A lighting apparatus comprising: a solid-state lighting circuit; a first ballast connection port coupled to the solid-state lighting circuit and comprising first and second terminals, wherein the first and second terminals of the first ballast connection port are configured to be connected to a first fluorescent lamp connector that provides electrical coupling to a fluorescent lighting ballast; a second ballast connection port coupled to the solid-state lighting circuit and comprising first and second terminals, wherein the first and second terminals of the second ballast connection port are configured to be connected to a second fluorescent lamp connector that provides electrical coupling to the fluorescent lighting ballast; a filament-imitating impedance having a first terminal coupled to the first terminal of the first ballast connection port, wherein the filament-imitating impedance is configured to present an impedance between the first and second terminals of the first ballast connection port that mimics an impedance provided by a filament of a fluorescent lamp; and a low-frequency blocking impedance having a first terminal coupled to a second terminal of the filament-imitating impedance and the second terminal of the first ballast connection port and a second terminal coupled to an input terminal of the solid-state lighting circuit characterized in that the filament-imitating impedance comprises a first capacitor (922, C1) and the low-frequency blocking impedance comprises a second capacitor (924, C2, C3), wherein the first capacitor of the filament-imitating impedance is configured to bloc a low frequency component of power provided at the first terminal of the first ballast connection port from being transferred to the solid-state lighting circuit, and wherein the second capacitor of the low-frequency blocking impedance is configured to block a DC offset and/or the low frequency component of power provided at the second terminal of the first ballast connection port from being transferred to the solid-state lighting circuit. a solid-state lighting circuit; a first ballast connection port coupled to the solid-state lighting circuit and comprising first and second terminals, wherein the first and second terminals of the first ballast connection port are configured to be connected to a first fluorescent lamp connector that provides electrical coupling to a fluorescent lighting ballast; a second ballast connection port coupled to the solid-state lighting circuit and comprising first and second terminals, wherein the first and second terminals of the second ballast connection port are configured to be connected to a second fluorescent lamp connector that provides electrical coupling to the fluorescent lighting ballast; a filament-imitating impedance having a first terminal coupled to the first terminal of the first ballast connection port, wherein the filament-imitating impedance is configured to present an impedance between the first and second terminals of the first ballast connection port that mimics an impedance provided by a filament of a fluorescent lamp; and a low-frequency blocking impedance having a first terminal coupled to a second terminal of the filament-imitating impedance and the second terminal of the first ballast connection port and a second terminal coupled to an input terminal of the solid-state lighting circuit characterized in that the filament-imitating impedance comprises a first capacitor (922, C1) and the low-frequency blocking impedance comprises a second capacitor (924, C2, C3), wherein the first capacitor of the filament-imitating impedance is configured to bloc a low frequency component of power provided at the first terminal of the first ballast connection port from being transferred to the solid-state lighting circuit, and wherein the second capacitor of the low-frequency blocking impedance is configured to block a DC offset and/or the low frequency component of power provided at the second terminal of the first ballast connection port from being transferred to the solid-state lighting circuit.