LAMP AND END CAP FOR A LAMP

摘要

The invention relates to a lamp having an end face 3 from which two pins 1-1, 1-2 and a mechanical sensing unit 5a-5d protrude. The two pins are connected to an internal lamp electronics unit disposed in the lamp via a respective current path. The respective current path comprises a plurality of electrically conductive sub-segments, of which a first sub-segment is electrically connected to the associated pin and of which a second sub-segment is electrically connected to the lamp electronics unit. The mechanical sensing unit 5a-5d can be elastically pushed in counter to the protrusion direction from a release state into an engagement state and cooperates with the two current paths such that the first and second sub-segments of the respective current path are galvanically coupled to one another when the sensing unit 5a-5d is in the engagement state, while in the release state of the sensing unit 5a-5d the first sub-segment of the respective current path is galvanically decoupled from the second sub-segment of the respective current path.