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Originally Posted by fetteler
LED replacement tubes require no starter and you connect them to the mains via a switch in the same way that you would wire a normal incandescent bulb. None of the 'guts' associated with a conventional fluorescent tube is required. I cannot think of a fitting that could not easily be modified.
Steve.
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Yes. The replacement tubes I've used come with a replacement starter which is a wire link.
In most fluorescents with a ballast (as opposed to electronic control gear) the starter heats up and goes open circuit to 'start' the tube (as I understand it).
My lamp has no 'starter' as such. It does have a start switch, which is a momentary rocker. I don't have to use it all the time. Only when the lamp is cooler. My assumption is that this is O/C at rest, and so would probably need to be shorted out permanently to wok with an LED tube.