Re: 833a Sockets: where to buy?

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Original poster: dgoodfellow-at-highstream-dot-net 

Anyone can buy an 833 socket off the internet, the real score is to get up
early and drive whatever distance to as many hamfests as possible, scouring
through every tailgate, every cigar box full of junk, every table, every
time. After doing this for several years and paying hundreds of dollars in
parking, admission, and luke warm hot dogs from the concession stand, you
WILL find that 833 tube socket for $5 to $10 dollars. That's when you feel
the real glow from a triumphant find! This will of course put your vttc
project on the back burner for up to 20 years, but it gives you that much
more time to find all the other components as well, so you can build a first
class coil.

Dave Goodfellow

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Sent: Friday, September 05, 2003 12:13 AM
Subject: Re: 833a Sockets: where to buy?


 > Original poster: "Scott Hanson" <huil888-at-surfside-dot-net>
 >
 > 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
 >  >  >
 >