Light Bulb "Medium Base"
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From: Robert Baer on 17 Feb 2010 21:59 Paul Hovnanian P.E. wrote: > Jim Thompson wrote: >> On Wed, 17 Feb 2010 15:18:32 -0700, Jim Thompson >> <To-Email-Use-The-Envelope-Icon(a)My-Web-Site.com> wrote: >> >>> I'm having a senior moment (I'm entitled, 12 days to the big 7-0)... >>> >>> Is a Light Bulb "Medium Base" a _standard_ ordinary, everyday light >>> bulb base? >>> >> Finally found a "specification"... >> >> "Medium", aka E26, is 26mm base thread diameter >> >> Had some weird 11W small bulb standard-looking base thread in the BBQ >> lighting. >> >> Found only "medium" base listings... which apparently, in the USA, is >> also called "standard" and "Edison". > > Wasn't Edison that snarky kid in your Electricity 101 class? > > http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Edison_screw#Sizes_and_applications > Screw sizes? You mean short VS tall or flat VS curvy?
From: life imitates life on 17 Feb 2010 22:42 On Wed, 17 Feb 2010 18:58:47 -0800, Robert Baer <robertbaer(a)localnet.com> wrote: >Jim Thompson wrote: >> On Wed, 17 Feb 2010 15:18:32 -0700, Jim Thompson >> <To-Email-Use-The-Envelope-Icon(a)My-Web-Site.com> wrote: >> >>> I'm having a senior moment (I'm entitled, 12 days to the big 7-0)... >>> >>> Is a Light Bulb "Medium Base" a _standard_ ordinary, everyday light >>> bulb base? >>> >> >> Finally found a "specification"... >> >> "Medium", aka E26, is 26mm base thread diameter >> >> Had some weird 11W small bulb standard-looking base thread in the BBQ >> lighting. >> >> Found only "medium" base listings... which apparently, in the USA, is >> also called "standard" and "Edison". >> >> ...Jim Thompson > Edison who? You mean the guy that FAILED 1000 times? Most inventors fail A LOT before they arrive at their solutions. The fact that you confuse his "failure count" with failures in life, as it were, tells the group a bit about your attitude toward him... or us.
From: Greegor on 18 Feb 2010 01:42 On Feb 17, 9:42 pm, life imitates life <pastic...(a)thebarattheendoftheuniverse.org> wrote: > On Wed, 17 Feb 2010 18:58:47 -0800, Robert Baer <robertb...(a)localnet.com> > wrote: > > > > > > >Jim Thompson wrote: > >> On Wed, 17 Feb 2010 15:18:32 -0700, Jim Thompson > >> <To-Email-Use-The-Envelope-I...(a)My-Web-Site.com> wrote: > > >>> I'm having a senior moment (I'm entitled, 12 days to the big 7-0)... > > >>> Is a Light Bulb "Medium Base" a _standard_ ordinary, everyday light > >>> bulb base? > > >> Finally found a "specification"... > > >> "Medium", aka E26, is 26mm base thread diameter > > >> Had some weird 11W small bulb standard-looking base thread in the BBQ > >> lighting. > > >> Found only "medium" base listings... which apparently, in the USA, is > >> also called "standard" and "Edison". > > >> ...Jim Thompson > > Edison who? You mean the guy that FAILED 1000 times? > > Most inventors fail A LOT before they arrive at their solutions. > > The fact that you confuse his "failure count" with failures in life, as > it were, tells the group a bit about your attitude toward him... or us.. How old is this nymshifter nymnal and what is his actual experience?
From: Oppie on 18 Feb 2010 09:00 "Jim Thompson" <To-Email-Use-The-Envelope-Icon(a)My-Web-Site.com> wrote in message news:biuon5923fkqut8mvje3qscdor0tj4ercd(a)4ax.com... > On Wed, 17 Feb 2010 15:18:32 -0700, Jim Thompson > Finally found a "specification"... > > "Medium", aka E26, is 26mm base thread diameter > > Had some weird 11W small bulb standard-looking base thread in the BBQ > lighting. > > Found only "medium" base listings... which apparently, in the USA, is > also called "standard" and "Edison". > Yes, I immediately thought of 'Edison base' as the US standard lamp base. A good resource of lamp information is Bulbtronics http://bulbtronics.com/ We use them at the shop as a source for scientific lamps (Hg and Xe arc lamps). Oppie
From: life imitates life on 18 Feb 2010 09:04
On Thu, 18 Feb 2010 09:00:58 -0500, "Oppie" <Oppie(a)saynotospam.com> wrote: >"Jim Thompson" <To-Email-Use-The-Envelope-Icon(a)My-Web-Site.com> wrote in >message news:biuon5923fkqut8mvje3qscdor0tj4ercd(a)4ax.com... >> On Wed, 17 Feb 2010 15:18:32 -0700, Jim Thompson >> Finally found a "specification"... >> >> "Medium", aka E26, is 26mm base thread diameter >> >> Had some weird 11W small bulb standard-looking base thread in the BBQ >> lighting. >> >> Found only "medium" base listings... which apparently, in the USA, is >> also called "standard" and "Edison". >> > >Yes, I immediately thought of 'Edison base' as the US standard lamp base. >A good resource of lamp information is Bulbtronics >http://bulbtronics.com/ > >We use them at the shop as a source for scientific lamps (Hg and Xe arc >lamps). > >Oppie Don't touch them! (no, it is not a disco song) |