You all have so much knowledge! I hope you don't mind me posting to ask a simple "what is my bulb?" question.
The photo below is of the bulb that is in the pendant lights in our kitchen, so would be a 120V for line voltage. I have found many standard halogen bulbs that appear to be the same bulb, but the base is throwing me off. I can't find anything with pins so short, and I haven't seen anything with the slip-on metal shield like this one has. There are no markings on the bulb or the shield. I don't have a way to measure metric, but the distance between the pins is 1/4" and the length of the glass portion base to tip is 1-5/8." The pins stick out 1/8"
The fixture has the following text: "Max 50W Type T"
I have no idea how long the fixtures have been there, but there is a similar one on the shelf at Lowe's currently, so I'm guessing they are not more than 5-6 years old (how long have pendants been the rage, anyway?). However, the one on the shelf now uses a different type of bulb (I opened the box to look at it). If I cannot find this particular bulb, is there a substitute of some kind that can be used?
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Thank you!