Socket - 8 Pin Octal, Ceramic, top or bottom mount
8-pin ceramic tube socket commonly used for octal based power, preamp, and rectifier tubes. Can be top mounted or bottom mounted, using unique ring mount. Great replacement for Fender, Marshall and others.
- Convenient top or bottom mount capabilities
- Includes mounting bracket
- 1-1/16” to 1-1/8” chassis hole required
- 1-7/16” oblong mounting centers
RoHS Compliant
Body Diameter | 26.5 mm | |
Body Height | 14.5 mm | |
Item Height | 23 mm | |
Item Length | 42 mm | |
Item Width | 35 mm | |
Mounting Hole Center to Center | 35 mm |
Packaging Dimensions | 1.3 in. × 1.2 in. × 1.2 in. | |
Weight (Packaging) | 0.043 lbs. |
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How well do these ceramic sockets work in RF applications such as in the fabrication of ham radios, specifically HF capable radios?
Asked by Anonymous on December 29th, 2017.
Yes these should work and are even used in some of our Bob Heil kits. Do a search for "Bob Heil" for more information.
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Country of origin, manufacture?
Asked by Anonymous on January 1st, 2019.
These are made in China.
Product Reviews
These sockets work great. There are 2 minor downsides: First, they are slightly larger that 1 in diameter, so some careful filing is required after using a 1 in chassis punch. Second, the virgin pins are so tight that tubes can't be inserted without the possibility of damaging the tube (which I did). Now I first use a burned out tube to loosen up the socket a bit. I like the sockets and I will use them for my next project. Thanks to AES for being there.
I've found these Octal 8-pin Ceramic tube sockets to be a high quality socket. I use these Octal sockets as high quality replacements in vintage tube equipment that I restore and it is the only Octal socket I use in my tube amplifiers that I build. I've found that cheaper phenolic sockets will develope socket to tube pin connection problems within a few years of use. That's not the case with the ceramic octal sockets, I have these sockets in a tube amp I built in 2007, it's used nearly everyday and I have yet to have a connection problem.
These are high quality tube sockets and I recommend them for anyone building or restoring tube equipment that requires the 8-pin octal sockets.