Review Details

Fluorescent non-shunted socket for T8 LED lamps

Product Review (submitted on June 1, 2021):

I took up replacing some shunted sockets (old fluorescent bulb fixture) with these to make the conversion to LED, but as an inexperienced do-it-yourselfer I failed to appreciated the importance of the wire strip length to be stabbed in. I peeled back a little too much insulation on the neutral wire perhaps, regardless, the conductor went into the stab-in, but unknown to me, also protruded through a seam right behind the stab-in area, allowing it to exit the back of the socket. So now I'm unfortunately dealing with issues due to the short created when the neutral made contact with the (metal) fixture. I would heartily recommend these sockets for someone looking to wire-up a LED fixture, but please be mindful of the strip length, and that 18 gauge will find its way through the seem behind the stab-in if you put too much wire length into the stab-in. I'm rating the quality on these sockets poorly just because the location of the seam behind the stab-in is highly impractical.