From markp@mbari.org Mon Oct 10 09:57 PDT 1994 Received: from wave.mbari.org by barnacle.mbari.org with SMTP (1.38.193.4/16.2) id AA01391; Mon, 10 Oct 1994 09:57:36 -0700 Return-Path: Received: from reef.mbari.org by wave.mbari.org with SMTP ($Revision: 1.37.109.9 $/16.2) id AA0750729311; Mon, 10 Oct 1994 09:57:36 -0700 Received: by reef.mbari.org (1.38.193.4/16.2) id AA03249; Mon, 10 Oct 1994 09:57:35 -0700 From: Mark Pickerill Subject: Re: weights To: kiwi@wave.mbari.org (William Kirkwood) Date: Mon, 10 Oct 94 9:57:35 PDT Cc: meed@wave.mbari.org (Ed Mellinger) In-Reply-To: from "William Kirkwood" at Oct 7, 94 3:08 pm Mailer: Elm [revision: 70.85] Status: RO > > Hi Mark - > > What I need is the actual weight of the dual ballast > unit from Birns. There is a box (crate) outside your > office cube under the bench or at the corner there. > I'm looking to confirm the units weight against budget > because I suspect it might be heavy. I could also use > an independent measurement of the light housing with a > bulb. This would confirm the total on the hardware. > One other item would be the weight of a single cable > that goes from a light to the ballast. > Ok, weights as follows: Fixture housing: 11lbs, 15 oz Bulb: 3.6 oz Cable: 3 lbs, 4.2 oz Ballast: 77 lbs Ballast was measured on the mechanical "general purpose scale" in the shipping room, the others on the postal scale. With this weight, I'm not sure which meaning of the word "ballast" to apply here! > Thanks for taking a look into those things, it is > critical information for us. If they don't meet weight > we will stop payment till we get it straightened out. > > Thanks - Bill You're welcome, we aim to please! -Mark > >