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[Bamasteve]

Mornin everybody

 

[ARC]

Tons?? I'm pretty sure I could collect every ballast within 50 miles and not have a ton, much less ten or fifteen.

Um... Pepper use to own a scrap yard.

 

[ARC]

Good morn Tnet Crew.

 

[CreekSide]

Good morning everyone
Have a good Sunday

 

[ToddsPoint]

Good morning!☕️

 

[robertk]

Good morning everyone. Chore day. So much to do, so little daylight...

 

[robertk]

Um... Pepper use to own a scrap yard.

I know. But even at that, it was hard to imagine where several tons of fluorescent light ballasts would come from. I mean, we're talking thousand and thousands of those things. But I guess revamping city office buildings would do it.

 

[pepperj]

Morning everyone

 

[pepperj]

I know. But even at that, it was hard to imagine where several tons of fluorescent light ballasts would come from. I mean, we're talking thousand and thousands of those things. But I guess revamping city office buildings would do it.

The went to the electronic ballast. 15 tons didn't even fill a 20 yrd bin. 20x8x4ft.
I recycled probably 10,000 traffic lights as the city went to LED.

 

[robertk]

I recycled probably 10,000 traffic lights as the city went to LED.

That's a lotta lights. Good that they recycled them. I wonder how many years it took for the savings in power and maintenance to cover that upgrade?

 

[pepperj]

That's a lotta lights. Good that they recycled them. I wonder how many years it took for the savings in power and maintenance to cover that upgrade?

They'd do a certain amount every yr as it was a big savings just in the changing of light bulbs in the signals. I think an old one weighed around 42 pounds if I recall.
Had to crush them in the baler, just that they didn't go up in the man caves.

 

[pepperj]

Um... Pepper use to own a scrap yard.

I have pictures of the yard somewhere, just need to find them again.

 

[oldmxrat]

Good morning

 

[oldmxrat]

Miguel is back from vacation now so we're going to go swing at a new mine I spotted near Virginia City.

 

[releventchair]

Mornin all and sundry this Sunday.

 

[Evan in CA]

Good morning everyone,

 

[Evan in CA]

Going fishing?

No, I should have. It’s been cooler lately and the fish are probably biting more. Today I’m going dirt fishing at the old ski area

 

[newnan man]

Good morning everyone. Sitting in the Portland airport waiting on our flight back to Florida. Have a great day.

 

[Evan in CA]

Not muin the new ballast, just be aware tge older ones had PCB in them. Sorry I can't give you a letter code for bad ones as I forget.
This might help.

Key Methods for Identification
Manufacturing Date:
Ballasts manufactured before July 1, 1979, are considered to contain PCBs.
"No-PCB" Label:
A ballast that is not labeled "No-PCB" or "Non-PCB" should be assumed to contain PCBs.
Manufacturer Code:
For some manufacturers, specific letters or number combinations within their date or catalogue codes indicate the presence of PCBs.
Manufacturer-Specific Clues
Aerovox:
A code where the fifth digit is "F" (for "Fluorescent") indicates PCBs.
General Electric (GE):
A final letter of "N" or "A" indicates PCBs. If the code ends in "T", it may contain PCBs.

Thanks Pepperj. Good info I didn’t know and don’t want to poison myself 👍

 

[Evan in CA]

Copper theft is big here and costing building sites from homes to big builds millions collectively. You guys have that problem too?

Yes the new six street bridge in LA doesn't have lights now because they stole the copper wires. They call it urban mining. Lol