Different Types Of Light Bulb Base

There are dozens of types of light bulbs and literally hundreds of unique light bulb bases.

Different types of light bulb base.

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. Medium standard base code. There are three main categories for light bulb base types. Since light bulbs have different base types if you know the base of the bulb you are looking for we can omit the bulbs that do not have that base type.

Pin type bases are normally used for track lighting landscape bulbs. Pin type bases base codes gu5 3 gu10 and gu24. Intermediate base code. Twist lock bases.

Candelabra base code. 10mm miniature screw e10 11mm miniature candelabra e11 12mm candelabra e12 14mm european e14 17mm intermediate e17 26mm. Whether you use incandescent bulbs halogen compact fluorescent hid or led bulbs you might need a comprehensive guide to use them properly. Look at your fixture to determine its base type.

While the edison screw base may be the most familiar there are others to consider as well. Click on any of the illustrations to view a list of bulbs with that light bulb base. Light bulb base chart. Insert and twist push in plug in and screw in.

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. You can find this base on bulbs such as the t6 s11 and r12 but you will have to do a lot of searching to find these bulbs.