Re: 833a Sockets:

["Tesla list" <tesla-at-pupman-dot-com>]

Original poster: "Edwin G. Buttell" <edd.b-at-snet-dot-net> 

Tesla list wrote:

 > It will take a little less than 20 years to make 833 plate and grid caps.

    Edd.B writes;

    The quick and simple way to to make sockets/clamps for 833 tubes is:

    Go to your local hardware store, plumbing section, look for the copper
    fittings, find the copper pipe straps/retainers. These are used to
    hold a pipe to a rafter or stud. They look like the letter "U" with
    ears....  And the 'ears' have holes in them.

    They are available in several sizes, buy the 1/2 inch size, 4 for each
    tube.

    In order to fasten the 833 to whatever base you are using use 1"
    shelving brackets connected to the straps that you folded around
    the filament pins.

    This is a quick, easy, good looking and inexpensive way around the
    most common problem when using 833 tubes.

    Edd.B
    Storrs,Ct.