Screw To Bayonet

[sumar]

Hi. Does anyone know if it's possible to obtain something to change having to use a screw bulb as opposed to a bayonet one please? I noticed ikea sell an adapter which is fine if you live in Sweden but screw in bulbs are expensive and they don't do onesthe opposite way round. Thank you

[mikey4444]

Plenty over n Ebay ::::::

http://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/2-Pack-LIGHT-BULB-SOCKET-ADAPTOR-CONVERTER-LAMP-HOLDER-BASE-ADAPTER-TOP-UK-STOCK-/331349622579?var=&hash=item4d25f9ff33:m:mS_rzvDW9qLqwd-_ToW_YbQ

[sumar]

Thank you very much, I now have to figure what's the B and the E thing and why they're male and female. Things used to be so simple

[bhg481]

B = bayonet. E= edison screw.

if your lamp fitting is edison screw you need an edison screw male with a bayonet femail to be able to use a bayonet-fitting bulb in it. Male fittings stick into things; female fittings have things stuck into them. Remind you of anything?

[mikey4444]

lol bhg !

[bhg481]

I always remember the male and female symbols the same way; something sticking up at 45 deg and a cross-wire target under the body - seems obvious.

[wolf63]

I didn't know (seriously) that lights bulbs had a gender attached to them. ☺☺

[sumar]

Thank you all very much

[gingejbee]

When I changed all my lamps to LED, the price was the same for both screw and bayonet type...

[Hymie]

I have a number of these (purchased from ebay), since more and more lamps available in the UK are now supplied with an Edison screw fitting.

One thing to bear in mind when using these converters is that a correctly wired Edison screw receptacle will have the Live connected to the central connector and the screw thread (which may be partially accessible) connected to Neutral (thereby minimising the risk of electric shock).

When using a device converting a bayonet connector to an Edison screw connector – the polarity of the Edison screw connections may be transposed (depending on how the bayonet connector is made); which could result in the accessible screw connection being Live.

My advice is to take extra care when using these converters.