Thanks for the info John, I'll head to Home Depot and see if they have the other ballasts.

NO NOT HOME DEPOT!!!! Please support your local Electrical Distributor.
Support the small guy in times like this we need support now more than ever.
I can selll them to you if you like.
Let me know.
Thanks
John

I finally found a place that sold RFI filters...and don't worry John, it wasn't Home Depot. It was a small local place. They had one that he said was high quality. It cost me $80 and has a light on it that tells you if you have a bad plug. So I tried it and............still static. I then ran an extension cord from the house to try a different circuit, it's better, but still quite a bit of static. I turned the lights off with the stereo plugged into the extension cord and it cleared right up. I've decided that I'm going to do the rest of my build using a flashlight :lol:

Unless any of you can think of anything else to try, I'll likely end up running a coax cable out the shop and hooking up an old amp in there. The one good thing is I will have way more radio stations but not sure if I'll be able to use the ghetto. I might be able to run an audio in and use the speakers on the ghetto and the cd player, but the tuner from the amp.

Any other thoughts???

Mike, IMO none of what is mentioned is your problem. Your not grounded properly, this is a common issue I see on older commercial buildings Ive owned.

Pull your fluoresent tubes out and remove the ballast cover (power off!) Check your connections at the ballast. Most likely its poorly grounded or not grounded at all. Check the ground wire coming from the panel to make sure it is properly connected to the ground wire or screw on the fixture. You may have to check the ground at at light. If all those are fine check the ground in the junction boxes that have circuit wires from the lights.
All else fails remove your cover at the elect.panel and with a INSULATED screwdriver check all the ground screws to see if there tight.
Dave

Thanks Dave...I'll check that before I buy the coaxial cable.

Ya know, if ya want to get rid of those "free", ancient pieces of equipment, I'll gladly paypal ya $10 or $20 for em ;)

Nice try! :lol:

I have an C26 out in the shed - sitting in a pile at the bottom of the stairs... I've had that since 1971.... It's worth about $20... Want that?? :lol:

That old McIntosh Stereo equipment is the ****! Wish I had it. Ive got a vintage 1973 Marantz in my shop.

That MAC equipment is some good stuff,It was not and still isn't cheap...You wouldn,t have any old CARVER stuff laying around

Tracy --

SERIOUSLY -- I had a couple of the very first Phase Linear pieces -- a QUADRAPHONIC preamp (a 4000 something or other if memory servers me right) and a 700w amp they had (along with a Teac 3340)! Even smoked a doobie back in the day at their factory in Lynnwood with Bob Carver himself! I had McIntosh then -- like 1971 or '72 and some dufus broke in and stole most of it - before he got spooked off... I still own the C26 preamp. Anyway -- I replaced that with the Phase Linear stuff -- it took months to get - and I promptly blew up the Marantz 7's and JBL 99's we had... Speakers just weren't able to handle that kind of power then! Ended up finally replacing those (after blowing them a couple of times) with some RTR 280 DR's... WHICH my brother in law still has to this day. Never could blow them up - although I did fry a couple of tweeters a couple of times. :rofl:

Sorry I had so much trouble with the Phase Linear stuff - I never bought anything Carverish again. Man -- you brought back some OLD memories!