{"id":5775,"date":"2022-07-02T08:17:06","date_gmt":"2022-07-02T02:47:06","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/bringuptodate.com\/?p=5775"},"modified":"2022-07-02T08:17:08","modified_gmt":"2022-07-02T02:47:08","slug":"e26-bulb","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/bringuptodate.com\/e26-bulb\/","title":{"rendered":"What Is An E26 Bulb? Here\u2019s Everything You Need To Know!"},"content":{"rendered":"\n
Before the pandemic started, I visited India and had a great time. I was impressed by the wide variety of food and amazing people. I admit that the food was a bit too spicy for me, but the people were sweet. I traveled to some interesting places and made some great friends. One of my friends from India recently moved to the US and set up his home in Michigan. While buying the essentials, he called me up to ask, ‘what is an E26 bulb?’<\/strong> as he wasn’t very familiar with the codes of bulbs. <\/p>\n\n\n\n
Lighting terminology can be confusing if you are not familiar with it and you’re looking to purchase a new bulb. You may have come across the terms like E26, E27, A19, etc., but may be unsure what they mean. This made me realize that many people are migrating to or living in the country who aren’t familiar with the codes of the light bulbs and end up searching about the same on the internet. Hence, I decided to write this article. <\/p>\n\n\n\n
Every light bulb has a code in the form of a letter followed by a code. The code is basically a shorthand representing the size and shape of the bulb or the bulb socket. E26 is a standard bulb with an Edison screw with a base diameter of 26 millimeters. An E26 base can be used in various light bulbs of different shapes and sizes and is a standard bulb base in countries like the USA, Japan, Taiwan, South Korea, etc., where the standard voltage is 120V.<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n
In this article, we will learn about the E26 bulb and how it is different from an A19 and E27 bulb. We will also know whether you can interchange an E26 bulb with an A19 bulb.<\/p>\n\n\n\n