Yes, I'm talking about pushing in the plugs a little more firmly. I was
getting shocked by my tank for a week, and it turned out to be the 6-way outlet
wasn't plugged in all the way. Talk about a simple fix!!!

However, if your Mag drive is defective, send it back! I had to do that myself.

You mean have the pump not submerged, and have it draw water up into it? You'd
have to hook up some type of p-trap and a vent to keep some water in the pump at
all times, and that is something I've never tried to do.

Marc


plaguebeast wrote:

Marc,

I am not sure if you are encouraging me to press the plug in harder to
allow the pins to make better contact for more voltage or better contact for
the ground pin and I am almost too scared to ask. Instead I am going to go
get a new Mag 7 and send this one back to Marine Depot on Monday.

Any idea of the other Mag drives, like a 9 or higher, can suck water from a
lower point ? I guess it would need to have a bleed valve to let the air
out.

"Marc Levenson" wrote in message
...
LoL. I would suggest that next time you have that event, try pressing all
plugs
into their respective outlets firmly and see if that doesn't make the
"shock
test" easier to perform.

Marc


plaguebeast wrote:

"plaguebeast" wrote in message
...
Can a PS generate current into the sump that it is sitting in ? Last
night
I was able to put my hand into my sump, now, 8 hours of running time
later,
I get a mild, but nonetheless unpleasant shock that does not seem to
discharge or kick my GFCI.

Any ideas ? I don't think troubleshooting this is going to be easy. I
guess
I could use a multitester with on probe in the sump, but where would I
put
the ground ? If the voltage was being caused by a regular electrical
short
then the GFCI should have tripped but it did not. So, where do I put
the
ground from the voltmeter ?




ok, never mind, seems like the problem is in the Mag 7. I swapped it
out
for another Mag 7 and it didn't shock me. What a crappy way of testing
for
the problem...ok, stick my finger in the water a little bit and see if I
feel anything, nothing ? ok, put my whole hand in, no shock, ok, found
the
problem. It was only a little shock but enough to let me know that
there is
a problem.

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