An electric lamp comprising a substantially tubular lamp vessel, which is enclosed in a substantially tubular outer bulb, wherein the lamp vessel has current conductors extending from respective endsof the lamp vessel for providing current to an electric element inside the lamp vessel, wherein the current conductors are mounted in the outer bulb such that the lamp vessel is axially aligned in theouter bulb, and wherein at least one current conductor is mounted in the outer bulb by means of a support member comprising an at least partly circular outer support edge having an outer diameter which is substantially equal to the inner diameter of the outer bulb, characterized in that the support member comprises a substantially radially extending fixation edge on which the current conductor isfixedly mounted.