                                              #12
                                              What kind of fish do you have? ICQ me

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