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Solution

Tube and Socket Matching

Getting the tube the socket the cap connector and the cooling parts onto one order and one shipment.

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The Situation

Why This Comes Up

A power tube is one item in an assembly. The socket has to match the base layout, the cap connector has to match the top terminal, and an air cooled tube needs a chimney while a water cooled tube needs a jacket. Ordering these from different sources is how a bench job ends up waiting two more weeks.

Process

How It Runs From Enquiry to Delivery

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  1. Start from the tube typeTell us the tube designation rather than the pin count. The type determines the base layout the contact ring and the mounting pattern. Sockets ordered by pin count alone frequently do not fit the contact ring.
  2. Match the socketThe GZC SK and pin count socket ranges are checked against the tube type you are ordering. The socket range covers audio and transmitting base layouts from the same catalogue.
  3. Add the cap connectorTransmitting types with a top cap need the matching cap socket, listed for the 833 FU33 and NL5557 FG17 families among others. The cap connector is the part most often forgotten until the tube is on the bench.
  4. Add the cooling partsAir cooled types take a chimney, water cooled types take a jacket suited to the tube. Cooling parts that do not match the tube shorten its life.
  5. Ship as one consignmentTube socket connector and cooling parts are packed together with one set of documents. One shipment means one customs entry and one delivery date to plan around.
Product Lines

Lines This Applies To

44 types

Tube Sockets

Ceramic and metal tube sockets, cap sockets, chimneys and fixing hardware matched to the base layout of the tube they serve.

2 types

Water Jackets

Cooling jackets for water cooled tube anodes in industrial RF equipment, supplied to suit the tube type they are ordered against.

108 types

Vacuum Tubes

Power triodes and tetrodes for broadcast transmitters, industrial RF generators and research equipment, supplied against the type designatio

58 types

Shuguang Tubes

Shuguang marked audio tubes including 300B 2A3 845 KT88 EL34 and the 12AX7 small signal family, for valve amplifier builders and repair work

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Tube Socket SK300A
Tube Socket
Tube Socket SK1300 SK1320 tube socket supplied by HAN Trade
Tube Socket SK1300 SK1320
Tube Socket
Electron Tube Water Jackets List type list supplied by HAN Trade
Electron Tube Water Jackets List
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FD911S Jackets water jacket supplied by HAN Trade
FD911S Jackets
Water Jacket
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3CX1500A7
Power Grid Triode
3CX2500H3 power grid triode supplied by HAN Trade
3CX2500H3
Power Grid Triode
2A3 2A3B 2A3C Shuguang Electron Tube audio tube supplied by HAN Trade
2A3 2A3B 2A3C Shuguang Electron Tube
Audio Tube
EL34, EL34B Shuguang Electron Tube audio tube supplied by HAN Trade
EL34, EL34B Shuguang Electron Tube
Audio Tube
FAQ

Tube and Socket Matching Questions

Can you tell me which socket fits my tube?

Send the tube type and we will name the socket from the catalogue that matches that base layout.

Do I have to buy the tube from you to get the socket?

No. Sockets cap connectors and cooling parts can be ordered on their own.

How do I start?

Email the type designations and quantities to the sales address. Everything else follows from that one message.

Is there a minimum order?

No. Single pieces for repair work are normal orders, and repeat quantities can be scheduled separately.

Use This Route for Your Next Order

Send the designations, the quantities and the deadline. The written answer comes back by email.

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