An improved fluorescent fixture is provided wherein guides extending from the fixture socket serve to receive the pins of an associated fluorescent lamp tube, properly align the tube so that the pins may enter an opening in the socket, and rotate the tube to insure engagement between the pins and socket contacts as well as mechanical engagement to maintain the lamp tube in position.
A socket for a bipin lamp has a relatively stationary body, a pair of contacts in the body symmetrically flanking an axis of the body, and a rotor formed with an axially open and generally diametrally extending slot and pivotal on the body about the axis between an outwardly open position and a crosswise position. Pins of the lamp are insertable into the slot and engageable with the contacts in the crosswise position. An operating part has a disk fixed to the rotor and formed with a slot aligned axially with the rotor slot and an arm fixed on and projecting radially from the disk past the lamp when the pins are in the slots. Thus a user can fit the lamp pins to the slots and pivot the rotor between the positions by the arm to engage the pins with the contacts.
The present invention is a unique lighting system. The lighting system includes a unique mount and mounting system, a unique lampholder and a unique power conditioning circuit arrangement.
The present invention is a unique lighting system. The lighting system includes a unique mount and mounting system, a unique lampholder and a unique power conditioning circuit arrangement.
A fluorescent lampholder with a top portion for supporting a fluorescent lamp and a base portion with a wire opening located on the bottom surface of the base that receives wires without exposing the wires to the exterior surface of a fixture. The lampholder is capable of supporting various types and/or sizes of fluorescent lamps such as "tall", "medium" and "small" T-8 fluorescent lamps as well as other types and/or sizes of fluorescent lamps.
