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Fig. 14 LED star-board solder joints L2 L2 L2 Fig. 16 Fluorescent bi-pin Fig. 15 Metal halide incandescent screw base At Level L3, wires are used that require some sort of connection method to provide power to an L2 socket or directly to the lighting device. In some instances, the wires can be soldered directly to the device and is indeed commonly done within the SSL assemblies. Tyco Electronics recently released the SMT Poke-In connector that provides a poke-in L3 termination to a printed circuit board thereby eliminating the need to solder the wire to the board. In other instances, it can also be the interconnection between circuit board assemblies as can be seen with the Hermaphroditic Board–to– Board connector used for SSL strip lighting. On the traditional lighting side, an L3 termination is typically just an FASTON, screw terminal, or poke-in terminal on the side or base of an Edison socket or fluorescent tombstone. Fig.17 Soldered wire joint Fig.18 Tyco Electronics SMT Poke-In wire termination Fig. 19 FASTON quick- connect L3 L3 L3 L3 Fig. 20 Tyco Electronics Hermaphroditic Board-to-Board connector Level L4 is the primary connection to an intermediate power source of the lamp. With an LED lamp, this would be the connection to the LED driver. For fluorescent lamps, this is the connection to the ballast. In both instances, this can be a separable plug and receptacle connector, a poke-in 14