Goochie Posted July 19, 2012 Share Posted July 19, 2012 I'm currently working my notice at a UK company that distributes light bulbs (among other things). Whilst these have historically been cheap and cheerful things, we have some very new LED bulbs which are fantastic - However they're also pretty expensive to buy from the shops. I'd like to bring some with me but I'm not sure what type is most common in Australia? Are they mostly the bayonet type that you find in the UK (B22)? Or are they they the ones which screw in like you'd find in Continental Europe (E27)? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Paul1Perth Posted July 19, 2012 Share Posted July 19, 2012 The bulbs used to mostly be the E27 type you show BUT there has been a big push to use low voltage and now LED's. The newer houses will almost certainly have the latest lighting and a lot of the old screw in type bulbs have been replaced with low voltage DC lights with transformers. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Scully81 Posted July 20, 2012 Share Posted July 20, 2012 we live in an older place, all inside is the b22 and outside is e27 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Parley Posted July 20, 2012 Share Posted July 20, 2012 Bayonet mostly, maybe as pointed out by scully , screw in is used outside for some reason. I hadn't made that connection but I think that is true at my place too. Bayonet inside, Screw in outside. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
fleabo Posted July 20, 2012 Share Posted July 20, 2012 Most of ours were screw-in fittings. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
fairystar32 Posted July 20, 2012 Share Posted July 20, 2012 Ours are a mix, we have bayonet and screw in our home. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest Posted July 20, 2012 Share Posted July 20, 2012 You can't call them bulbs, that something you plant in the garden, they are globes!!! As told to me by one of my Aussie friends. Lol Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JoandJon Posted July 20, 2012 Share Posted July 20, 2012 I've mostly encountered bayonets, but there may well be the odd screw in ..... Sorry that doesn't help very much does it!! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Quoll Posted July 20, 2012 Share Posted July 20, 2012 Most of ours were bayonet, in fact I cant think of one household fitting that was a screw in. We do have LED lights in some rooms now though but they are a different kettle of fish altogether. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
northshorepom Posted July 23, 2012 Share Posted July 23, 2012 Ours are all Edison screw. So I don't think there's consistency out there in fittings Worth bringing good bulbs if you've got loads. Incandescent ones are quite cheap here but being rapidly phased out, low energy ones are quite expensive - although I have been delighted to find a 24w CFT which for the first time ever actually delivers useful light as opposed to the "11w equivalent to 60w" (yeah right) rubbish that is the norm. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
calNgary Posted July 23, 2012 Share Posted July 23, 2012 We have both bayonet and screw type ones, so tend to agree with the above that there is no consistency and a bit of a mixture of the two over here. Cal x Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bobbsy Posted July 23, 2012 Share Posted July 23, 2012 We have more bayonet but, yes, there's a mix of the two (and the spares in the cupboard are always the wrong fitting. I suspect that's some sort of electrical rule, alongside Ohm's Law.) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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