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   Message 123,076 of 124,925   
   Jeroni Paul to Adrian Caspersz   
   Re: I direct wired Plug and Play LEDs, i   
   17 Sep 22 19:00:57   
   
   From: JERONI.PAUL@terra.es   
      
   Adrian Caspersz wrote:   
   > LED tubes internally are wired to the supply at one end, the other end    
   > is made as a short circuit - so that the LED tube can be used as a plug    
   > and play for a florescent tube if the starter (and ballast) is also    
   > replaced with a short.    
      
   Some led tubes are designed to work with a magnetic ballast in circuit so they   
   do not need rewiring. I consider that a safe approach since the tombstones are   
   the same, a normal flurescent tube could be installed in the future. I have   
   never seen a    
   magnetic ballast fail.   
      
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