I guess it depends on the socket you’re using. I’ve seen ceramic with floating pins just like the bakelite versions. If the ceramic version is a tight fit, why not just loosen them up before you insert the tube.
I’ve killed many IN-18 tubes not knowing the solid ceramic sockets I had put that much tension on the pins. It would work, but a short time later (day or week), the tube would die. So, it took a while to figure out that it was the socket instead of the tube or electronics killing them. Now, on new sockets, I insert/remove a dead tube in many times while adjusting the socket to make sure it is more loose. Like you, I would rather kill anything else other than the tubes. I’d rather a poor connection over one so stiff that it’s a tube killer. Adjust – meaning to bend the socket of each pin to make it a much easier insert force. Michail Wilson 206-920-6312 From: neonixie-l@googlegroups.com <neonixie-l@googlegroups.com> On Behalf Of Audrey Sent: Monday, August 29, 2022 2:46 PM To: neonixie-l <neonixie-l@googlegroups.com> Subject: [neonixie-l] Is there any merit to the claim that ceramic tube sockets crack tube pins? Some people say ceramic sockets crack tubes at the pin and cause them to go to air and that you should use bakelite sockets Some of my friends say they've lost tubes to it, some of them say they've socketed countless tubes without issue. Ive got some ceramic sockets and some 9-pin digivacs and biquinary nixies I'd rather not kill. So what's the deal? -- 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 neonixie-l+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com<mailto:neonixie-l+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com>. To view this discussion on the web, visit https://groups.google.com/d/msgid/neonixie-l/f6a89589-ace0-4dbf-b62b-b88bfe3aa8afn%40googlegroups.com<https://groups.google.com/d/msgid/neonixie-l/f6a89589-ace0-4dbf-b62b-b88bfe3aa8afn%40googlegroups.com?utm_medium=email&utm_source=footer>. -- 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 neonixie-l+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com. To view this discussion on the web, visit https://groups.google.com/d/msgid/neonixie-l/MW2PR0102MB3435697E45BF536071097C0982769%40MW2PR0102MB3435.prod.exchangelabs.com.
