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Question about electricity and water,
UW LEDs 5-10-09 I want to put a few LED lights inside my aquarium
(underwater) and was wondering about the connections. If both of the
leads (one positive, one negative) off of the LED are simply soldered
to an insulated wire and the connections are bare is the electricity
going to flow into the water and kill/harm my fish? If installing
underwater lights do all connections need to be sealed watertight?
<Besides irritating those fish that have some degree of electric
sensitivity (e.g., catfish) or using electricity directly to find their
way around (e.g., Mormyrids) it was at one time suspected that stray
electrical
voltage led to problems such as Hole-in-the-Head. Whilst I'm not
sure that's accepted anymore, the wisdom of having a live wire,
even at a low voltage, exposed to the water is questionable. You can
buy ready made submersible lights, and if you were to DIY some yourself
-- something I think WWM would have to recommend against, given the
legal implications of you electrocuting yourself! -- it would surely
make more sense to insulate everything using aquarium silicone or
similar.>
My plan is to have concealed LED lights in some sort of plant or other
decoration and have a bunch of fiber-optics sprouting out so it looks
like "glowing underwater plants"
<Do look at the safe, commercial products such as "Hydor Aqua
Color Aquarium".>
Thank You,
Nick
<Cheers, Neale.>
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