Blowing up Heaters

[nicholas76]

Whats the likely hood of your heater exploding??

well mine did. check this out! This is how I found it in teh tank. Fish are shocked but are slowly recovering


always purchase quality people and a get a new one every few years to play it safe.

[Ben]

Geeez Nick!

thats very lucky mate!

You could have been zapped! or worse still killed your fishes!

How did it happen? and what brand of heater was it.

Ben

[nicholas76]

safety switch is always the go!

my first port of call was to totally disconnect everything before sticking my hands in the tank. It makes me wonder should I do this normally anyway, I mean this could happen to anyone whilts during a water change????

fish were gasping for air , but they slowly seem to be coming around. Still surface swimming but now they are moving more mid stream.

heater is a JOHNLEN cs035-300 Taiwan product. Appx 4 years old


NO idea how it happened. just went to do a feed this morning and saw what I saw.

[goldenpigeon]

one of my heaters started blowing up when i was doing a water change. at first i just heard cracking noises then looked down at the heater and glass was starting to fall off and the element was on.luckily i pulled the plug in time ;)

[Merrilyn]

Oh my goodness. Nick you were very lucky, and so were your fish.

That's something we should all keep an eye on.

No telling what the expected life of a heater really is.