Help with burning smell

Scoobaman17 · #1 12/07/2007, 10:02 AM

I woke up today to this really rank burning smell coming from my aqua pod. I turned everything off. Water temp is fine. Heater and two pumps look, feel, run fine. I don't know whats going on. I have not checked the water quality yet but after running the tank for another 10 minutes I pulled the heater out and it was steaming. Not sure if thats supposed to happen.

Right now I have the tank shut down. Any advice?

MalHavoc · #2 12/07/2007, 10:12 AM

Are you sure it's coming from the tank? Not a plug or something, like your power bar underneath? I had a timer cook on me once before.

Scoobaman17 · #3 12/07/2007, 10:18 AM

Yeah it's the tank. Or in the tank.

Scoobaman17 · #4 12/07/2007, 10:22 AM

Could it be from a pump that was sucking in air too much? I have a pump going to my cuctom fuge on the back that may have been halfway in the water. Water was still going to the fuge since I can see it coming back into the tank. But maybe it could have been it was running too dry?

chuppy · #5 12/07/2007, 10:25 AM

Water splashing on Mh? lol thats my excuse though.

Drew

Scoobaman17 · #6 12/07/2007, 10:30 AM

Pcs. And I just took them off and it is still coming form the tank.

Sk8r · #7 12/07/2007, 10:36 AM

Put your hand on each plug including that at the wall. Each wire. Each plug-in higher up. If you get appreciable warmth, that might help pin it down.

Scoobaman17 · #8 12/07/2007, 10:49 AM

Nope, it's for sure coming from the tank and no plugs are hot. How long can a 24 aqua pod go with no power?

mcginnisandrew · #9 12/07/2007, 11:00 AM

the other day one of my pumps was spilling water onto my some of the plugs.. it almost started a fire..

but i have no idiea what that could be, because it seems like you didnt have any sparks or anything. and one time i somehow left an old heater turned on outside of the tank, and then i put it in water, and it started steaming and it smelled bad..so idk

Scoobaman17 · #10 12/07/2007, 11:04 AM

Maybe it was just the heater. I put more water in the tank in case it was too low, I have been checking everything. The smell is starting to go away. Just scared me a bit. I can't wait to get this tank emptied into my 100 once it's done cycling.

Freed · #11 12/07/2007, 11:12 AM

Never pull a heater out of the water until you have had it unplugged for 10 minutes er so. It was steaming cause it was in the process of heating the water.

Scoobaman17 · #12 12/07/2007, 11:14 AM

Thanks for that. Never new about that part, I always new not to turn on the heater until after about 15 minutes in the water.