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Q.1. With an old conventional 5ft. fluorescent tube that is controlled by a fluorescent starter unit and choke, what happens if I reverse the tube in the fitting and switch on?
Q.2. What happens if I convert the old fluorescent fitting to accept a new HiSpec Thames 25 W 110-240 Volt L.E.D. single ended tube and I reverse it in the fitting and switch on?
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It’s a few years since I converted a fluorescent fitting to LED, the last one I did was over a Dulux Paint sign outside a former DIY shop that had become an Indian Restaurant.
As it is a Conservation area it seemed easier to revamp the existing illuminated sign than apply for permission for a new one, but no one changed the actual sign.
Once the starter is replaced there’s nothing to control the current if someone swaps a fluorescent tube back into the fitting, so the starter really needs swapping for a fuse, which can be a fused dummy starter or a fuse in a holder within the fitting, if you can get a suitable one.
