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Fluorescent Tube Question.

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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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    no in the LED "tube" one end has a short and the other end an LED driver. they are not connected.

    Ah with you! Sounds like the new tube was intended for a different type of conversion - leave the interval wiring as was, by some means short out the stater (solid, or fused) and then you can put the new tube in either way around reasonably safely. Sounds like the root of the problem was the "The old internals are totally disconnected in the old fitting. So just one end cap supplies L and N. " rather than the tube.

       - Andy.

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    no in the LED "tube" one end has a short and the other end an LED driver. they are not connected.

    Ah with you! Sounds like the new tube was intended for a different type of conversion - leave the interval wiring as was, by some means short out the stater (solid, or fused) and then you can put the new tube in either way around reasonably safely. Sounds like the root of the problem was the "The old internals are totally disconnected in the old fitting. So just one end cap supplies L and N. " rather than the tube.

       - Andy.

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