compact fluorescent pin converter

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Reposted from DIY

My current lighting set up uses a compact fluorescent bulb. My ballast accepts the german straight pin bulb arrangement. I have found that there seems to be more variety in bulbs using the japanese square pin arrangement.

Without changing my ballast, does anyone know of a straightforward and cheap way of getting or making a converter to use square pin arrangement bulbs in a straight pin ballast?

Thanks.

 

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If it is a True Compact Flourescent ballast I have seen the end caps for as little as $8.00 each, sometimes even less. You could just replace the end caps w/ the pin out you want.