Where can I get bayonet cap / socket extenders?

Have you removed any shade holder rings from the bayonet fitting?

The part that is in the way is the shade itself, that's why I thought some kind of small socket extension would help. It wraps around the bayonet socket. It looks like the shade is really for spotlights, but we've always used small ordinary bulbs.

The lights look similar to this but are older.

TWP

You'll never do it mate. Any low energy lamp has a wide base to hold the electronics, and they'll never fit in anything with that thin a shade. The base of low energy lamps also get hot, and anything that helps hold that heat in will also greatly reduce the life span of the lamp as well.

You could be right. They do the extenders in America though...

You can get ES (Eddison Screw) extenders in the UK as well, but they're normally a special order item from merchants. I know, many years ago, you could get BC (Bayonet Connector) extenders and doublers etc. But they fell out of use when all the new styles of light fittings came in to fashion.

You may have some luck searching on the foreign sites, but I think they are going to be few and far between.

My father had a look at them and discovered that the position was adjustable enough to bring the socket forwards so the bulbs are finally in! :-) I'm not sure what he did... I think he moved something attaching the lamp to the lamp holder... I hope it doesn't fall off the ceiling next week and kill me! :-) I'm bound to be walking under it if it's going to fall off! :-)

Thank you for helping with this problem anyway! :-)

TWP