Paul1607
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- harpers ferry wva
Anyone ever experience problems when servicing pole lights under power lines?
I just got a job to re lamp / ballast a huge building parking lot. There were the normal amount scattered around the parking lot, but there was an alarming number of lamps / ballast out in a row directly under power lines. They are maybe 50 feet above the pole but strong enough to set off my hot stick / widow maker once I start raising up in the bucket truck. Something else that is unusual and might be more problematic that a normal situation is the ballast. This building is only a few years old and they are using 320w MH pulse start lamps, but the ballast is KIM LIGHTING, fully encased and according to the ballast has dimming capabilities. The AUX wire for dimming are unused. These ballast at almost $400 a piece, and I have a feeling in another year or 2 I am going to be in the same boat I am in right now.
I just got a job to re lamp / ballast a huge building parking lot. There were the normal amount scattered around the parking lot, but there was an alarming number of lamps / ballast out in a row directly under power lines. They are maybe 50 feet above the pole but strong enough to set off my hot stick / widow maker once I start raising up in the bucket truck. Something else that is unusual and might be more problematic that a normal situation is the ballast. This building is only a few years old and they are using 320w MH pulse start lamps, but the ballast is KIM LIGHTING, fully encased and according to the ballast has dimming capabilities. The AUX wire for dimming are unused. These ballast at almost $400 a piece, and I have a feeling in another year or 2 I am going to be in the same boat I am in right now.