# TUBE SOCKET, 3A

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**URL**: https://novapart.co/products/78-S8/tube-socket-3a
**SKU**: 78-S8
**Manufacturer**: COOPER INTERCONNECT
**Category**: Switches & Relays || Relays || Relay Accessories || Relay Sockets
**Price**: €49.7800
**Stock**: 10+
**Lead Time**: 62 days (indicative)

## Description

Socket Mounting:Panel; Socket Terminals:Quick Connect; No. of Pins:8Pins; Current Rating:3A; Voltage Rating:500Vrms; Product Range:-; Accessory Type:Tube Socket; For Use With:Cooper I 38F816

## Specifications

| Parameter | Value |
|---|---|
| No. Of Pins | 8Pins |
| Product Range | - |
| Current Rating | 3A |
| Voltage Rating | 500Vrms |
| Socket Mounting | Panel |
| Socket Terminals | Quick Connect |

## Datasheet

📄 [Download PDF](https://novapart.co/datasheet/farnell:1301354/)

## **Tube Sockets and Commercial Plugs** 

**Contact Configurations and Types** 

**Shell Styles** 

**Contact, Shell Ratings Materials and Latching Mechanisms** 

## **77, 78 and 160 Series** 

Type S with retainer ring Quick mounting. mounting. Replacement Type S. Miniature Type S. Molded-in Plate (MIP). Compact MIP. Printed Circuit MIP. 8-Contact Type with termination screws. 

Bronze cadmium-plated 3 amps at 500 VRMS. contacts. Copper alloy contacts with cadmium-plated finish. Black, phenolic sockets. Nickel-plated steel mounting. 

## **Microphone Connectors** 

## **80 Series and 91 Series** 

1, 2, 3, 4, 5 and 6 contact versions. 

Plug. Receptacle. 

80 Series: Nickel-plated brass contacts. Cadmium-plated contact on female. Single and double contact. Chrome-plated brass. 

600v (RMS). 

91 Series: Chrome-plated brass. 

Screw-type coupling ring connection and squeezetype clamp cable grips. Shell: durable zinc diecast with protective satin nickel plate. Copper alloy with silver plating. 



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- [Supplier page](https://es.farnell.com/cooper-interconnect/78-s8/tube-socket-3a/dp/1301354)
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