Ceramic and metal tube sockets, cap sockets, chimneys and fixing hardware matched to the base layout of the tube they serve.
A tube that arrives without the right socket cannot be fitted. Base layouts differ between types and a socket ordered by pin count alone often does not fit the contact ring or the mounting holes.













































Fitting a replacement power tube into an existing amplifier chassis
Rebuilding the socket assembly in a transmitter output stage
Assembling a new valve amplifier around 300B 845 or KT88 types
Replacing a damaged cap connector on a transmitting tube
Power grid tubes sockets and tank circuit components for AM FM shortwave and TV transmitter stages.
RF amplifier tubes vacuum capacitors and switching tubes for accelerator groups plasma laboratories and university RF benches.
RF tubes and high voltage components for linear accelerators diathermy equipment and medical RF power supplies.
Shuguang Full Music Fuller and NOS audio tubes with matching sockets for amplifier makers dealers and repair workshops.
How the cooling arrangement changes what you have to buy alongside the tube and what shortens tube life in industrial and broadcas
Product GuideWhy pin count is not enough, what the GZC and SK ranges cover, and what to check before ordering a socket for an audio or transmit
Troubleshooting GuideWhat a thyratron does in welding controls and modulators, how failures present themselves, and how to identify a replacement acros
Buying GuideHow the main audio output types differ, what matching means in practice, and how amplifier makers and repair shops should plan sup
Buying GuideThe five pieces of information that turn an enquiry into a usable quotation, and what to expect back.
Tell us the tube type rather than the pin count. The tube designation determines the base layout the contact ring and the mounting pattern.
Yes. That is the usual way to order, and it means the pair arrives on one shipment with one set of documents.
Yes. Cap sockets are listed for the transmitting types that use them, including the 833 FU33 and NL5557 FG17 families.
The transmitting and audio socket ranges are ceramic bodied with metal contacts. Tell us the type and we will confirm the construction for that item.
Send the numbers exactly as they are printed on your equipment. Price, availability and the data we hold come back by email.