I have been doing a number of "conversions" to standard 5 ft fittings... cut out all the control gear and wire directly to the lamp holder.

While testing a brand new faulty tube (pioLED) at my local wholesaler the salesman told me the power was at the top of the fitting ..."BANG" it seemed as though load shedding had kicked in with a bang.

Which brings me to modifying and wiring of fittings... it seems that PioLED have a resistor on one side of the tube which results in a bang if the tube is installed the wrong way.

I watched a few videos on how people convert fittings and seems some people run and earth wire to the non power side of the fitting.

What are your thoughts?