Rf waves?

saiyaneye

saiyaneye

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GreatwhiteNorth said:
Nope, not even close to that weight.



Agree'd, but I'm pushing two 600's, not just 400. But not tax dollars - cable company looking for stray rf interference.
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If it's like 3-5lbs its a digital.

Magnetic ballasts are heavy. And from what i understand. Have a longer life, may require a new ignitor or capacitor though. Magnetic ballasts are composed of 2-3 things, that's it.

Transformer-Capacitor (MH)
Transformer-Capacitor-Ignitor (HPS)

Digital is a ton of IC's, caps, and other things
 
GreatwhiteNorth

GreatwhiteNorth

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saiyaneye said:
If it's like 3-5lbs its a digital.

Magnetic ballasts are heavy. And from what i understand. Have a longer life, may require a new ignitor or capacitor though. Magnetic ballasts are composed of 2-3 things, that's it.

Transformer-Capacitor (MH)
Transformer-Capacitor-Ignitor (HPS)

Digital is a ton of IC's, caps, and other things
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They are digital - I won't get into it but they're a pain in the ass to get to which is why I hadn't looked @ them before - but it says so on the bottom.
Any RF filters you have personal experience with? I think that's where I have to go.

kiwipaulie said:
Never even thought about rf or even cared, still don't lol.
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Me neither until they showed up @ my door 2 days in a row.
And I know they won't quit until the RF stops interfering w/ the signal.
 
70's natureboy

70's natureboy

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GreatwhiteNorth said:
I suspect that they are magnetic - for 600 w they weigh 5 or 6 ish lbs (bought them 6 ish years ago)? They also have heat dissipating ribs along the sides and a small fan in the casing on the cord end.



No computers or phones even on the same floor of the house.

Do people even listen to am any longer?
I haven't (except by accident) in 30 years.

Edit: lotsa "Ish'es" there, sorry for my misshapen engrish.
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AM radio is popular in the sticks. It's the only way to hear The Sox or Rush Limbaugh and Howie Carr etc. Those Rush and Howie listeners would get pretty pissed if some hippy was messing up their radio signal by growing weed. I don't know if the police radios use frequencies near the AM range; don't want to give them static either.
 
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