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Lights, Ballasts...Industrial, Scientific, and Medical Interference? by Alan Hearty

Written by Alan Hearty | February 20, 2014 at 1:01 AM

On February 7, the FCC cited a Los Angeles landlord for operating industrial, scientific and medical (ISM) equipment that is causing harmful interference at a downtown Los Angeles high rise.  The offending ISM equipment  involves two-lamp fluorescent ballasts installed at the building which are the same ballasts responsible for interfering with an AT&T site in San Antonio last year.  The citation issued last week gives the landlord thirty (30) days to file an interim report on the investigations and corrective measures it has taken to eliminate the harmful interference. Read moreā€¦