The house caught fire, the tank exploded...

[finksmart]

Not mine but this dude's tank fried due to electrical fire.

http://reefcentral.com/forums/showthread.php?s=&threadid=1612159

 

[2slo4me]

wow that sucks... people should also remember to get the fire extingishers with the foam not water cause electrical fires plus water is no bueno...

sad situation... not too long ago a power surge went bad on my tank... it electricuted the **** outta me all u saw were sparks coming out of all the outlets but to prevent a fire i pulled the plug real quick... at least all my live stock was ok...

 

[mckostya]

pretty sad. what are the precautions people use to prevent this?

 

[PolandSpring]

RIP - deuce the lion, penny wise the evil maroon clown, melvin the niger trigger, and leonard the sailfin.

 

[Chiefmcfuz]

wow that sucks... people should also remember to get the fire extingishers with the foam not water cause electrical fires plus water is no bueno...

sad situation... not too long ago a power surge went bad on my tank... it electricuted the **** outta me all u saw were sparks coming out of all the outlets but to prevent a fire i pulled the plug real quick... at least all my live stock was ok...

Wrong. While the Co2 or "Foam" type extinguishers are better than water for some types of fires, electricity may still conducted through it therefore you should have a dry powder extinguisher on hand for all types of fires with the exception of magnesium which requires a special type of extinguisher. Either way your tank will be toast.

 

[skene]

You would hope that a person doesn't have enough magnesium close to a fire to ignite. That would be a sad situation that would extend very quickly to lower floors.

 

[2slo4me]

Wrong. While the Co2 or "Foam" type extinguishers are better than water for some types of fires, electricity may still conducted through it therefore you should have a dry powder extinguisher on hand for all types of fires with the exception of magnesium which requires a special type of extinguisher. Either way your tank will be toast.

thanks for correcting me i should have elaborated...

the type of extingisher u need for electrical fires are called CLASS C .... IN THE USA.

it has a substance called PKP or purple-k and is mainly used for flammable liquid fires but it has proven effective against electrical fires.

 

[woodman]

haylon gas extingisher works all fires.

 

[rookie07]

penny wise the evil maroon clown

Anyone else get that reference?

 

[SevTT]

haylon gas extingisher works all fires.

Halon. And it doesn't work against many chemical fires (specifically, exothermic reactions that generate their own oxidizers, like pyrotechnics and such.) Or thermite. But then, there's not much that works on thermite. Though halon will generally prevent the fire from spreading to things that can't burn without oxygen.

On the other hand, when you clear the halon, the things that've been heated by whatever's burning can sponaneously catch fire as the level of O2 in the air rises.

 

[sjsoto]

Always Have A Bag Or Two Of Sand For Certain Types Of Fires...