Vacuum Tube Accessories

Heavy plain white boxes with dividers to cushion tube. Minimum order of 10 per size.

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

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

8-pin ceramic stand-off tube socket commonly used for octal based power, preamp, and rectifier tubes.

• PC mount
• 1” tail diameter
• Available with standard or gold pins

(Belton) Micalex, 9 pin miniature socket with PC pins, stand off mounting. Fits 3/4" chassis hole diameter (bottom mount). Applicable for use with all types of electric and electronic equipment using vacuum tubes. Features:

• Paddle saddle mounting
• Phosphorous bronze pin terminal with tin plating
• Glassfiber fileld PPS Insulating material
• Easy mount with collar attached socket

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

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

• PC mount
• 13/16” tail diameter
• Available with standard or gold pins

Belton Micalex tube socket used for 9 pin miniature tubes, bottom mount. Applicable for use with all types of electric and electronic equipment using vacuum tubes.

• Chassis hole: ¾”
• Mounting Centers: 1-1/8”
• Bottom mount

Features:

• Paddle saddle mounting
• Phosphorous bronze pin terminal with tin plating
• Glassfiber fileld PPS Insulating material
• Easy mount with collar attached socket

High temperature silicone damper / dampener rings great for remedying microphonic oscillations and tube rattle. These red dampening rings are rated for temperatures up to 240°C and come in various sizes to fit a variety of tubes. Please verify your tube sizes to ensure a proper fit.

• 20mm: Recommended size for 12A_7 (i.e. 12AX7, 12AT7, 12AU7, etc.) types, EL84, or any other tube with a ~20mm diameter.
• 28mm: Recommended size for 6V6, 6SN7, 5AR4, or any other tube with a ~28mm diameter.
• 30mm: Recommended size for some EL34, Svetlana EL34, JJ GZ34, Gold Lion KT77, or any other tube with a ~30mm diameter.
• 32mm: Recommended size for some EL34, 6L6, 6CA7, or any other tube with a ~32mm diameter.
• 35mm: Recommended size for 6L6GC, 5U4G, 6146B, or any other tube with a ~35mm diameter.

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.

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

• Top mount
• 1-15/16” shield height
• 3/4” chassis hole required
• 1-1/8” mounting centers
• Includes shield

Plastic octal tube socket commonly used for power tubes in many amps.

• Chassis hole: 1 ⅛"
• Mounting Centers: 1 ½"
• Bottom mount

Rubber ring for retainer S-H141 fits EL34/5881 and 6L6GC tubes. Outer Diameter: 1.38" Inner Diameter: 1.00" Thickness: 0.16"

For use with guitar amps and applications where tube is suspended upside down in chassis. Use with suspended 5881, 6L6, and EL34 tubes.

Ceramic Tube socket used for octal power tubes.

• Chassis hole: 1” to 1-5/32” depending on mounting (Top: 1” Bottom: 1-5/32”)
• Mounting Centers: 1-1/2” with oblong mounting holes

8-pin phenolic tube socket commonly used for octal based power, preamp, and rectifier tubes.

• Top mount
• 1” to 1-1/8” chassis hole required
• 1-1/2” mounting centers

Belton 8-pin Micalex PC mount tube socket with long leads commonly used for octal based power, preamp, and rectifier tubes. Applicable for use with all types of electronic equipment using vacuum tubes.

• Convenient top or bottom mount capabilities
• 1-1/4” chassis hole required
• 1-1/2” oblong mounting centers

Features:

• Paddle saddle mounting
• Easy mount with the saddle of extruded screw hole
• Phosphorous bronze pin terminal with tin plating
• Glassfiber filled PPS Insulating material
• Long leads

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.

Belton 9-pin tube socket, crimped with shield base. Applicable for use with all types of electronic equipment using vacuum tubes.

• Top mount, PC pins
• 3/4” tail diameter
• 1-1/8” mounting centers

Features:

• Paddle saddle mounting
• Phosphorous bronze pin terminal with tin plating
• Glassfiber filled PPS Insulating material
• Easy mount with collar attached socket

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.

Belton 8-pin Micalex tube socket commonly used for octal based power, preamp, and rectifier tubes. Applicable for use with all types of electronic equipment using vacuum tubes.

• Convenient top or bottom, PC mount capabilities
• 1-1/4” chassis hole required
• 1-1/2” mounting centers

Features:

• Paddle saddle mounting
• Phosphorous bronze pin terminal with tin plating
• Glassfiber filled PPS Insulating material
• Easy mount with saddle of extruded screw hole
• Short leads

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

Steel plates for covering unused socket holes on modified chassis. These covers provide a safe solution for modifying any chassis. These covers use elongated mounting holes to fit a variety of socket hole sizes. P-ST9-CVR

• 9 pin (noval) socket hole cover
• 5mm x 3.5mm mounting holes
• 27.1mm center to center

P-ST8-CVR

• 8 pin (octal) socket hole cover
• 6.5mm x 3.5mm mounting holes
• 40mm center to center

P-ST8-ST9-CNVRT

• 8 pin to 9 pin (octal to noval) socket adapter
• Bottom mount 9 pin socket recommended

7-pin ceramic tube socket with PC pins commonly used for tubes such as the 6X4 rectifier.

• PC mount
• 11/16” chassis hole required
• 11/16" tail diameter

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

• Top mount
• 1-15/16” shield height
• 7/8” chassis hole required
• 1-1/8” mounting centers
• Includes shield