Questions tagged [lamp-tombstone]
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Name for light fixture tube socket (tombstone) retainers?
What are the names of the metal photographed parts? The tombstones are inserted to clarify function.
I would like to order more of these metal parts, however, I do not know the terminology to Google ...
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Systematic process to find replacement fluorescent T5 lamp holder
The goal is to replace a plastic T5 tombstones has melted. The side 'wings' fold-in so it can be 'dropped-into' the fixture.
There are approximately 100+ tombstones and one has melted. Is ...
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Should the ballast be replaced?
As a follow-on question to: Why fluorescent lighting tombstones melt? I do not know what caused a massive current to melt the tombstone: was it the ballast?
The MELTED tombstone will be replaced, ...
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Why do fluorescent lighting tombstones melt?
I am fixing the lighting in an older building and one of the plastic tombstones has melted.
There are approximately 100+ tombstones and one has melted. A search found a forum discussion that ...
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Is it safe to convert a shunted tombstone lamp socket to a non-shunted socket by cutting the shunt?
I am looking into converting a T-8 fluorescent tube fixture to a direct-wire LED tube fixture. In addition to removing the actual ballast, I understand that the "tombstone" lamp sockets in an ...
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What does "instant wire" on LED tubes mean?
I'm replacing florescent tubes with Westgate T8 LED tubes (T8-EZ4-18W-40K-F), which work both with or without an existing ballast (I remove the ballast when I install them). When bypassing the ballast,...
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