Wiring and Retrofit Class Successfully Completes Retrofit!

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Congratulations to the newest cohort to successfully complete the Intro to Retrofit training!
Students learning proper lock-out/tag-out procedures
At the retrofit site, CCC Placer - COMET room.  Safety Implemented!
Installing wallpacks

During this week's training, students learned how to properly retrofit fluorescent lighting.  At the retrofit site, the students performed removals of magnetic ballasts and fluorescent tubes.  As part of the retrofit, they were able to apply all that they were taught and install new electronic ballasts and LED lighting.
The retrofit site proved to be a great learning ground with so many unique problems in almost every trough investigated.  Some of problems that the students identified, troubleshot or remedied included: different ballast configurations, broken tombstones, entire troughs without lighting, improper grounding, different wiring methods from previous installations, and even rooms with incorrectly placed or missing switches.  Something the students learned from their previous wiring class!
The students also discovered the benefits of dual mode LED lights and learned how they can work with the previous shunted tombstones.   This project allowed the students to retrofit 20 fixtures.

Here are some pictures from the retrofit:

Practicing good safety with the "wiggy"
Installing the new electronic ballasts

Good luck to all the graduates of the wiring and retrofit training!  You're now equipped with very valuable and sought-after skills.  You're experience with wiring and lighting will take you far.

~Michael
www.energycareerpath.com

Special thanks to Sierra College and the California Conservation Corps for helping make this happen.

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