For My Sins... .

[pfjw@aol.com]

Some may know that part of my job involves the closing and mothballing of a major teaching hospital, of which the physical plant is every bit of 50 years old, or more.

Just the other day, a steam line blew, flooding a basement storage room with condensate - undetected for a week or three. Mold. In this room were stored two (2) Midmark Ritter 355 OR lights, sealed in their mold-ridden, but new boxes.

http://www.berktree.com/ritter-355-minor-surgery-light-8-.html I was told that it was between me and the dumpster. One went to me, one to our Vet.

This will involve a complete re-design of my Radio Room - together with a major Culling-of-the-Herd. And, since the house was built in 1890, I will have to be very clever with the installation. The thing weighs 62 pounds and the mount needs to be dead-level.

Not a bad task to be given.

Peter Wieck
Melrose Park, PA

 

[John Robertson]

On 2020/01/29 6:39 a.m., pfjw@aol.com wrote:

Some may know that part of my job involves the closing and mothballing of a major teaching hospital, of which the physical plant is every bit of 50 years old, or more.

Just the other day, a steam line blew, flooding a basement storage room with condensate - undetected for a week or three. Mold. In this room were stored two (2) Midmark Ritter 355 OR lights, sealed in their mold-ridden, but new boxes.

http://www.berktree.com/ritter-355-minor-surgery-light-8-.html I was told that it was between me and the dumpster. One went to me, one to our Vet.

This will involve a complete re-design of my Radio Room - together with a major Culling-of-the-Herd. And, since the house was built in 1890, I will have to be very clever with the installation. The thing weighs 62 pounds and the mount needs to be dead-level.

Not a bad task to be given.

Peter Wieck
Melrose Park, PA

My heart bleeds for you! I could use the light on my work bench if you
decide it is of no use...(ha!)

John ;-#)#

 

[Michael Terrell]

On Wednesday, January 29, 2020 at 9:39:22 AM UTC-5, pf...@aol.com wrote:

Some may know that part of my job involves the closing and mothballing of a major teaching hospital, of which the physical plant is every bit of 50 years old, or more.

Just the other day, a steam line blew, flooding a basement storage room with condensate - undetected for a week or three. Mold. In this room were stored two (2) Midmark Ritter 355 OR lights, sealed in their mold-ridden, but new boxes.

http://www.berktree.com/ritter-355-minor-surgery-light-8-.html I was told that it was between me and the dumpster. One went to me, one to our Vet.

This will involve a complete re-design of my Radio Room - together with a major Culling-of-the-Herd. And, since the house was built in 1890, I will have to be very clever with the installation. The thing weighs 62 pounds and the mount needs to be dead-level.

Not a bad task to be given.

Have fun, Peter but be careful.

I am replacing the old lights on my bench with LEDs They are the old four tube fixtures used in drop tile ceilings. I am gutting them and converting them to LED. They were OK when I installed them 20 years ago, but the quality of light went way down when they switched from 40W to 34W tubes. They won't light below 50F. and they have more flicker than the older tubes.

Harbor freight has some fixtures with the LEDs on sale for $20 right now for people who don't want to modify existing fixtures. Rural King farm stores have some, as well. Theirs are enclosed, unlike the ones at Harbor Freight..