Vacuum Tube Accessories

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.

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

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

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

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

2" tall, for use with P-ST9-AWS. Push/twist to chassis, no mounting centers. Belton manufacture. Aluminum sleeve with natural coil spring. Spring length: 26mm

Ceramic 7-pin socket with center shield and mounting bracket.

• Convenient top or bottom mounting capabilities
• 5/8” chassis hole required
• 7/8” mounting centers

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

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

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

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

Single row turret strips with a tab for mounting directly to tube socket mounting holes. The screw mount turrets are made of gold plated brass and are pre-mounted to the 2mm thick boards. The mounting hole is 0.15” in diameter. These turret strips are a great option for components connecting to the socket lugs of point to point builds.

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

8-pin ceramic tube socket commonly used for octal based power, preamp, and rectifier tubes. Great replacement for Fender, Marshall and others.

• Convenient top or bottom mount capabilities
• Includes mounting bracket
• Spade type pins
• 1-1/16” to 1-1/8” chassis hole required
• 1-7/16” oblong mounting centers

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

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

Used for vacuum tube octal plug or coil form. 1-¼" dia. x 7/8" high.

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

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

• Top mount
• 1 3/16" to 1 ¼".chassis hole required
• 1-1/2” mounting centers

*Please Note: The S-H142 tube clip is not compatible with this socket.

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

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

• Bottom mount
• Includes mounting bracket
• 1” chassis hole required
• 1 ¼" mounting centers

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.

4-pin ceramic tube socket.

• Bottom mount
• 1-1/4” chassis hole required
• 1-1/2” mounting centers

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

9-pin ceramic tube socket with stand-off mounting. commonly used for preamp tubes or EL84 power tubes.

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