Our Light Bulb Range

The Lamp Company stocks 80,000 different light bulbs - so we are confident we can help you identify the precise light bulb you need.

Please use our online ordering process using the panel to the left to find your light bulb - alternatively, ask our experts using the panel on the homepage. If you like to see things on paper, give us a call or drop us a line with your address details and we'll send you a catalogue. Complete with scaled illustrations and detailed descriptions it will help you find your light bulb quickly and easily.

If you aren't sure what you are looking for, please call our sales team on +44 (0) 1462 490066 - we will ask the right questions to pinpoint the lamp you need.

We also offer the following products which can be found at our specialist web site, www.lampco.co.uk.

We stock the following products

Airfield / Aircraft

Lamps for Airstrips, Taxiways & Hangars etc.

Aquarium

Look for Freshwater tubes for Tropical, Saltwater for Marine. Saltwater Blue for Coral

Architectural

Double-ended, Side-mounted Tubular lamps. Popular with Bars, Clubs & Hotels

Auto bulbs

Every bulb for your motor – most vehicles have an average of 12 different bulbs covering indicators, headlamps, rear lights, brake lights, interior lights. Our range includes replacement lamps for motorbikes, buses & lorries. See Auto bulbsglossary page for more information.

Bi-pin, Sub-midget and midget flange

These lamps are miniatures. Mostly used in panels and other industrial applications.

Blacklight Blue

The UV lamps give little or no visible light. Commonly used in Counterfeit note detectors. Popular for effect in Bars, Clubs & Bowling Alleys. Also used for non-destructive testing.

Bug Zapper

Also known as Flykiller or Insectocutor Lamps. Special UV light which attract Flies which are then killed by electricity . Also used to cure certain glues e.g. False Nails

Candles

See also decorative. So named after the pointed tip. Can be used in chandeliers, wall fittings, and general household applications. Types of candle include coupe de vent, (bent tip), twisted. Candle lamps can be coloured.

Circular tubes

So named for the distinctive circle shape. Often used in signs

Coloured lamps / colouring service

Many light bulbs are available in standard colours, such as blue, green, red, yellow. If you require a personal or bespoke colour, contact us directly to discuss the colouring service. Minimum orders apply. Popular in the Christmas festive season.

Compact Fluorescent

This is the trade term for an energy saver or energy efficient lamp. The light bulb uses fluorescent tube technology but is available in a more 'compact' form.

Decorative Candles

Decorative candles and decorative light bulbs for chandeliers, etc. See Decorative Candlesglossary page for more information.

Decorative Lamps

Candles, Golfballs, Globes, Christmas lights etc .

Decorative Reflectors

Decorative Reflectors are so called due to the mirror effect created inside the casing of the bulb to make the light shine more brightly.See Decorative Reflectorsglossary page for more information.

Dichroic Lamps

Often referred to as MR16's, MR11's or MR8's. Their Dichroic reflector projects light forward whilst allowing heat to travel backwards making them ideal for display lighting, in the home and retail shops. There are numerous variants of this type of lamp. See Dichroic Lampsglossary page for more information.

Disco

Specialist lighting incl: Strobe, Projectors, and Effects etc.

Display

Retail environment use, among others: Dichroic and Low Wattage Metal Halide.

Domestic Appliances

Fridge, Microwave, Oven, Sewing Machine lamps. Please check the wattage carefully. For under-cabinet lighting in the kitchen or bathroom, see Smilight tubes.

Double ended Metal Halide

Commonly used in sports stadiums for floodlighting.

Edison Bulbs

Reproductions of the original Edison light bulb, created by Thomas Edison in 1842.

Elliptical Metal Halide

Commonly used in urban illumination projects and Industrial "High Bay" fittings.

Energy Savers

Save money and electricity by replacing your household light bulbs with energy savers. Energy savers can be used in table lamps, ceiling fittings, wall fittings. Remember to check the cap size of your original light bulb when looking to replace. See Energy Saversglossary page for more information.

Exciter

Lamps for studio and projection applications.

External Illumination

A wide range of metal halides for sensitive lighting effects, from historical buildings to gardens and urban illumination projects.

Festoon Lamps

Used in chain lighting also in Auto Interior lights.

Fishpond & Germicidal lamps

Technical term for UVC or Ozone water/ air purifying Lamps. These lamps are hazardous to health and must only be used specified applications. Used in swimming pools, sauna and steam rooms, outdoor fish ponds.

Floodlighting

Sports stadia, golf courses.

Fluorescent Tubes

Check the length of the required replacement first. Lengths available include: 8 foot, 6 foot, 4 foot, 2 foot, 18 inch, 12 inch. Check the diameter of the tube. Colours for fluorescent tubes include warm white, daylight, cool white. See Fluorescent Tubesglossary page for more information.

Fly killer

See Bug zapper

Food Hygiene - Bakery

Specialist tubes for bakeries

Food Hygiene - Butcher

Specialist tubes for meat counters, carvery counters, as well as the fly killers.

Full Spectrum Light Bulbs

Full spectrum lighting refers to both the ultra-violet and visible light that composes artificial light in an effort to more effectively replicate natural light. See Full Spectrum Light Bulbsglossary page for more information.

GLS - General Application

Incandescent, household, reflectors, Golfball, pygmies, candles. These lamps have standard caps and can be used interchangeably. Often the fixture (lampshade) will dictate which bulb is the best fit.

Golf Balls

Good for external Christmas lighting displays

Greenhouse lighting

Specialist horticultural bulbs to stimulate the growth of plants.

Grolux

Used to promote plant growth.

Halogena

Blown Tubular (BT) shape Halogen alternative to standard GLS lamps.

Hanaulux

Hanaulux - now owned by Siemens and more properly known as Hanaulux/Siemens- are renowned manufacturers of surgical lights. See Hanauluxglossary page for more information.

Household bulbs

See also Energy saver. Always check the cap. Types of bulb include incandescent, general application, reflectors, Golfball, pygmy, candle. These lamps have standard caps and can be used interchangeably. See Household bulbsglossary page for more information.

Infra-Red Heat Lamps / Ruby Jackets

Used in applications from Catering to Paint-drying. Available in various lengths, wattages and styles. Ruby Coloured lamps are mainly used for space heating.

JD tungsten Halogen

Single-ended Halogen Lamps. Mainly used in display applications.

K Class

Double-ended Halogen lamps. Mainly used in short range floodlights.

LED

An increasingly popular Lightsource offering high output from very low wattage. New LED versions of traditional types are appearing all the time. Available in various colours.

Light bulbs

There are literally thousands of different types of light bulb in the world. See Light bulbsglossary page for more information on light bulbs available.

Lighthouse

These powerful Incandescent or Halogen lamps have long life expectancy and emit a bright white light that is designed to be highly visible across the seas.

M Class

Halogen lamps including: dichroic & capsule types.

Marine & navigation

Navigation, Rough service, ship re-fits.

Medical Lamps

High intensity clean lights for work in critical medical settings, such as operating theatres.

Medical purpose Lamps

X-ray machinery, microscopes, laboratory work. Clean lab lights

Mercury discharge

Metal Halides

Metal Halide lamps are increasingly popular for street lighting plans, car parks, sports stadium floodlights. The clean white light is a break from the traditional yellow/ orange light of the Son and Sox lamps. See Metal Halidesglossary page for more information.

Miniatures

Can be Incandescent, Halogen, Neon or LED. Cap sizes are very important. Look for Ba7s, Ba9s, Ba15d, and BA15s. See also telephone lamps. For use in applications such as switchboards, machinery

Miniatures - Screw Cap

E10. E12. E14. Screw cap identification

Navigation lamps

See Marine and Shipping

Oven Lamps

Lamps for use in appliances with a high heat resistance. See also domestic appliances.

P1 Class Lamps

Photographic lamps

P2 Class Lamps

Photographic lamps

P3 Class Lamps

Photographic lamps

PAR 16

PAR 20

PAR 30

PAR 36

PAR 38

PAR 46

PAR 56

PAR 64

PAR Lamps

Or Parabolic Aluminium Reflector Lamps come in a wide variety of sizes and ratings. Size is given in1/8ths of an inch e.g. PAR16 = 2" in diameter, PAR64 = 8".

Photographic and studio lamps

TV studio lamps. Dark room lighting.

Printing and Reprographics

Specialist lamps for printing press and print shops.

Projector lamps

Special high intensity lamps for use in video projectors, OHPs, backlight projection. LCD & DLP Projector lamps are not available on line at present. Please contact us directly @ sales@lampco.co.uk as these are specialist lamps and it is very importa

Pygmy lamps

See also general application lamps

Reflectors

See also General application lamps. Reflectors are Mushroom shaped with internal mirroring for directional lighting.

Reptile & Vivarium

Heat lamps to keep reptiles warm. UV tubes to promote Vitamin B

Rough service

Vacuum lamps with extra filament supports. Resistant to vibration. See also marine and shipping.

Shatterproof / shattershield

Ask the expert about our shatterproof service. A thin coat of fluoropolymer can be applied to almost any bulb or tube. If the bulb or tube is dropped, all glass will remain inside the coating. Health and Safety legislation means that most open lamps in

Smilite tubes

See also domestic appliance lamps. These tubes are manufactured exclusively to fit under-cupboard cabinets in kitchens or bathrooms. See Smilight tubesglossary page for more information.

Son lamps

Used in industrial and street lighting applications. See Son tubesglossary page for more information.

Sox lamps

The most commonly used Street Lighting lamp.

Specialist Services

The Lamp Company has 80,000 diverse products at its fingertips. Only a selection of these product lines is visible on site - for specialist services such as colouring, Shattershield, striping or urgent requirements, our unrivalled service, knowledge and

Spot lamps

See reflectors

Stage, studio and theatre lamps

T-Class, CP-Class. For specific requirements, please contact us directly.

Sunbed tubes

Specialist UV tubes used for tanning. See Sunbed tubesglossary page for more information.

T2, T4, T5 , T8, T12

Refers to the diameter of a fluorescent tube (in 1/8th of an inch) e.g. T8 = 1"

Telephone lamps

See also miniatures.

Torch lamps

Pre-focus, lens-ended lamps

Tubular metal halide

See also elliptical metal halide

U tubes

A fluorescent tube in the shape of a U. Use it in confined spaces where there is no room for a full-length tube.

UV lamps

UV or ultra violet. Usually tube format, check for UVA used in Tanning, Flykillers etc. UVB mainly for medical purposes. UVC used in air /water sterilization.

Wire Terminals

Specialist miniature lamps with wires instead of a cap.