[Noisebridge-discuss] Lighting revamp

[jim]

    Some work has been done re plans and such for electrical 
usage. 
    The existing fixtures each consume ballpark one amp or 
a little more. Electronic ballasts can reduce this by 1/3 
or so and cost about $30 each. 
    There is some conduit already in place for wires for 
switches. The thought is that controlling more localized 
light when it's needed will in itself reduce cost (why turn 
on lights for half the place if you only need light over 
one table? 
    The existing wiring is set up to power receptacles with 
black wires and lights and appliances with red wires. The 
idea behind this is that this is a hacker space, with the 
likelihood that some people without experience will have 
the balls to screw around with electricity, and having an 
extremely consistent approach to wiring will reduce 
problems and failures. 
    In that "light" it's smart to keep circuits for lights 
separate from circuits for power tools and other plug-in-
able stuff--if someone shorts a circuit while using some 
power tool, it's good that the lights remain on. 
    It's possible that a PG&E rebate may require the 
participation of the building owner. 
    It's possible that PG&E involvement may raise a 
problem with one or more aspects of the electricity for 
the space or the building. 
    I have some tools and experience and hope to help. 



On Mon, 2011-09-12 at 15:50 -0700, Danny O'Brien wrote:
> For those interested, details of Ben's investigation is here:
> https://www.noisebridge.net/pipermail/build/2011-September/000790.html
> 
> TLDR: PG&E may pay for part of this, and LED lighting is at least
> conceivable. More details at Tuesday's meeting, I guess.
> 
> d.
> 
> 
> On Mon, Sep 12, 2011 at 1:05 PM, Ben Kochie <ben at nerp.net> wrote:
>         I'd like to add this add this to the agenda for Tuesday's
>         meeting.  I'm
>         working on a project (see build list) to fix the lighting at
>         noisebridge.
>         
>         Some people have mentioned that a big part of the power bill
>         is lighting,
>         there are some easy and not terribly expensive ways to fix
>         this, so I'm
>         just going to start the ball rolling to do this.
>         
>         I would like to discuss some budget in order to pay for some
>         of this since
>         in the long run it will save money.  I'm also looking for
>         people to donate
>         to noisebridge in order to get this ball rolling.  I'm
>         personally willing
>         to chip in to make this happen.
>         
>         -ben
>         
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