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Current carrying capacity of the wires inside a fluorescent batten with regard to LED tubes

Hello all - good afternoon !


As in the subject, can someone verify please what the current carrying capacity of the [thin] wires in a flourescent batten is ?


It is with regard to fitting an LED tube replacement where the [electronic] ballast has to be taken out of circuit; the wires from it to one of the tube mount ('tombstones' ?)  have to be cut and wired from the tube mount directly back to the 240V supply, according to most instructions.


I was curious about the wires with regard to doing this - it must be ok as this is the general instruction, but I was interested to know what they can carry.
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  • Also, with the tubes that state 'remove the electronic ballast and supply mains power to one end' as an option... be aware that the other end of the tube is usually a dead short (in the case of the good manufacturers, via a fuse), so putting the correct tube in backward, can be... interesting.  I'd like to see a version specifically for 'no ballast' situations with an open circuit on the 'dead' end, but I suppose that would lead to issues if someone used it as a like for like replacement.
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  • Also, with the tubes that state 'remove the electronic ballast and supply mains power to one end' as an option... be aware that the other end of the tube is usually a dead short (in the case of the good manufacturers, via a fuse), so putting the correct tube in backward, can be... interesting.  I'd like to see a version specifically for 'no ballast' situations with an open circuit on the 'dead' end, but I suppose that would lead to issues if someone used it as a like for like replacement.
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