hood disaster pictures

[kenneth_kpe]

the ballast

http/www.fishforums.net/index.php?showtopic=63610

thats the other thread with the explenation.

well the brand was vossloh schwabe...

o ya to everybody reading this thread.. please tell me what i did wrong !! haha so insults are greatly appreciated hhaha kidding, dont make me cry pls

 

[kenneth_kpe]

the hood after the disaster

 

[MrMashashin]

if this hood was home made, you probly wired wrong or forgot to do some subber coating.

 

[Michael Roth]

That is frightening.

 

[kenneth_kpe]

im not really sure about the wiring part because it ran well for around 3 months, i just kinda ignored the heat hahahaha

and yes it was scary, good thing i was there to save it... This is a warning to everybody doing DIY, be careful!!!!!! hahaha

 

[konrad05]

That's crazy, if you weren't there, your fish would be swimming in charcoal..

I'm sure that some condensation built up in the wiring and shorted the ballast, either that or you didn't mount the ballast on a metal plate for heat dissipation

 

[kenneth_kpe]

ooooo didn't do both.... maybe thats why !!