View Full Version : The clips for tube tops are called what?


jbivy
04-21-2011, 06:34 PM
Sorry for the very dumb and basic question. Ive done a google search and am getting rather irritated now that i cant find the answer.

What are the clips that have the wire soldered to them, that attach to the pins on top of some tubes called?

Gunslinger
04-21-2011, 06:53 PM
plate caps or grid caps

Electronic M
04-21-2011, 07:34 PM
I almost wish they were called something else because whenever I hear "plate cap" I think of a capactior not a tube connector, and then I get confused.

Tom C.

jbivy
04-21-2011, 10:24 PM
eh.. somehow I thought they were called clips and I kept coming up with the wrong thing. I still couldnt find the simple steel ones.. But i just bought some nice looking ceramic ones off the 'bay. Wont look stock..but then again, who cares as long as its functional.

bandersen
04-22-2011, 12:04 AM
Depending on the cap size, you can break apart snap-in fuse holders and use the ends.

TubeType
04-22-2011, 01:14 PM
Fahnestock Clips were sometimes used for early external plate and grid connections.
These were used more widely as "Antenna", "Ground", and "Phone" connectors in the crystal radio days.

reeferman
04-24-2011, 10:49 AM
We called them "top caps".