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Lumatek ballasts will get you busted
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These video are shit! The radio is at 2 feets from the ballast! I will do a video for you with the ballast at 5-6 feets and no problems AT ALL!! In MY test that I have performed...strongest radio frequency had ZEROO noise it when the light is on. Weaker radio frequency had little noise in it. Do you know the radio frequency he was using in his test? Maybe the radio station is at 1000 miles away and the signal is very weak at first!
Sound quite paranoid to me! Don't use ANY ballast then...maybe a wire will come loose and the FIIIRRE will burn your house! Common!!!
KharmaGirl, avoir su que tu étais Francaise. Je dis que le gars reste dans un bloque appartement qui est paralysé par les radio interférences, qui celle ci provienne de SON appartement et il est le dernier à s'en rendre compte.
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I am not French. talk to me in english. No, wait....don't....listen dude...you've expressed your opinion and now your just annoying posters in this thread. People are free to believe what they want. It doesn't change anything...you're getting worked up over things that don't affect you...let it go 
OMountainMix
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So our cable guy friend is actually the supervisor of the department which fixes signal leaks. He said most of the time people don't realize there is a leak and 70% of the time, the leak is OUTSIDE the house and they fix it with no problems.
His department has sniffer vans that go around the neighborhoods with these scary named radar gun like things that detect interference. When this happens, it's reported to his department and his guys go out to that neighborhood and try to figure out where the leak is coming from. Then they put a little thing on the door saying to call the company and schedule an appointment to come fix it. If people won't let them in the house, they simply cut off service.
He did say that it would be pretty hard for a ballast to put out a signal unless there was a problem with the ground.
Then he told us a story about a lady who is putting interference out and won't let them come to her house. Makes him wonder what she's up to, of course! Although, it really would NOT matter if he saw a room such as ours. And of course, she would never let anyone in the house if that's what she's up to.
He also said he's seen more bongs, glass, and bags of weed on service calls than you could possibly imagine and that really cable dudes don't care about it at all. He said it's always funny when he goes in a crawl space and finds a sack hidden JUST out of reach in the crawl space. Then he knows it's a kid's stash they are hiding from their parents.
He said that they would never act the way some of you have had the cable guy act recently. They would simply PROFESSIONALLY let you know that you have leakage and set up an appointment to fix the problem. If you wouldn't let them, they'd simply cut off your service.
So the question is, do those of you wish this issue have a ground problem with your ballasts, b/c that is almost surely the reason you're leaking. Have you replaced anything or messed with the ballast? Is it a new one or an old one?
Was this your cable company or a different company?
I think I would frankly get a new ballast immediately, just to be safe.
If the cable people are confrontational and they are NOT your cable company, you could lie and say "yeah, my cable company contacted me about this problem and I have an appointment to fix it next week" to buy yourself some time.
And of course, if we get the little yellow door hanger, it will pop up on his desk and he'll let us know, but we have had NO problems whatsoever. We have the purple 600 watt lumatek ballasts purchased about a year ago. We have not messed with the ground, although we DID have to replace the ends of the cords on two of them (the end that goes in the wall, I"m fried and can't think right now).
I frankly am surprised at the cable person confronting anyone that way, b/c from our guy's point of view, they MUST fix the problem due to FCC regulations and they want to PLEASE the customer and keep the customer paying for service. It's hard to say what a different cable company thinks, but you'd think in this economy that other companies would have the same approach.
His department has sniffer vans that go around the neighborhoods with these scary named radar gun like things that detect interference. When this happens, it's reported to his department and his guys go out to that neighborhood and try to figure out where the leak is coming from. Then they put a little thing on the door saying to call the company and schedule an appointment to come fix it. If people won't let them in the house, they simply cut off service.
He did say that it would be pretty hard for a ballast to put out a signal unless there was a problem with the ground.
Then he told us a story about a lady who is putting interference out and won't let them come to her house. Makes him wonder what she's up to, of course!
Although, it really would NOT matter if he saw a room such as ours. And of course, she would never let anyone in the house if that's what she's up to.He also said he's seen more bongs, glass, and bags of weed on service calls than you could possibly imagine and that really cable dudes don't care about it at all. He said it's always funny when he goes in a crawl space and finds a sack hidden JUST out of reach in the crawl space. Then he knows it's a kid's stash they are hiding from their parents.
He said that they would never act the way some of you have had the cable guy act recently. They would simply PROFESSIONALLY let you know that you have leakage and set up an appointment to fix the problem. If you wouldn't let them, they'd simply cut off your service.
So the question is, do those of you wish this issue have a ground problem with your ballasts, b/c that is almost surely the reason you're leaking. Have you replaced anything or messed with the ballast? Is it a new one or an old one?
Was this your cable company or a different company?
I think I would frankly get a new ballast immediately, just to be safe.
If the cable people are confrontational and they are NOT your cable company, you could lie and say "yeah, my cable company contacted me about this problem and I have an appointment to fix it next week" to buy yourself some time.
And of course, if we get the little yellow door hanger, it will pop up on his desk and he'll let us know, but we have had NO problems whatsoever. We have the purple 600 watt lumatek ballasts purchased about a year ago. We have not messed with the ground, although we DID have to replace the ends of the cords on two of them (the end that goes in the wall, I"m fried and can't think right now).
I frankly am surprised at the cable person confronting anyone that way, b/c from our guy's point of view, they MUST fix the problem due to FCC regulations and they want to PLEASE the customer and keep the customer paying for service. It's hard to say what a different cable company thinks, but you'd think in this economy that other companies would have the same approach.
OMountainMix
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OH YEAH! FIRST THINGS FIRST. Make sure that all of your cable wires are plugged in all the way. That's often the cause of leakage.
M
Mr. Mountain
Let me clear up what OMM said.
If you have a loose cable connection in/outside your house the cable signal will leak out into the surrounding area, and any signal outside of the cable can make it's way in. This is the root cause of the cable interference.
You may not even know you have a problem, it is usually only visible on the lower channels. A 60hz source of interference will cause 1 horizontal line which moves upward on the screen, A 120hz source will show 2 lines.
The cable company is mandated by the FCC to regulate the leakage of THEIR signal into the air. Leakage of the cable signal can interfere with navigation equipment.
If I am generating a source of RF interference the cable company is probably never going to know unless there is a problem with one of it's lines/connections.
Mr. M
If you have a loose cable connection in/outside your house the cable signal will leak out into the surrounding area, and any signal outside of the cable can make it's way in. This is the root cause of the cable interference.
You may not even know you have a problem, it is usually only visible on the lower channels. A 60hz source of interference will cause 1 horizontal line which moves upward on the screen, A 120hz source will show 2 lines.
The cable company is mandated by the FCC to regulate the leakage of THEIR signal into the air. Leakage of the cable signal can interfere with navigation equipment.
If I am generating a source of RF interference the cable company is probably never going to know unless there is a problem with one of it's lines/connections.
Mr. M
David762
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Screw using a Faraday Cage around the ballast(s)!
Screw using a Faraday Cage around the ballast(s)!
I want to use a Faraday Cage around my grow operation, as well as Space Blankets to shield against LEO FLIR. In fact, screw the Grid! How about a grow operation run completely on photovoltaics?
Oops! I will have to hit the lottery first, because the Feds are dragging their feet on any nationwide renewable energy program, LOL.
Screw using a Faraday Cage around the ballast(s)!
I want to use a Faraday Cage around my grow operation, as well as Space Blankets to shield against LEO FLIR. In fact, screw the Grid! How about a grow operation run completely on photovoltaics?
Oops! I will have to hit the lottery first, because the Feds are dragging their feet on any nationwide renewable energy program, LOL.
This may help ease some paranoia this is a link to RFI problems from a wrench forum I doubt very many get visits looking for a grow. The point I'm trying to make is that many devices generate RFI its a common problem defiantly not a sure indicator of a grow
http://www.garagejournal.com/forum/showthread.php?t=44316
http://www.garagejournal.com/forum/showthread.php?t=44316
krustytheclown
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I am not French. talk to me in english. No, wait....don't....listen dude...you've expressed your opinion and now your just annoying posters in this thread. People are free to believe what they want. It doesn't change anything...you're getting worked up over things that don't affect you...let it go
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