Lighting assembly for multiple fluorescent lamps

A ballast lampholder subassembly for use in a fluorescent lighting fixture comprising:

• a molded ballast lampholder cover with lampholders extending from the ballast lampholder cover, each of the lampholders including a pair of terminal cavities opening to an interior surface of the ballast lampholder cover;
• fluorescent lamp terminals insertable into the terminal cavities after first ends of wire leads have been terminated to the fluorescent lamp terminals;
• a circuit board with ballast circuitry and ballast components mounted on the circuit board, second ends of the wire leads being attached to the circuit board;
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• a ballast lampholder base attached to the ballast lampholder cover to form a ballast lampholder housing, the circuit board and the wire leads which connect the fluorescent lamp terminals to the ballast circuitry and to the ballast components being positioned within the ballast lampholder housing.

A method of assembling a ballast subassembly for use in a lighting fixture comprising the steps of:

• terminating insulated wire leads to terminals;
• inserting the terminals into lampholders molded as part of a ballast lampholder housing cover with the insulated wire leads extending from the terminals;
• connecting opposite ends of the wire leads to a circuit board containing ballast circuitry and ballast components;
• positioning the circuit board between a ballast lampholder housing base and the ballast lampholder housing cover;
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• attaching the ballast lampholder housing base to the ballast lampholder housing cover to form a ballast lampholder housing which encloses the circuit board and the wire leads.