User Manual

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INSTRUCTIONS
INSTRUC-LT848-20-110-00
Tube Lamp (LT848-20-110-00)
Caution:
• Thisproductistobeinstalledinadrylocationonlybyaqualiedelectricianaccordingtothe
NationalElectricalCodeandallapplicablelocalcodesandregulations.
• Donotinstallindimmingcircuitsoremergencyxtures.
• Donotopenthislamp.Nouserserviceablepartsinside.
• Theseretrotlampsareonlypoweredfromtheoneendmarked“Connect this end to live (powered) end”.
Installation Instructions:
Youwillneedafewfeetof600V18GaugeSolidTFF,TFNorAWMwireforthisinstallation.Onlythistypeofsolidwirewill
workwiththepush-inwiretrapsinthelampholder.Thisretrotconversionlampwillnotworkwithshuntedsockets,typically
usedwith“INSTANTSTART”ballasts.Determineifthexturehasshuntedornon-shuntedlampholders.Ifthextureusesa
shuntedlampholder,replaceitwiththenon-shuntedlampholderfurnishedwiththislamp.However,notallshuntedsockets
haveonesetofpush-inwiretrapsblankedoff.Ifnotsure,checkforcontinuitybetweenthetwosetsofholes.Ifthereis
continuity,thesocketisshuntedandneedstobereplacedbytheincludednon-shuntedsocket.Therearemanydifferent
non-shuntedsockets.Somearetall,someareshort.Someslideinandsomesnapin.Someslideandsnapin.Othersare
screw-downsurfacemountsockets.Itdependsontheageandtypeofxture.Whiletheincludednon-shuntedlampholder
willtmostxtures,itmaynottyours.Ifitdoesn’t,consultyourlocalelectricaldistributor.
1) Turnoffthepowertothelightxtureatthecircuitbreakerpanelorfusebeforeinstallation.
2) DisconnecttheblackandwhiteballastINPUTleadsfromthe100-277VACsupplywires.Disconnecttheballastfrom
alllampsocketsbycuttingthewires.Ifastarterispresentandprotrudingfromthexture,cutthewirestothestarter
base,butleavethestarterinplace,soasnottocreateapotentiallyunsafeopeninginthexture.
3) Removetheballast.
4) Cuttwolengthsof600V18GaugeSolidTFF,TFNorAWMwirelongenoughtoreachfromthelampholdertothe
100-277VACsupplywires.
5) Strip3/8”ofinsulationfrombothendsofbothleads.
6) Insertonestrippedendofeachsolidwireintoeachsideofthelampholder.
7) Connectthesetwowirestothe100-277VACsupplywiresusingULlistedtwist-onwireconnectors(wirenuts).
8) Allremainingseveredwiresthatarenolongerusedneedtoberemovedcompletelyororganizedandcappedoff
usingULlistedwirenutssotheydon’tinterferewiththereassemblyofthexture.
9) Inserttheendoftheretrotlampthatismarked“Connect this end to live (powered) end”intothenon-shunted
lampholderconnectedtothesupplywires.
10) Checkthenewconnectionsforstructuralintegrity.Thismeansthewiresshouldnotcomeapartwhenpulledcasually.
11) AfxincludedadhesiveCAUTIONlabeltothexturewhereitwillbeseenwhenthisretrotlampisremovedfor
replacement.Thislabelwarnstonotreplacethisretrotlampwithastandarduorescentlamporanydifferenttype
ofretrotlampotherthantheTOPAZlampslistedunderthetitleofthisdocument.
12) Restorepoweratthecircuitbreakerorfuse.
13) Turnonxture.
WARNING