Fluorescent - Another Contractor Hack Job

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Mercuryvapor123

[Sep 22, 2014 at 07:31 PM]

FIRED ! Why don't some people take pride in there work anymore?

rlshieldjr

[Oct 04, 2014 at 12:02 AM]

I mounted the ballast, cleand the lens and connected the ground they had not done properly.

GEsoftwhite100watts

[Oct 04, 2014 at 03:39 AM]

When I first saw the thumbnail I thought they did it like this originally and thought "At least put in the middle of the "circline" bulb! Laughing

streetlight98

[Oct 04, 2014 at 04:36 AM]

At least the tube wasn't just laying inside the lens lol. My M-400A2s had loose caps and igniters when they were converted to PSMH. I made brackets when I restored them.

GEsoftwhite100watts

[Oct 04, 2014 at 05:38 AM]

Hey, electrical tape works great for that! I've been known to do atrocious things like that myself though but ONLY on my own stuff LOL.

Tmcdllr

[Oct 04, 2014 at 06:32 AM]

I know of a conversion like this done where they didn't even bother to mount the tube, it just sits on the glass lens! We shook the pole and the tube slid around inside....lol

streetlight98

[Oct 04, 2014 at 02:38 PM]

yeah I do all sorts of hack jobs but ONLY for me and ONLY for temporary setups.

GEsoftwhite100watts

[Oct 12, 2014 at 06:52 AM]

I do them for temporary-permanent but again, only for myself.

rlshieldjr

[Oct 24, 2016 at 12:10 AM]

Another park light had the ballast fall into the lens like this Laughing

streetlight98

[Oct 24, 2016 at 01:31 AM]

Hmm interesting. I wonder if the person stood them up on their sides and wind vibration rocked the poles the right way to tip them over and then they landed in the middle? Have any of these induction retrofits failed or have you seen a drop in lumens?

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Gallery of Lights

Another Contractor Hack Job

The contractor who converted this park light from 400w HPS to 200w induction, didnt mount the ballast to the fixture, jus layed in the metal part (on left), somehow the ballast fell into the light area.