I have a battery backup plugged into the wall. Plugged into that battery backup are 2 things. The LEDs for the tank, and the Reef Angel Controller. Late last week I touched the water with some metal tweezers to move something in the refugium, and my elbow to my hand tingled a little. I though it was odd, but I figured I may have bumped my funny bone on the tank so I ignored it. I did a quick search and it turns out voltage leaking is a real thing, so I broke out the multimeter a day later and sure enough the tank read 100 volts. Not good. So I went around unplugging things until I found a powerhead that seemed to do the trick. Voltage was down to 3 volts with that unplugged. So I figured all was well.
Fast forward to today. I got the multimeter out just to test and be 100% sure before I interacted with the tank. I got a reading of 33-34 volts! The suspect powerhead is physically unplugged until I can get into the tank to remove it next weekend, so what gives?
So here is the troubleshooting I did:
- Pressed the power button on the battery backup, voltage tested = 0 volts
- Physically unplugged the LEDs = 33 volts
- Physically unplugged the Reef Angel = 0 volts
- Individually unplugged and tested all 6 items being controlled, 33 volts each time
Thanks for any help