5 pin octal tube socket

Original Burnedfingers · 8th January 2012, 12:37 PM

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Help

I need a 5 pin version of the socket on the right for some adapters I want to make. So I need a 5 pin round type socket to fit in a 8 pin octal base. All I am finding is the 5 pin ceramic on the left which I do not want.

Kay Pirinha · 8th January 2012, 12:47 PM

Hi,

why not just leaving the three pins you don't need unconnected? Or pulling 'em out of a stock socket? I think octal sockets with only five connectors are not available.

Best regards!

Original Burnedfingers · 8th January 2012, 12:50 PM

Look at the white socket and you will see the pin orientation is different otherwise I would have.

Kay Pirinha · 8th January 2012, 12:57 PM

As the international octal socket provides a 45 degree angle between all pins, you'll never find a version of it fitting into a UX5 socket with a 90-90-60-60-60 degree pin arrangement.

Best regards!

Original Burnedfingers · 8th January 2012, 01:03 PM

Well, I've had amplifiers in the past with round 5 pin sockets for the 807 tubes so there should be some out there.

dhaen · 8th January 2012, 01:08 PM

How about these?
5 Pin UX5 Amphenol Tube Socket British Made

Original Burnedfingers · 8th January 2012, 01:25 PM

I guess I can make them work.

Thanks

pmillett · 8th January 2012, 01:33 PM

These?

Leeds Radio:

Leeds Radio - tube sockets

BTW, not "Octal"... "Medium 5-pin" or UY5 (sometimes incorrectly called UX5 - UX = 4).

Pete

Kay Pirinha · 8th January 2012, 04:34 PM

Well, Burnedfingers, if you'd asked for UX5 instead of octal sockets, it would have been much easier to understand you...

Best regards!

Original Burnedfingers · 8th January 2012, 09:23 PM

So I need a 5 pin round type socket to fit in a 8 pin octal base. All I am finding is the 5 pin ceramic on the left which I do not want.

This is what I wrote in post #1. How could I be any clearer?

A 5 pin socket to fit in an 8 pin octal base.

8th January 2012, 01:33 PM	#8
pmillett diyAudio Member Join Date: May 2005 Location: Dallas (but I am not a Texan!)	These? Leeds Radio: Leeds Radio - tube sockets BTW, not "Octal"... "Medium 5-pin" or UY5 (sometimes incorrectly called UX5 - UX = 4). Pete __________________ When life hands you a jeffery, stroke the furry wall.

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8th January 2012, 12:37 PM	#1
Original Burnedfingers diyAudio Member Join Date: Nov 2002	5 pin octal tube socket tubesocket.jpg picture by burnedfingers - Photobucket Help I need a 5 pin version of the socket on the right for some adapters I want to make. So I need a 5 pin round type socket to fit in a 8 pin octal base. All I am finding is the 5 pin ceramic on the left which I do not want.

8th January 2012, 12:47 PM	#2
Kay Pirinha diyAudio Member Join Date: Oct 2011 Location: Tauberbischofsheim, Germany	Hi, why not just leaving the three pins you don't need unconnected? Or pulling 'em out of a stock socket? I think octal sockets with only five connectors are not available. Best regards!

8th January 2012, 12:50 PM	#3
Original Burnedfingers diyAudio Member Join Date: Nov 2002	Look at the white socket and you will see the pin orientation is different otherwise I would have.

8th January 2012, 12:57 PM	#4
Kay Pirinha diyAudio Member Join Date: Oct 2011 Location: Tauberbischofsheim, Germany	As the international octal socket provides a 45 degree angle between all pins, you'll never find a version of it fitting into a UX5 socket with a 90-90-60-60-60 degree pin arrangement. Best regards!

8th January 2012, 01:03 PM	#5
Original Burnedfingers diyAudio Member Join Date: Nov 2002	Well, I've had amplifiers in the past with round 5 pin sockets for the 807 tubes so there should be some out there.

8th January 2012, 01:08 PM	#6
dhaen diyAudio Moderator Emeritus Join Date: Jun 2002 Location: U.K.	How about these? 5 Pin UX5 Amphenol Tube Socket British Made

8th January 2012, 01:25 PM	#7
Original Burnedfingers diyAudio Member Join Date: Nov 2002	I guess I can make them work. Thanks

8th January 2012, 04:34 PM	#9
Kay Pirinha diyAudio Member Join Date: Oct 2011 Location: Tauberbischofsheim, Germany	Well, Burnedfingers, if you'd asked for UX5 instead of octal sockets, it would have been much easier to understand you... Best regards!

8th January 2012, 09:23 PM	#10
Original Burnedfingers diyAudio Member Join Date: Nov 2002	So I need a 5 pin round type socket to fit in a 8 pin octal base. All I am finding is the 5 pin ceramic on the left which I do not want. This is what I wrote in post #1. How could I be any clearer? A 5 pin socket to fit in an 8 pin octal base.

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