SPECIFICATIONS

Brand Name: E-SIMPO

Choice: yes

High-concerned chemical: None

Item Type: Lamp Holder Converter

Material: PBT Copper

Model Number: GX23-E26/E27

Origin: Mainland China

semi_Choice: yes

2pcs GX23 2P To E26/e27 Light Socket Adapter PL-S CFL GX23-2 To E26 Led Lamp Base Converter Install Screw E26/e27 To Gx23 Holder

Features:

-Need BYPASS OR REMOVE the ballast, otherwise, it doesn't light on. Gx23 Series (Female Socket Fixture) to E26 (Male Bulb Base) Adapter. GX23 has 2Tab in the central square plastic part. Please make sure your socket is for GX23, NOT G23.

-Flame Retardant PBT, Phosphor Bronze.Suit for GX23 socket,Physically change the contact, don't change voltage. If you don't know how to remove or don't plan to ask an electrician to remove the ballast, please DO NOT BUY!

-THE BALLAST IN YOUR FIXTURE MUST BE REMOVED OR BYPASSED FOR THESE ADAPTERS TO FUNCTION PROPERLY. CONSULT AN ELECTRICIAN IF YOU ARE UNSURE. DO NOT OPERATE A LED BULB WITH A BALLAST IN THE FIXTURE, DOING SO WILL LIKELY DAMAGE THE BULB.

-All pin-based CFL, like GX24Q G24 GX23 G23 are lamp-ballast separated, but all screw-in E26 E27 are lamp-ballast integrated. ballast is a must to start a high voltage(600V-1500V 1ms) to light up the CFL, but it is dangerous for LED Lamp. Because LED Lamp are built with LEDs and Driver which is transforming the 100-240V AC to DC for LEDs. So the LED Driver input should be 100V-240V or 85-265V, so 600-1500V will be too high, and easily destroy the led lamp.

-There are some LED Driver who can be compatible with the ballast, no LED Driver can be compatible with all the ballast. So the best thing is bypass or remove once we want to change CFL to LED Lamp. When we remove pin-based CFL, we only removed the lamp, the ballast is still working in front fixture; even we change to E26/E27 CFL, there will be 2 ballasts, the light will not work.

How to bypass the ballast?

1. Turn Off the Power.

2. Find the Ballast. Usually it is embeded inside the ceiling fixture. Pls pull off the existing PL lamp, reflector. Leave wire in junction box. and find the ballast.

3. Normally, the Ballast has a black and white wire on the input side (AC input side, 100V -120V for North America). It also has two red and two blue output wires. To bypass this ballast, please cut all the Input and output wires, so total 6 wires cut.

4. Then, you can connect the two red wires to the black wire.

5. Next, connect the two blue wires to the white wire. now ballast is bypassed