eBay, for B13B sockets, for Philips (Amperex/Mullard/Valvo) Z504S/ZM1070, Sylvania 8353, and Raytheon 7978 dekatrons. Also works for B5092 & B6091 nixies:
http://stores.ebay.com/ZHANG-SHENG/10-and-more-pin-sockets-/_i.html?_nkw=B13B&submit=Search&_fsub=3681221016&_sid=79851816 Yes, sockets for A101 dekatrons are next to impossible to find. That doesn't stop me: <https://lh5.googleusercontent.com/-t_PuFWUhL-M/Uvh-5PdchrI/AAAAAAAAMKs/LqfcxoWXYdw/s1600/Dek_skt04.jpg> This is a homemade socket for a 6476, but made my first one for an A101. The pins themselves fit nicely into Molex 0.093 female connector pins: http://www.mouser.com/ProductDetail/Molex/02-09-1104/?qs=%2fha2pyFaduifASeTOyBQ3Abh4gM7BY4w4eA6hXXpOE4%3d Careful drilling and filing, and there you have it. Or you can spring for some PCBs made. I used integrated octal sockets using those Molex pins for my original DoHickies: <https://lh3.googleusercontent.com/-TeqrwO7IK30/UviBSsHAmDI/AAAAAAAAMK4/9Euf-NeEGm0/s1600/DK23_DH04.jpg> <https://lh3.googleusercontent.com/-8-5_GBAQ3oI/UviBdPkGPcI/AAAAAAAAMLA/7fhzP_et49U/s1600/DK23_DH05.jpg> But I've had some boards made for the duodecal (6476 & GS10C) tubes. On Sunday, February 9, 2014 3:37:22 PM UTC-8, Mike Mitchell wrote: > > I'm thinking about building a clock using Dekatrons as the counting logic. > It looks like A101 dekatrons are fairly easy to find, but I cannot locate > socket for them. > I'll probably use QS30-1 nixies as an alternate display. They use B13B > sockets, so a dekatron that also uses the B13B socket would be more > visually appealing. > I'd like to find a small-height dekatron to match the QS30-1 profile, > something like the Z504S, ZM1070, or 8433. > Does anyone have a good source for low-height selector dekatrons with a > B13B base? > > Each clock will need eight dekatrons, and I plan on building two clocks. > The finished product will have two rows of seven tubes, the first 6 in the > top row nixies and the rest dekatrons. The left-most top row will be a > dekatron showing tenths of seconds. Under each nixie tube will be the > dekatron for that digit. > > Thanks! > -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "neonixie-l" group. To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an email to [email protected]. To post to this group, send an email to [email protected]. To view this discussion on the web, visit https://groups.google.com/d/msgid/neonixie-l/0d2b7d1b-e994-44a5-9291-3f6b08a34c44%40googlegroups.com. For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/groups/opt_out.
