LED retrofit lamps

[lightnin1212]

with the emergance of these new linear LED lamps to retrofit existing troffers, i had a question on the safety of taking the ballast out of the loop and running the straight voltage to the sockets. can you think of any issues with regards to this?

 

[hillbilly1]

The voltage at the lampholders is lower, but the current limiting capability of the ballast is no longer protecting the socket wiring, so a high resistance fault could possibly melt the wiring, though I have seen ballast capable of this due to arcing faults.