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So I have a bunch of Z573Ms. Is there any type of socket for these? Or is there some good makeshift method for a socket? I had originally thought of just making/buying a small PCB for each tube. That would make it easy for testing of my circuit on a protoboard and eventually replacing if need to be. But that is too expensive/too time consuming. Any suggestions?

--- In NEONIXIE-L@..., "msilv3r" <msilv3r@...> wrote:

So I have a bunch of Z573Ms. Is there any type of socket for these? Or is there some good makeshift method for a socket? I had originally thought of just making/buying a small PCB for each tube. That would make it easy for testing of my circuit on a protoboard and eventually replacing if need to be. But that is too expensive/too time consuming. Any suggestions?

No sockets. Solder them in place with a spacer. You can even use seed beads if you're too lazy to make a spacer.
The Z570-Z574 are 24ga wire lead tubes, and are intended for soldering only.

/Barrett

"msilv3r" <msilv3r@...> wrote:

So I have a bunch of Z573Ms. Is there any type of socket for
these? Or is there some good makeshift method for a socket? ...
Any suggestions?

If these are the tubes in question:



Then they have wire leads. Why not trim an solder them into 14-pin DIP sockets. The good "screw machined" type, like the ones below, in this Mouser catalog page:



If you use these, then it can plug into another socket, of the exact same type. Roughly $1.50US per tube (2 sockets; 1 as a plug, & 1 as a socket).

Just a thought.