Very odd question

[hydrohut25]

Can having your television (rear projection) near your frow room running a HPS lamp damage it? I have had 2 tvs damaged ever since I have my grow room near it. There is no heat build up. Are there certain waves the lamp puts off that could eventually damage my tvs lens?

[hybridlove420]

chances are that its not the tv or the bulb, but rather the ballast.

if your ballast is not digital (youd know when you bought it), then it carries a large electric and magnetic chrge inside of it, which can interfere with some devices to my knowledge.

[Mr. Clandestine]

I keep two ballasts, one digital and another magnetic, less than ten feet away from the television in my bedroom. I've never experienced any problems. The magnetic one is only a 400w, though. How many watts is the one you're using? If it's a 1k, it might be powerful enough to mess with your television. Digital cameras, cellphone cameras, etc., on the other hand, seem to get a little screwy when used near some ballasts, like Hybrid mentioned.

Are you seeing discoloration on the television screen? If so, it might be a good idea to move the ballast, or the television so they don't interfere with one another.

[Twentyinches]

Are you seeing discoloration on the television screen?

I accidentally screwed up a school computer monitor with a subwoofer. I had to do a speech about audio shit etc. well had the sub sitting on the table next to it, well it was a multi-colored oil'ish looking screen after that lol :thumbsup:

[Mr. Clandestine]

I accidentally screwed up a school computer monitor with a subwoofer. I had to do a speech about audio shit etc. well had the sub sitting on the table next to it, well it was a multi-colored oil'ish looking screen after that lol :thumbsup:

I did the exact same thing in my living room a few years ago. I have two large speaker cabinets that are about 10 years old, I've put 15" Rockford Fosgate subwoofers in them both of them. When I first moved into my house, I didn't have an entertainment center at first, so I set my television on top of the speaker cabinets. My television was a multicolored mess after that, and we ended up having to replace it.

Magnetic fields, gotta love 'em. :mad:

[hydrohut25]

The ballast is 600 watt (not digital) It is in my attic; above and to the right of the tv. It screws up the convergence so the colors never match again. I just got back from buying a plasma. I will move the ballast further away if I can. This just seems ridiculous.

[Mr. Clandestine]

The ballast is 600 watt (not digital) It is in my attic; above and to the right of the tv. It screws up the convergence so the colors never match again. I just got back from buying a plasma. I will move the ballast further away if I can. This just seems ridiculous.

It sounds like it should be far enough away not to be causing this problem, but what you've described definitely sounds like magnetic interference. There's no other magnetic source, like a large speaker, near the television? It's unusual that you'd be getting that much interference, which makes me wonder if there might be an issue with the coil inside the ballast itself.

On a lighter note, I was actually kinda glad my old tv got messed up, because that gave me a reason to replace it with a new plasma screen for the living room. :D But I'd shit a brick if I did the same thing to it, especially now that's it's no longer under warranty.

[madeline]

When I had my Corner Horns next to the tv I got a green spot on the side closest to the speaker but when I moved the speaker away the spot cleared up after a couple days and all's well with it now...it's an older Sony Trinitron.