[BC] Fluorescent lights in TV studios...

[Mark W. Croom]

I have seen this in action and it does work. Beats having magnetic ballasts 
in the studio any day.

Interesting little aside on this; I was not aware of the remote-mounted 
ballasts in one studio until we started getting that "hot transformer" smell 
coming down a hallway near one of the studios I cared for in Wisconsin. When 
I finally traced it to a large wall-mounted electrical box, I was amazed, 
when I took the cover off, to find all the ballasts from the nearby studio 
in there.

They were well-enough marked to figure out which lamps were affected by the 
hot ballast.

Now, one of my stations has nothing but the new electronic ballasts and T8 
bulbs, and another of my stations is converting fixtures over to them. They 
are working great for us. They are quiet and the bulbs are very bright. 
Everyone who has been working under the older bulbs whose office gets 
converted to the new ones are thrilled with how light it is. And they use 
less energy...can't beat that deal.

Mark
MN

----- Original Message ----- 
From: "Bob Groome" <bobgroome at yahoo.com>
To: "Broadcast Radio Mailing List" <broadcast at radiolists.net>
Sent: Monday, May 02, 2005 11:45 AM
Subject: Re: [BC] Fluorescent lights in TV studios...


> In a different direction.... fluorescent in RADIO
>
> studios. What worked for me was to remote mount
> the ballasts (did I spell that right?) in an
> electrical box OUTSIDE of the studio so the hum
> and virbrations where in the hall.
>
> Bob