explosion of dolphin cannister filter.

[wj tan]

i just bought a 25$ dolphin external annister filter from 'cash converters' the other day. i took it home, washed its tray and wanted to cycle it in a pail of water. just as i connected it to the power socket, it ran for a few second then it literally exploded in my face. causing a black out in my house. LOL!

[eviltrain]

just be careful next time. did you took photos and go back to cash converter? i though they have some 1 week or 3 day warrenty?

[stormhawk]

Owww, that sounds nasty. You should take it back to Cash Converters and ask for a refund. It's probably faulty somewhere. Perhaps the rating is different? It might not have been compatible with our local electrical voltage.

[red_parrot]

wow.it quite dangerous.
if you want to buy a 2nd hand cannister filter, it much more safer to get from buy/sell thread, at least u know the history of the cannister.

[reavery]

Look like overvoltage? You can check out the voltage rating at the pump side. should have indicate certain data there.

or else it might due to a short circuit , probably the fuse should prevent the short hmm..

[wj tan]

nope cash converter arent taking back as it's an no warranty item hahaha. yup will watch out next time. ^^