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Despite all these benefits of UV ballasts, it can still be quite challenging and time-consuming to repair or replace commercial roofing in Omaha and surrounding areas that uses roof ballasts.

It involves having to scoop up and carry rocks and gravel from your rooftop to another location, and that’s no simple undertaking just anyone can do. Good thing we here at McKinnis Roofing & Sheet Metal have a solution. We have a unique vacuum system that allows us to remove roof ballast and pea gravel very quickly and efficiently. Our excellent roof vacuuming services helps you save time and money. We even haul the used ballast away so you don’t have to worry about its disposal. Some fluorescent lights flicker as they warm up because the ballast has yet to produce the right amount of electricity to power the bulb. Once the bulb is warmed up, the flicker is supposed to disappear. According to the Canadian Centre for Occupational Health and Safety, however, some people can still sense the flickering of fluorescent lights as the ballast regulates electricity flow through the bulb. Anytime the voltage flowing through the bulb changes, the light flickers. In places such as schools and office buildings, where fluorescent light use is common, other power functions, such as heating and air conditioning, can cause voltage changes and flickering.

It's this strobe-like flickering effect that can cause eye strain. The use of special filter material in the Ultravue transilluminator greatly enhances contrast, making fluorescent bands easier to see both by eye at http://www.fivergroup.com/uv-electronic-ballast-1.html and with documentation systems such as UVIsave, UVIdoc and UVIpro. The special filter eliminates visible light output thereby reducing the need for filtering to isolate the fluorescent band signal.