RE: 833a Sockets: where to buy?

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Original poster: "Mccauley, Daniel H" <daniel.h.mccauley-at-lmco-dot-com> 



I just ordered (2) about two months ago for my modulator supply.
Just ask the rep for them.

Dan


 > Dan -
 >
 > Several times I have seen Penta Laboratories mentioned on the
 > TCML as a
 > source for 833A sockets, yet no tube sockets of any kind seem
 > to be listed
 > on their website. When I called them about two years ago,
 > they claimed never
 > to have carried 833A sockets.
 >
 > Are these a special-order item?
 >
 > You state that the sockets "are pretty good". Did you
 > purchase a pair from
 > Penta Labs? How long did it take to actually get the sockets?
 > Do you know
 > where they are made? Russia? China?
 >
 > Some of the cheap imported copies of the big Johnson transmitting tube
 > sockets are so poorly made that they are worthless. Some I
 > have seen used
 > material for the contact fingers that was so soft that the
 > fingers were
 > permanently deformed the first time a tube was inserted.
 > Others were lacking
 > the detent notch in the contact fingers that locks the tube
 > into the socket.
 > A slight bump and the fingers would suddenly cam the tube out
 > of engagement
 > with the fingers and then slam the tube's indexing pin
 > against the stop in
 > the metal sleeve in the socket.
 >
 > Regards,
 > Scott Hanson
 >
 >
 > ---- Original Message -----
 > From: "Tesla list" <tesla-at-pupman-dot-com>
 > To: <tesla-at-pupman-dot-com>
 > Sent: Thursday, September 04, 2003 5:31 PM
 > Subject: RE: 833a Sockets
 >
 >
 >  > Original poster: "Mccauley, Daniel H" <daniel.h.mccauley-at-lmco-dot-com>
 >  >
 >  >
 >  >
 >  > Pentalabs has 833A sockets for about $30.00 each which is
 > a great price.
 >  > Not sure what shipping would be though.
 >  > They are pretty good. www.pentalabs-dot-com
 >  >
 >  > BTW, what's a valve??
 >  >
 >  > Dan
 >  >
 >  >
 >  >  > Hi Guys,
 >  >  >
 >  >  > I was wondering if any of you guys would have some spare 833a
 >  >  > (power triode)
 >  >  > tube bases and tube connectors? The cost if importing
 > them was nearley
 >  >  > double the cost of the valves!
 >  >  >
 >  >  > Adam
 >  >  >
 >  >  >