Power Center

[discretekarma]

I can't afford to make a power center like Dandy but I wanted to see if anyone saw any flaws on what I did make. I mounted a pressure treated board to the side of my tank with lock line links behind each screw as spacers. I zip tied these power strips to the board and then put a drip loop on each cord.

 

[EBR]

Looks fine to me -- I've got four of those in my stand :-)

[discretekarma]

I actually have those two in the picture and then I have one more on the other side of my stand so that I don't need to have any cords going from one side of my stand to the other.

 

 

Looks fine to me -- I've got four of those in my stand :-)

[jason the filter freak]

Be sure to watch your drip loops

[discretekarma]

What do you mean to watch my drip loops?

 

Be sure to watch your drip loops

[jamesbuf]

Just make sure to have some of the wired dip down under the power center before plugging in. The white power cord looks like it needs a drip loop. Water could run down the cord and get directly to the surge protector.

[discretekarma]

Good call. The white one is a small fan right over the tank blowing towards the ballasts. I'm unplugging it now since it's too short to put a drip loop in place and could very easily drip. I'll have to look for a fan with a longer cord since I don't think it would be good to put an extension cord in the middle of the loop.

 

Just make sure to have some of the wired dip down under the power center before plugging in. The white power cord looks like it needs a drip loop. Water could run down the cord and get directly to the surge protector.

[treesprite]

I had that problem and ended up wrapping duct tape around the connections - easier than trying to find something with a longer cord