On Sunday, October 25, 2020 at 2:28:08 PM UTC-4, Clare Snyder wrote:
On Sun, 25 Oct 2020 05:32:28 -0700 (PDT), TimR
wrote:

On Saturday, October 24, 2020 at 11:02:02 AM UTC-4, Thomas wrote:
On Saturday, October 24, 2020 at 10:05:41 AM UTC-4, Dean Hoffman wrote:
On 10/24/20 8:50 AM, Thomas wrote:
Looking for edison bulbs. What sizes fit what?
E26, e27? What fits in a regular house lamp that a normal 60 watt would?

E26 are US, E27 are European.

ACTUALLY - e26 is 120 volt, E27 is 240 - but you've got the right
idea.
Generally "world market" sockets are E27 - virtually all E26 bulbs
will work in virtually all E27 sockets - just don't torque them too
tight.
With LED bulbs, MANY are "universal " - 84 -260 volt - and generally
have E26-ish bases - mabee a bit larger, but smaller than E27 - and
they MAY be a bit snug in an old E26 socket.


Thanks, I didn't know that about LEDs. I've tried lots of CFLs in my favorite German floor lamp and had no luck. I even took the whole think apart thinking it might be a bad connection or switch, and the build quality is impressive.

So just now I got a no-name store brand LED out of the box and tried it, works fine.