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   From: rod.speed.aaa@gmail.com   
      
   William Gothberg <"William Gothberg"@internet.co.is> wrote   
      
   > Those fake starters people put into fluorescent fittings when they put in   
   > an LED tube.... what's inside?   
      
   A bit of wire between the pins.   
      
   > An LED tube draws power from the two ends, I looked inside one of my tubes   
   > and the two pins at each end are shorted together.   
      
   They don't all do it the same way.   
      
   > The LED PSU takes power from both ends if you see what I mean, it expects   
   > live at one end and neutral at the other.  So why on earth would you need   
   > anything in the starter, even if you left the ballast in?   
      
   Because the simple bimetallic strip starters have the pins   
   on the starter connected initially and not connected   
   when it warms up due to the current between the pins.   
      
   > Surely it's best to have the starter open circuit, i.e. just remove it.   
      
   Some do work like that.   
      
   > Does it perhaps in some way negate the inductive nature of the ballast to   
   > be nicer to the LED PSU?   
      
   No it does not. So its better, but not as easy, to disconnect the ballast as   
   well.   
      
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