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To: svcw
Part of the reason these bulbs are in Europe and Asia first is apparently the base for the bulb on their lamps are easier to produce than the screw in base we have.

The E-type base ('Edison screw') is pretty much universal.

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Edison_screw

16 posted on 12/03/2012 10:13:51 AM PST by Moltke ("I am Dr. Sonderborg," he said, "and I don't want any nonsense.")
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To: Moltke

The MR16 is the most common bulb configuration in Asia and Europe.
Here’s what it looks like.
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/MR16


21 posted on 12/03/2012 10:57:12 AM PST by svcw (Why is one cell on another planet considered life, and in the womb it is not.)
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