Lars wrote:

Here in the UK many of the desk lamps I can buy nowadays take a bulb
with an Ediscon Screw fitting. Also many wall lights for outdoor use
(sometimes with a PIR detector) take an ES fitting bulb.

Until recently all I ever needed for a general purpose light bulb was
a bayonet fitting. Now ES fittings seem to be appearing!
Pictures: http://www.bltdirect.co.uk/base.htm


Is there a particular advantage of the ES fitting over the bayonet
fitting in these sorts of applications?

How many "Brits" does it take to screw in a lightbulb??
If you go by the number posts here, 52

:-)

We've been using screw-in (ES) type bulbs over here ever since Edison
invented the damn thing.
No problems.


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Regards,
Gary

I know not with what weapons World War III will be fought,
but World War IV will be fought with sticks and stones.

Albert Einstein