Hi,
I'm excited to be getting my 340L tank next weekend but am struggling a bit in terms of what the 'best' electrical set up should be. I'm going full Fluval on the kit (FX4, Aquasky, Q2 Air Pump, E300 heater) and have been toying with all sorts of ideas. But I'm settling on:
- A portable RCD plugged into the wall socket (same sort of thing you might use outside with a lawn mower).
- A surge protector extension lead....
-... mounted on the inner wall of the cabinet under the tank (none of the cabling seems long enough to reach a nearby cupboard away from the tank unfortunately).
- And possibly housed in some sort of splashproof container if possible.
- All drip loops etc in place.
My house is only 10 years old and has the normal 30mA trip level, albeit as I understand with a longer tolerance before it trips than one of the portable devices.
The other thing I was flirting with was a battery back up to run the Q2 Air Pump (and possibly the filter) in case of a power cut, but have decided that I can add one of these later and just plug it into the surge protector under the tank at a later date.
Many thanks for any advice!
I'm excited to be getting my 340L tank next weekend but am struggling a bit in terms of what the 'best' electrical set up should be. I'm going full Fluval on the kit (FX4, Aquasky, Q2 Air Pump, E300 heater) and have been toying with all sorts of ideas. But I'm settling on:
- A portable RCD plugged into the wall socket (same sort of thing you might use outside with a lawn mower).
- A surge protector extension lead....
-... mounted on the inner wall of the cabinet under the tank (none of the cabling seems long enough to reach a nearby cupboard away from the tank unfortunately).
- And possibly housed in some sort of splashproof container if possible.
- All drip loops etc in place.
My house is only 10 years old and has the normal 30mA trip level, albeit as I understand with a longer tolerance before it trips than one of the portable devices.
The other thing I was flirting with was a battery back up to run the Q2 Air Pump (and possibly the filter) in case of a power cut, but have decided that I can add one of these later and just plug it into the surge protector under the tank at a later date.
Many thanks for any advice!