Light Bulbs Shapes
Light Bulb Shapes - vary, from pear shapes to funnel shapes to tube shapes. Each light bulb type has a designation. Examples include: PAR for parabolic aluminized reflector light bulb or T for tube. Many household halogen light bulbs are a MR16, the MR is for 'metallic reflective' light bulb.
Bulb shapes are derived from these names. Several of the more general classes of bulb types are outlined below.
- A - Standard household incandescent light bulb shape
- B - Bulged bulb shape
- BT - Bulged or Blown Tubular bulb shape
- BR - Short reflector style light bulb
- C - Candle or Conical bulb shape
- CP - Crystalline Pear bulb shape
- E - Ellipsoidal bulb shape
- ER - Extended reflector light bulb shape
- F - Flame style candelabra bulb shape
- G - Globe bulb or circular bulb
- HK - Hexagonal Candle
- K - Krypton or narrow reflector light bulb shape
- MB - Halogen bulb
- MR - Quartz reflector lamp (low wattage)
- P - Pear bulb shape
- PAR - Parabolic Aluminized Reflector (PAR) lamp
- PS - Elongated standard incandescent bulb
- R - Reflector light bulb style
- S - Strait Sided bulb style
- T - Tube lamp shape