Where to buy E9 size light bulbs - Germany

Hello!
I bought a nice old lamp on e-bay and was looking for the 5 lightbulbs for it in Bauhaus. They told me it is not existing (?). The original lightbulb is maufactured by GE, has a code E9 and made in Hungary. Where shall I look for "rare" light bulbs or is there any converter (eg an other newer type might fit?). I tried a couple of lightbulbs but none of them worked (eg some fit but no light coming out of them). google did not bring up any results.

Thanks!
Speedy

Have you tried a photography equipment outlet? Or looked on the Osram site? I would guess that the type of bulb you are looking for was not only made by GE. Of course it is possible that these bulbs are no longer being made. Many types of incandescent bulbs are being phased out.

Need more information, or a picture. Common domestic incandescent lamp fittings are identified by an "E" number ("E" is for "Edison" - the style of screw thread with the number being the outer diameter of the thread in millimetres), but E9 is not one of them. There are also "BA" (Bayonet) fittings common in UK and "G" fittings for Halogen, but I guess it's neither of them.
You'll find a comprehensive description of lamps and fittings here. Maybe you can identify yours?

I found only these, but they don't seem right for the (rather sketchy) description of your lamp:
http://www.bodenseenautik-shop.de/gluehbir...rne-p-2116.html
http://www.bodenseenautik-shop.de/kartenti...v5w-p-2112.html
Both look like this:

E9 is a rather unusual size. Such tiny lamps used to be used in bicycle lamps, scale models and torches. Try crafts and electronics shops or bicycle shops. Or really old ironmongeries (correct word? I don't have a dictionary at hand. I mean an old-fashioned shop where you can buy door hinges, nails and screws, tools and all kinds of metallic stuff).
I just checked the Osram and Conrad-websites - they don't have them anymore.

Thanks very much everyone. From YorkshireLad6 list it looks like a Candle lamp with a E9 size screw (9mm), 230V, 25W. Nowhere to find. Is it possible to replace a screw "base" to an other standard size lamp?

Depends on your lamp, the smallest size that is commonly available for normal light bulbs
is E19, i.e. 19mm...

According to the german Lampensockel (Wikipedia) there is no E9 bulb.

Shops for lamps are conrad or bürklin.

So the E9 lamp pictured in my post #4 above does not exist. So much for Wikipedia.

@ speedygonzi
Could you please post a picture of your lamp (out of interest) and (more importantly) the lightbulb alongside a ruler/rule to indicate the size of the fitting?

I said that earlier. I'm beginning to think the "E9" marking is a red herring (or at least nothing to so with the generic bulb specification) and (as before) request a picture...

Ikea's website has a good overview of light bulbs - they have plenty of E bulbs but I couldn't see E9.

See pictures here.

What about AncientBrit's links?? You can buy E9 bulbs over the internet from that place.
And if you coouldn't find E9s how did you try a couple of bulbs and find out that none of them worked? Scheiss egal about that mystery...even if they didn't work it may be a wiring connection problem inside the lamp.

And where are you? This fred is useless without pics.

It says that he is in Charlottenburg, Berlin.

I was reacting sarcastically to the post from BananaJoe, SL6.
An E9 socket does exist, as you will see if you follow one of the links in my post #4, this one for example. Older torches, cycle lamps, etc. used such bulbs.
Having said that, I also think E9 is a red herring. It'll turn out to be a bulb code number and nowt to do with the fitting, hence my appeal for a pic (a request you'd already posted anyway)

What you are looking for is a miniature 9mm Ba9s/MBC with a screw base

However, it looks as if there are only E10 screws and E9 push&turns (bayonet).

I meant where is he in this thread... not enough info...

A domestic lamp with 5x 60V 2W bulbs? I don't think so!

sorry no access to TT from work. Here is the picture, it looks bigger than 9mm to me.

Hi AncienBrit - the lamp in your post exist, but it is 12V, I am looking for 220-240V
Cheers

Oh come on.. Go out and buy a real/decent/current lamp already.

Wrong. E14 is the common candle bulb. 14mm across the fitting. As here:



But for all the sizes WIKI is your friend:

Edison screw (Wikipedia)

Looks like you might have some nutty E11 or E12 there!!!

My guess is E12 as it is a bit more common relatively.

As always, a picture is worth a thousand words...

This outfit in the UK offers some unusual fittings inc. E10 (10 mm dia. measured across thread peaks) and E12 (12 mm ditto) and some interesting envelope styles in case you fail to find any suppliers in the Fatherland. They are willing to ship outside the UK.

The Wikipedia article Incandescent light bulb mentions the following
"candelabra: E12 North America, E10 & E11 in Europe"

Hi everyone, thanks for the tips - the lamp will go back to e-bay, too much trouble ;-) I will mention the light bulb size in the ad though ...

What size d'you think it is then?

Must be E12