Coming up from the electrical foot contact are two metal contact wires. Light bulbs have a very simple structure.

Lighting Showroom Houston The Different Parts Of A Light Bulbs

The main parts of the common light bulb include the glass globe the tungsten filament connecting wires and stem and the metal base.

Components of a light bulb. The filament sits in the middle of the bulb held up by a glass mount. A filament in a light bulb is a wire that is almost as. These wires are very stiff and are attached to a tungsten filament.

The metal contacts are attached to two stiff wires which are attached to a thin metal filament. One of the main components in a light bulb the filament is prepared by mixing tungsten and binder and then drawing the mixture into a fine wire around a steel mandrel. Aher heating the wire and then dissolving the mandrel with acid the filament assumes its proper coiled shape.

At the base they have two metal contacts which connect to the ends of an electrical circuit.