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Lady Hobbs
03-15-2007, 06:31 PM
You guys come up with some pretty good ideas and I could use one to keep my power cord dry. It sits alongside my tanks and I am constantly slopping water and getting them wet.

I was actually considering sliding them into large zip lock bags. I know you have better ideas.
Drumachine09
03-15-2007, 08:57 PM
You guys come up with some pretty good ideas and I could use one to keep my power cord dry. It sits alongside my tanks and I am constantly slopping water and getting them wet.

I was actually considering sliding them into large zip lock bags. I know you have better ideas.


Like, a power strip? or just a cord?
sergo
03-15-2007, 09:21 PM
stop being so messy :hmm3grin2orange:
crackatinny
03-15-2007, 09:57 PM
When Aquarium equipment is plugged in you should have a loop in the cord, (the cord running down then looped back up to a point higher than top of tank, this gives a point for water to drip off cord away from electrical socket)
Drumachine09
03-15-2007, 09:59 PM
When Aquarium equipment is plugged in you should have a loop in the cord, (the cord running down then looped back up to a point higher than top of tank, this gives a point for water to drip off cord away from electrical socket)


I think all of the instructions on appliances call it a "drip loop"
xoolooxunny
03-15-2007, 10:37 PM
get some washcloths or a small towel and tie it around the cord with some twine!
Lady Hobbs
03-15-2007, 10:42 PM
Some of my cords are too short for the loop thing. I am thinking now of those turkey roasting bags. They're larger and the whole thing could just slide into it. Just a bit of insurance here.

I am forever changing water and the darned tube flips out the the tank.
crackatinny
03-15-2007, 10:45 PM
Do you mean a connection between the plug and an extension cord?
If so, try running a bead of silicon between the two plugs before joining them.
Lady Hobbs
03-15-2007, 10:53 PM
I mean my power strip that everything plugs into. That's what I slop the water on.
cocoa_pleco
03-15-2007, 11:15 PM
wrap it in plastic wrap like saran wrap
xoolooxunny
03-15-2007, 11:16 PM
Yikes! I have mine mounted to the back middle column of my stand, as high as it can go. that makes a drip loop automatically for all the cords.