Wiring and Retrofit Class Successfully Completes Retrofit!
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...
