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Hi,its my first post here under this name..I did have an account but haven't logged in in a long time so here goes !
I bought a Peavey 5150 amp head about 1 month ago,and upon arrival of amp to my house i did my usual used amp go over and look at all the chassis internals and tubes etc,and Yes I did discharge all the caps etc.
I did notice that the power tube socket when looking at the rear panel on the far left,the tube that was installed in the amp when I got it was sticking up off the base of the tube socket about an 1/8",and I could not push it down to fully seat it,so I yanked all the tubes out and tried inserting a different tube in there,and the same thing happened,not able to fully seat the tube,so I took a flashlite and a small paperclip and inserted it into each pin socket to check the heights,and I found several that were twisted and just not looking very good.
I began with working on the pin sockets that were giving me problems,used Deoxit and a small screwdriver and got them just kinda ok,so after trying to seat another tube in there it was the same,so I got 1 of some JJ 6l6-gc's that I know are good out of my EVH 5150-3 100 watt head I had,and filed 1 of the pins down slowly where the main problem pin socket was and kept checking it,and finally after filing and lightly sanding pin down I got the tube to fully seat.
I installed the other 3 tubes in and fired the amp up hoping my hack job on the tube pin wasn't going to blow my awesome Peavey 5150 head up,and I got lucky because no smoke,horrible noise(s) etc coming out of the speakers so I flicked off to on on the standby switch and there it was,that awesome 5150 grind and overall just awesomeness tone i LOVE !
Ok,now to why I am writing this..I am making a list of a few parts that I want to have on hand in case of problems,which I hope not,but I want to eventually replace that tube socket,and have been looking at whats available,and I have come up with a BELTON 8 pin chassis saddle mount Micalex socket with solder lugs..is this correct and what I need? looks like the power tube board is still riveted in place,maybe originally and thinking this is the "Chassis Mount" part of the sockets description ? The socket has the 2 holes to where the rivets are holding it into place,but from what I have read or I think I've seen is the base of the actual socket is mounted onto the PCB,so I am really unsure if this is the "solder lugs" in the description.
Also I have seen the Bakelite sockets,so is this a "preference" thing,Micalex or Bakelight ? I am looking at getting the Micalex ones due to availability.
Also the Micalex sockets are advertised with 1-3/16"-1-1/4" hole,which I figure is the chassis size hole,which is 1-1/4" on my amps chassis..mounting screw holes 1-1/2" center-to center,which I haven't measured yet but look like the common size.
So to wrap it up any information on correct tube socket type,preferences,etc will be greatly appreciated ! Sorry I described above the best I could about what happened about the tube problem with my amp,and what/how I did to get the tube to seat fully..and also wondering if this has happened to anyone else here ? Thanks again !!
I bought a Peavey 5150 amp head about 1 month ago,and upon arrival of amp to my house i did my usual used amp go over and look at all the chassis internals and tubes etc,and Yes I did discharge all the caps etc.
I did notice that the power tube socket when looking at the rear panel on the far left,the tube that was installed in the amp when I got it was sticking up off the base of the tube socket about an 1/8",and I could not push it down to fully seat it,so I yanked all the tubes out and tried inserting a different tube in there,and the same thing happened,not able to fully seat the tube,so I took a flashlite and a small paperclip and inserted it into each pin socket to check the heights,and I found several that were twisted and just not looking very good.
I began with working on the pin sockets that were giving me problems,used Deoxit and a small screwdriver and got them just kinda ok,so after trying to seat another tube in there it was the same,so I got 1 of some JJ 6l6-gc's that I know are good out of my EVH 5150-3 100 watt head I had,and filed 1 of the pins down slowly where the main problem pin socket was and kept checking it,and finally after filing and lightly sanding pin down I got the tube to fully seat.
I installed the other 3 tubes in and fired the amp up hoping my hack job on the tube pin wasn't going to blow my awesome Peavey 5150 head up,and I got lucky because no smoke,horrible noise(s) etc coming out of the speakers so I flicked off to on on the standby switch and there it was,that awesome 5150 grind and overall just awesomeness tone i LOVE !
Ok,now to why I am writing this..I am making a list of a few parts that I want to have on hand in case of problems,which I hope not,but I want to eventually replace that tube socket,and have been looking at whats available,and I have come up with a BELTON 8 pin chassis saddle mount Micalex socket with solder lugs..is this correct and what I need? looks like the power tube board is still riveted in place,maybe originally and thinking this is the "Chassis Mount" part of the sockets description ? The socket has the 2 holes to where the rivets are holding it into place,but from what I have read or I think I've seen is the base of the actual socket is mounted onto the PCB,so I am really unsure if this is the "solder lugs" in the description.
Also I have seen the Bakelite sockets,so is this a "preference" thing,Micalex or Bakelight ? I am looking at getting the Micalex ones due to availability.
Also the Micalex sockets are advertised with 1-3/16"-1-1/4" hole,which I figure is the chassis size hole,which is 1-1/4" on my amps chassis..mounting screw holes 1-1/2" center-to center,which I haven't measured yet but look like the common size.
So to wrap it up any information on correct tube socket type,preferences,etc will be greatly appreciated ! Sorry I described above the best I could about what happened about the tube problem with my amp,and what/how I did to get the tube to seat fully..and also wondering if this has happened to anyone else here ? Thanks again !!
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