Here is the list of five most common types of light bulbs along with their respective advantages.
Base different types of light bulbs.
Common light bulb base types look at your fixture to determine its base type.
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Find the lightbulbs shape you re looking for with this visual chart detailed illustrations of bulb shapes include a19 mr16 par and linear fluorescent tubes.
Click on any of the illustrations to view a list of bulbs with that light bulb base.
Most of the light bulbs that you buy in stores or online are going to have this kind of base.
This is the most common light bulb base that you can buy and is used in hid cfl ccfl halogen and incandescent light bulbs.
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A little larger than the common e26 medium base this bulb base can still be used in most applications.
Most common light bulb uses including lamps recessed flush mount flood lights are going to have one of the first three base types shown above.
A19 a15 a21 br bulged reflector spotlight and floodlight bulbs.
They re used in both residential and commercial applications and screw in using an edison screw.
Common bulbs with e26 e27 bases.
Light bulb bases use this handy guide to identify different types of light bulb bases that apply to incandescent halogen high intensity discharge fluorescent and led light bulbs.
Type a bulbs also called standard bulbs are the classic pear shaped bulb.
Incandescent bulbs are the typical bulbs.
E26 bulbs are primarily used in north america while e27 bulbs are most.
Shop by screw base with our universal bulb finder e26 e27 medium edison 26 mm or 27 mm diameter.
Screw bases 10mm miniature screw e10 11mm miniature candelabra e11 12mm candelabra e12 14mm european e14 17mm intermediate e17 26mm medium e26 27mm european medium e27 39mm mogul e39.