End mount ballast- socket bridge

A fluorescent lighting fixture comprising a housing, at least one pair of spaced lampholders adapted to receive therein the ends of a fluorescent lamp mounted in said housing, a ballast for providing operating voltage and current to said lampholders, said ballast including a printed circuit board having at least one output pin secured to said board, said output pin being directly mounted and electrically connected to said at least one lampholder, and an enlarged socket bridge enclosing said ballast for absorbing radio-frequency radiation from said ballast.