You raise a good point. Except that everything electrical is under or next to my tank. I do not have a separate room to move stuff into, so it's all ready for the flood from H-E-double hockey sticks. All is on a GFCI, so shorts should bring electicity out of the question quickly. Equipment damage is real, tho.
Any ideas when space is limited like this? If I put the ballasts under the tank, too much heat. I also have a Little Giant 2mdx exposed under there as well.
Vigilance against plugged lines and good maintenance should help, but I'm at a loss what to do beyond what I have done so far.
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What if you put the ballast directly in the middle on top and build a wood box shaped in a "u" to hide the red, if there is sufficient support also being that close you could shorten your cords.... It looks great though!
Gary