Vacuum Tube Accessories

9-pin ceramic tube socket commonly used for preamp tubes or EL84 power tubes

• Bottom, PC mount
• ¾” chassis hole required
• ¾” tail diameter

9-pin Micalex ceramic tube socket for auto-wave soldering applications.
Measurements:

• Center PCB hole diameter -0.73"
• Mounting pin diameters - (9 holes at 1.00") and (3 holes at 1.26")

Vacuum tube base clip. Grips tube base with teeth to securely hold tube in place. For use with octal sockets with 1-½" mounting centers.

Tube retainer for EL84. for use with guitar amps and applications where the tube is suspended upside down in the chassis. Supports a maximum tube height of 2.8 inches

Mounting Centers = 1", Overall Height = 2.2". Keeps common preamp tubes in place while dampening vibrations to reduce microphonics. Supports a maximum tube height of 2.1 inches

Black plastic 8-pin plug. This is the bottom portion of an octal tube base including all 8 pins and guide key between pins 1 and 8.

Retainer (Belton). for use with EL84 tubes, mounts to chassis. Steel plate with nickel plating and natural coil spring. Note: these retainers are for specialized socket below chassis mounting. (See mounting drawing below.) The springs are too short for standard sockets mounted level with the chassis surface.

Ceramic socket for loctal (sometimes spelled loktal) tubes such as the T-35Z3 rectifier. These loctal sockets have eight eyelets for the outside pins and an eyelet for the large center pin. Chassis hole details:

• 1” to 1.1875” depending on mounting
  
  • 1” hole for bottom mounting
  • 1.1875” hole for top mounting
• 1.5” mounting centers with oblong mounting holes

New production, aluminum, 2" tall, for use with P-ST9-700 and P-ST9-700-PC.

Grips tube base with 'teeth' to securely hold tube in place. For use with octal sockets with 1-1/2" mounting centers. Super high quality. Spring plate with Nickel plating. Please Note: This tube clip will not work with socket P-ST8-500

When hole in chassis is too large to mount Type S sockets directly to chassis with wavy washer, this adapter can be used. 1 3/16" dia. opening in plate, 1 ½" to about 1 7/8" mounting centers can be used. Socket is secured to plate with wavy washer.

9-pin plastic tube socket commonly used for preamp tubes or EL84 power tubes.

• Standoff, PC mount
• 3/4” tail diameter

9-pin ceramic tube socket with center shield commonly used for preamp tubes or EL84 power tubes

• Top mount
• 3/4” chassis hole required
• 1-1/8” mounting centers

9-pin ceramic tube socket with attached shield base commonly used for preamp tubes or EL84 power tubes (without shield)

• Top mount
• 7/8” chassis hole required
• 1-1/8” mounting centers
• P-SS9-325 and P-SS9-325XL are compatible tube shields.

9-pin ceramic tube socket commonly used for preamp tubes or EL84 power tubes

• Bottom mount
• 3/4” chassis hole required
• 1-1/8” mounting centers

9-pin tube socket commonly used for preamp tubes or EL84 power tubes

• Bottom mount
• 1-15/16” shield height
• 25/32”/ .76” chassis hole required
• 1-1/8” mounting centers

Extra long (70mm) aluminum tube shield for noval tubes. Ideal for tubes that are longer than a standard preamp tube such as the 6CG7, 12BH7, etc.

• Includes shield base
• Designed for longer than standard pre-amp tubes
• Sold individually
• Compatible with P-ST9-212

9-pin plastic tube socket commonly used for preamp tubes or EL84 power tubes

• Top mount
• 3/4” chassis hole required
• 1-1/8” mounting centers

Please note: This socket will not work with tube retainer S-H144

Made in China. Aluminum tube shield (with base), spring loaded, for short 9 pin miniature tubes like NOS 6386 with 1.50" seated height. (Too short to fit more common 9 pin miniature tubes like 12AX7 with 1.94" seated height).

Ceramic tube socket commonly used for preamp tubes or EL84 power tubes.

• Chassis hole: 7/8”
• Mounting Centers: 1-1/8”
• Bottom or top mount

9-pin plastic tube socket commonly used for preamp tubes or EL84 power tubes

• PC mount
• ¾” chassis hole required (bottom mount)
• 3/4” tail diameter

Protect your preamp tubes and customize them to suit your style with these colorful aluminum tube shields.

7-pin tube socket commonly used for preamp tubes. Shield Included.

• Top mount
• 1-7/8” shield height
• 5/8” chassis hole required
• 7/8” mounting centers
• Includes Shield

Diameter listed is the inside diameter. The anode cap is used for making an electrical connection to vacuum tubes which have anode high voltage connection from the top. Its contact resistance is less than 0.01 ohm, insulation resisitance is over 10,000 Mohm. Life time is about 200 cycles.