Socket Question

Yes there is, but since you have me filtered I won't bother to do the leg work for you.

Also, you didn't indicate what fixture type..

A medium base liked used in homes I assume is what you are referrring to. Jamie

I've never seen one, but I haven't seen everything.

If you need a bunch of them, I would ask somebody like Leviton or Eaton (Cooper) if they would sell you the stamped-metal guts of a socket - the outer threads and center contact - for you to mount to the PCB yourself. Often the outer threads are aluminum, so you'd have to use rivets, but you might be able to get brass that you could solder.

Keystone doesn't have any in their current catalog, but maybe they have an old blueprint lurking around. They seem to have a lot of little stamped and threaded metal things anyway; maybe they'd make you one.

For adapting existing sockets...

There is a kind of socket with a plastic shell and screw terminals in the bottom, in the same axis as the lamp threads. You could discard the screws that come with the socket, and use longer ones through holes in the PCB to make both the electrical connection (to copper rings around the screw holes) and mechanical connection. This may not be the most reliable electrical connection, though.

Looking at Leviton a little, you could do the same trick with something like this

but separate the mechanical and electrical connections.

This is kind of a goofball, but it's another way to separate the mechanical and electrical connections:

You can get porcelain sockets that have a separate porcelain ring that screws down over the body of the socket; they're designed for mounting in sheet-metal panels, but you could probably mount them on a PCB. They are relatively huge and heavy, though, compared to what usually goes on a PCB:

This kind has a bracket that attaches from the back:

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Matt Roberds

Close?

GES E40 lampholder

HD or Lowes has an edison base that has a metal flange for mounting. I think thats as close as you will get to a baord mount thing.

Cheers

Jamie

Places like Ace or Lowes should have an adapter that lets you plug a light bulb into a standard outlet. Example:

It should be possible to insert the prongs into holes on a circuit board, and cut off the excess.

Fred