[DeTomaso] NPC - electric motors

[wkooiman at earthlink.net]

Thanks to all that responded.  I appreciate the information.

I'm going to start with a kill-a-watt to see how much it is pulling.  If nothing else, it looks like a fun tool.

I already tried running an extension cord to another outlet (different breaker).  It popped too, so I figured it wasn't the breaker.  I still might change the breaker.  It sometimes popped before the power outage.  That would have been useful information before loading 2 tons of salt water in the tank.

Once again, the list has proven to be a valuable asset to the Pantera community.  If I had bought a Ferrari instead of a Pantera, I'd probably be selling the fish tank right now.  If I had bought a Vette, I'd probably be draining the fish tank so I could use it to store my leisure suits.

>-----Original Message-----
>From: detomaso-bounces at realbig.com [mailto:detomaso-bounces at realbig.com] On
>Behalf Of Will Kooiman
>Sent: Monday, March 23, 2009 12:56 AM
>To: Pantera List
>Subject: [DeTomaso] NPC - electric motors
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>No Pantera content, but I hope you guys can help - especially the electrical
>engineers.
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>When the hurricane hit the Houston area last September, we were without
>electricity for about a week.  Our neighbor had a generator, so we used it
>to keep our aquarium alive.
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>About a week after electricity came back, we started popping breakers - just
>the breaker with the aquarium pump.
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>At first, it would only pop when the lights and chiller were both on.  After
>a while, it would pop if I plugged it in with anything else running.  We ran
>it for quite a while with an extension chord to an outlet on another
>breaker.  Right now, we're using the protein skimmer pump for circulation.
>It doesn't pop breakers, but it doesn't really circulate the water enough.
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>Is there a chance that the generator sent dirty electricity to the pump and
>burned it up?  It still works, but it seems to be pulling a lot more
>current.  How do you measure household current?
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>This is a large tank - about 450 gallons.  The main circulation pump is not
>small (too lazy to look at 1am).  I don't want to buy a $300 pump if I don't
>need it.
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>NPC, but at least I didn't start another cooling or aerodynamics thread.
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