$2 or Less$2 to $4$4 to $6$6 to $8$8 to $10$10 to $15$15 & Above 0 in to 0.5 in0.5 in to 1 in4 in to 5 in5 in to 7 in7 in to 10 in3 in to 4 in4 in to 5 in5 in to 7 in10 in to 15 in30 in to 36 in3 in to 4 in4 in to 5 in7 in to 10 in10 in to 15 in4 in to 5 in5 in to 7 in10 in to 15 in30 in to 36 in36 in to 42 in10 ft to 12 ft12 ft to 15 ftKichler LightingLitexPass & Seymour/LegrandPortfolioREDDOTSERVALITEThe Hillman GroupUtilitech 230-volt incandescent light bulb with E27 screw base Edison screw (ES) is a standard socket for light bulbs. It was developed by Thomas Edison and was licensed in 1909 under the Mazda trademark. Normally, the bulbs have right-hand threaded metal bases (caps) which screw into matching threaded sockets (lamp holders). For bulbs powered by the mains supply, the thread is connected to neutral and the contact on the bottom tip of the base is connected to live. In North America and continental Europe, Edison screws displaced other socket types for general lighting.

In the early days of electrification, Edison screws were the only standard connector, and appliances other than bulbs were connected to the mains supply via light sockets. Today Edison screw sockets comply with international standards. Early U.S. lamp manufacturers used different and incompatible bases. The Thomson-Houston Electric Company used a threaded stud at the bottom of the socket, and a flat contact ring. The Sawyer-Mann or Westinghouse base used a spring clip acting on grooves in the bulb base, and a contact stud at the bottom of the lamp. By about 1908, the Edison base was most common in the U.S., with the others falling out of use. In response to Edison's patent, Reginald Fessenden invented the bi-pin connector for the 1893 World's Fair. Other lamp bases include the bayonet mount and wedge base. E26 Edison screw to NEMA 1-15 adapter Specifications for all lamp mount types are defined in the following American National Standards Institute (ANSI) and International Electrotechnical Commission (IEC) publications:

Generally, the two standards are harmonized, although several types of screw mount are still defined in only one standard.Free Dogs For Sale Gloucestershire In the designation "Exx", "E" stands for "Edison" and "xx" indicates the diameter in millimeters as measured across the peaks of the thread on the base (male), e.g., E12 has a diameter of 12 mm. Used Patio Furniture For Sale HoustonThis is distinct from the bulb glass diameter, which in the U.S. is given in eighths of an inch, e.g., A19, MR16, T12.Patio Furniture Blue Bell Pa There are four commonly used thread size groups for mains supply lamps: The E26 and E27 are usually interchangeable, as are the E39 and E40, because there is only a 1 mm difference in thread outside diameter.

Additional screw thread sizes are available for other uses. The large E39 "Mogul" and E40 "Goliath" base are used on street lights, and high-wattage lamps (such as a 100-/200-/300-watt three-way) and many high-intensity discharge bulbs. In areas following the U.S. National Electrical Code, general-use lamps over 300 W cannot use an E26 base and must instead use the E39 base, 300 W lamps may use either base.[] Medium Edison screw (MES) bulbs for 12 V are also produced for recreational vehicles. Large outdoor Christmas lights use an intermediate base,[] as do some desk lamps and many microwave ovens.[] Previously, emergency exit signs also tended to use the intermediate base,[] but U.S. and Canadian rules now require long-life and energy-efficient LED lamps, which can be purchased inside a bulb as a retrofit. A medium screw base should not carry more than 25 amperes current; this may limit the practical rating of low voltage lamps. E29 "Admedium" bases are used for special applications, for example UV spotlight bulbs in magnetic crack detection machines.

In countries that use 220–240 volts AC domestic power, standard-size E27 and small E14 are the most common screw-mount sizes and are prevalent throughout continental Europe,[] (The BC or bayonet mount fitting is the commonest light bulb fitting in the UK and many British Commonwealth countries, and is found in older installations in some other countries, including France and Greece.) In 120-volt North America and 100-volt Japan, the standard size for general-purpose lamps is E26. E12 is typically used for candelabra fixtures. E17 is also sometimes used, especially in small table lamps and novelty lighting, and occasionally the lights on newer ceiling fans. Christmas lights use various base sizes E17 for C9 bulbs, E12 for C7 bulbs, E10 for decades-old series-wired C6 bulb sets in the U.S., and an entirely different wedge base for T1¾ mini lights. For a short time early on, these mini lights were manufactured using E5 screw bases. A tiny E5 or E5.5 size is used only for extra-low voltages, such as in interior illumination for model buildings, and model vehicles such as model trains.

These are often called "pea bulbs" if they are globe-shaped, but they commonly look like mini Christmas bulbs, or large "grain-of-wheat" bulbs. E10 bulbs are common on battery-powered flashlights, as are bayonet mounts (although those are usually held in with a circular flange located where the base meets the bulb). The E11 base is sometimes used for 50/75/100-watt halogen lights in North America, where it is called the "mini-can", and tighter threads are used to keep them out of E12-base nightlights and other places where they could start a fire. There are also adapters between screw sizes, and for adapting to or from bayonet caps. A socket extender makes the bulb stick out further, such as to accommodate a compact fluorescent lamp with a self-ballast that doesn't fit in a recessed lighting fixture. Most Edison screws have right-hand threads (lamp is turned clockwise to tighten), but left-hand threaded screws do exist, generally for use in special cases in which a specific voltage or wattage is required.

This discourages using an incorrect bulb, which could result in an explosion or other incident.[6] Locations such as railway trains and the New York City Subway have used light bulbs that have left-hand threads in order to discourage theft of the bulbs for use in regular light fixtures. The Edison screw socket was used as an outlet (such as for toasters) when mains electricity was still mainly used for lighting, and before wall outlets became common. Some adapters for wall outlets use an Edison screw, allowing a light socket to become an ungrounded electrical outlet (such as to install Christmas lights temporarily via a porch light), or to make a pull-chain switch with two outlets, or to split it for two lamps. Another adapter can make a wall outlet into a lamp holder (lamp socket). Various other accessories have been made, including a smoke detector that recharges over a few hours and lasts for a few days or weeks thereafter, and still allows the attached lamp to operate normally.

There have also been electronics that stick onto the end of the screw base and allow the attached lamp to flash, for example, to attract the attention of arriving guests or emergency vehicles; others function as a dimmer or timer, or dim gradually in a child's bedroom in the evening. From left to right: E27, E14, and E10 bulbs Three-way lamps have a d suffix to indicate double contacts, usually E26d or E27d, or rarely E39d. The second contact is used for the lower-wattage filament of the two inside the lamp. This extra contact is a ring located around the main contact. Unlike bayonet sockets, three-way and regular lamps are interchangeable, although the low filament or low setting doesn’t work if mismatched. The medium Edison screw has seven threads per inch, or about 3.6mm per thread. In the U.S., the Energy Independence and Security Act of 2007 requirement for greater energy efficiency only applies to the medium Edison screw, all other being considered "specialty" lamps.