What is the standard American household light bulb socket called?

if i wanted to buy a unique light bulb what would the base, or whatever, have to be for it to work in a standard household socket?





Secondary question: Where can i buy huge light bulbs that work in these standard sockets? Is there a special kind of really big bulb?|||It's not something you see often named.





Some common names:


US standard base


medium base


Edison socket


E26





Bu here is the technical correct names:


The designation Exx refers to the diameter in millimeters, even in the U.S., where the bulb glass is listed in eighths of an inch. (For example, E12 has a diameter of 12 mm.) There are four common sizes of screw-in sockets used for line-voltage lamps:





candelabra: E12 North America, E11 in Europe


intermediate: E17 North America, E14 (SmallES) in Europe


medium or standard: E26 (MES) in North America, E27 (ES) in Europe


mogul: E39 North America, E40 (GoliathES) in Europe.








.|||In lighting terms (incandesent lamps) the standard household socket / lamp is a "medium" base. Most "huge" incandescent lamps that resemble standard lamps have a "mogul" base that looks like the "medium" base but larger. You can buy an adapter that screws into a medium base and converts it to a mogul base. 2nd question- Sylvania has a 500 watt incandescent lamp (looks like a regular "light bulb" on steroids) that would work using the medium to mogul base adapter. Have fun....|||Americans use the edison screw fitting