warehouse light. hazardous?

I was given about 45 of those lights that KZ is talking about. They had an aluminum shade over the bulb above that was a square box made of cast aluminum, inside the box is a transformer and wires. No ballast, no magnets and I've never heard of radiation in any light fixture. I've only found ballast in flourecent light fixtures, older ballast do have PCBs and are hazardous. If you can still get those lights grab them, I'm sure you'll be happy with them when you see what you have.

Originally Posted by happyscraper

I was given about 45 of those lights that KZ is talking about. They had an aluminum shade over the bulb above that was a square box made of cast aluminum, inside the box is a transformer and wires. No ballast, no magnets and I've never heard of radiation in any light fixture. I've only found ballast in flourecent light fixtures, older ballast do have PCBs and are hazardous. If you can still get those lights grab them, I'm sure you'll be happy with them when you see what you have.

I had 80 of those lights.
250# of cast aluminum
900# of transformers
Some wire and tin
After I took then to the yard I found a transformer I missed and learned about the hatchet trick. I tried it and it came apart easy. I could have made quite a bit more. Thanks to this forum I will know next time.

Originally Posted by happyscraper

They had an aluminum shade over the bulb above that was a square box made of cast aluminum, inside the box is a transformer and wires.

I just dismantled two fixtures like this i got from work. (I work in a warehouse) I also happened to be reading on here about microwaves having a pink ceramic looking substance called berrilium oxide. The two light fixtures I got had a pink ceramic fixture that the large bulb screwed into. Not sure if it is the same stuff, but I'd be safe and avoid smashing and breathing it... If you have a big load of them I'd say the transformers inside and the cast aluminum shells along with the shades would be a great score!

Originally Posted by VoodooDaddy

I just dismantled two fixtures like this i got from work. (I work in a warehouse) I also happened to be reading on here about microwaves having a pink ceramic looking substance called berrilium oxide. The two light fixtures I got had a pink ceramic fixture that the large bulb screwed into. Not sure if it is the same stuff, but I'd be safe and avoid smashing and breathing it... If you have a big load of them I'd say the transformers inside and the cast aluminum shells along with the shades would be a great score!

Its just ceramic porcelain, dunno why its pink though, never seen a pink one before.

Are you still able to do the scrapping of the ballasts? Theres a few $$ for you in that job.

Originally Posted by eesakiwi

Are you still able to do the scrapping of the ballasts? Theres a few $$ for you in that job.

Me? Or Happy?