Why are the plastic lugs on my Compact Fluorescent lamp in a different position?

The plastic lugs dictate what base type they are, when buying new fluorescent light bulbs you need to insure that these are the same or it will not fit. See our examples of different base types.

**Product Code** **Wattage** **Image**
G24d-1 10w, 13w  
G24d-2 18w  
G24d-3 26w  G24d-3
G24q-1 10w, 13w  
G24q-2 18w  
G24q-3 26w  
2G11 18w, 40w  
GX24d-1 13w  
GX24d-2 18w  
GX24d-3 26w  
GX24q-1 13w  
GX24q-2 18w  
GX24q-3 26w, 32w, 42w  
G23 5w, 7w, 9w, 11w  
2G7 5w, 7w, 8w, 11w