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Ballast Box Controls
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Upgraded my ballast box today with a switch box and some toggle switches. I used a similar idea as my ignitor disable switch to wire the ignitor and its switch but I also added in a power switch so I can leave the ballast box plugged in.
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MV lamps usually cycle on HPS ballasts
on second thought, just bring a chopper and pull the whole pole out of the ground and carry it back to MD. Easy as pie LOL. you'll get all you need to make your backyard look like a street! I wish i could pull a davit from there out of the ground with a chopper that has a hook attatched to it.
In reality, if i were to catch a lineman removing the lights, i'd ask for any photocells, a few glass lenses (namely OV-15 glassware but maybe one of two OV-25 or M-400 glasses too) and maybe I'd try to get an OV-15 (well, they're actually OV-400s, as their 400W MV). I'd also be sure to get that ITT25 for ya. Don't know where i'd get a box big enough to ship a medium sized cobrahead though. I'd have to buy a new fridge and use the box from that lol.
I know for a fact that the power company will not give out mercury vapor lamps since they're classified as hazardous waste so it's be pointless trying to get any of them. The capacitors from fixtures that do not say "NO PCBs" are also removed and paint can ballasts are not to be given out as they have the PCBs too. I guess it's a liability issue. I'm not aware of any HPS lamp issues though... I wouldn't mention anything about the PCBs though if i saw a lineman...
So the odds of getting lights are low since two big bodies rule the land lol, the power company owns the cobraheads and the state owns the land including the buildings which most defintly have T12s in them, though from google earth you can see cave-ins in the ceiling so some of the interior lights are probably beaten up. Not to mention the building itself is probably not structurly sound. The state wanted to preserve "the world's largest shore dinner hall" but the poor thing is too far gone. There are some pretty cool 400W MV flood lights mounted on the building too.