Talk:Bayonet mount

Untitled
Let's merge with http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bayonet_twist_lock too please. —Preceding unsigned comment added by 70.27.206.64 (talk) 09:38, 23 October 2010 (UTC)

Merge sounds and looks good. 204.77.37.173 18:52, 30 January 2007 (UTC) Circuitsoft
 * yes, lets merge. Mion 21:20, 1 March 2007 (UTC)
 * links B15d B22d GU10 GZ10 BA15d BA15s BA20d B21s-4 B24s-3Mion 20:55, 1 March 2007 (UTC)

Strength
"The strength of the joint relies solely on the shear strength of the pins"

No, it depends on the strength of both pins and the little flaps on the socket. For british light bulbs, the latter is normally the weaker element. 86.4.152.167 (talk) 23:47, 22 October 2008 (UTC)


 * I am not sure if the flaps or lugs are actually weaker, but certainly I have seen these fail in old lamp holders and have never seen the pins on a bulb fail. It could be because the lamp has had many bulbs used in it, whereas each bulb only has to be inserted and removed once. -- Q Chris (talk) 09:54, 5 May 2009 (UTC)

Male / Female
Sentence "male side with one or more pins, and a female receptor with matching "L" slots and spring(s)" is not correct in the case of BNC connectors. It's BNC male connectors that show the matching slots and the spring. —Preceding unsigned comment added by U235861 (talk • contribs) 17:33, 6 November 2009 (UTC)


 * Added to article "(The BNC connector is not exactly as described in this article, as the male, not female, connector has the slots and spring.)" Pol098 (talk) 16:06, 27 January 2012 (UTC)

My first attempt at correction on a WIKI: "Examples of three pin bulbs are found in mercury street lamps and fireglow bulbs in some older models of electric fire." Is this supposed to be an electric fire place? -Steve Lux —Preceding unsigned comment added by 204.182.3.206 (talk) 14:42, 22 March 2010 (UTC)

Possibly modify picture?
Perhaps one of the illustrations could be very simply modified to make it fit the "L-shape" explanation in the text? I've never worked with Wikipedia/Wikimedia illustrations, otherwise I'd try it. I suggest creating a rotated and mirror-imaged version of File:Bayonet-mount-02.svg, captioned "A bayonet mount before and after insertion", so that the slot is oriented like a capital L with serif at the right of the horizontal. Pol098 (talk) 16:01, 27 January 2012 (UTC)

Automotive bayonet mounts missing?
I came here to learn about the 581 (PY21W) mounts where the pins are apparently 150° apart, but there is nothing about automotive bayonet bulbs.

Light bulb fitting or weapon?
The article is about light bulb fittings. The firs two pictures are about weapons?! — Preceding unsigned comment added by 86.161.61.136 (talk) 11:12, 26 August 2013 (UTC)

an old name
according to, it used to be called the "swan" base long ago. Perhaps this only applied to certain countries. This page doesnt mention the man Swan either (yet the link is at the bottom) - is he the inventor?. Charlieb000 (talk) 01:04, 11 August 2016 (UTC)
 * Swan invented the first practical commercial incandescent lightbulb. The production by Edison of lightbulbs based on Swan's patent is well-known and widely discussed.
 * Swan used a bayonet fitting for his lamps, which is still used in the UK today. It has the advantage over Edison's that it gives either a good contact or no contact, rather than the Edison screw's tendency to unscrew slightly with thermal cycling in use, to give a poor contact with arcing and then to lead to fires. Andy Dingley (talk) 09:17, 11 August 2016 (UTC)

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Possible consolidation of overlapping WP articles on lamp caps and lampholders.
A discussion is taking place at Talk:Bi-pin_connector on the possible consolidation of overlapping WP articles on lamp caps and lampholders. Please make any comments there, rather than here. JimmiCheddar (talk) 18:15, 3 January 2018 (UTC)

Bayonets
Maybe change the images of socket bayonets to more up-close images, and of earlier bayonets instead of the mid-19th century type with locking rings. Ironmatic1 (talk) 01:47, 14 April 2019 (UTC)