Product Overview
The Octal Socket That Does the Boring Half of Every Relay Install
Condition
New and unused. Both photos show a clean black molded body with omron and PF083A cast into the top face, eight plated screw terminals backed out and open for wire, and a yellow slide clip on one side for DIN track mounting. Terminal numbers 1 through 8 are molded into the body around the center bore, the eight round pin receptacles are open and unobstructed, and two through-holes sit on the center line for panel screw mounting. No scorching, cracking, or wire witness marks appear in either frame. Stock is deep on this one, so the photographed socket is representative of what we have on the shelf.
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Product Overview
The Omron PF083A is an 8-pin octal relay socket, the round-pin base that plug-in industrial relays and timers have used for decades. The mark is molded into the plastic rather than printed on a label, appearing as omron and PF083A on the top face in both photos, so the identity does not rub off in a panel. Wiring lands on eight screw terminals with captive clamp plates, four to a side, each position numbered in the molding so a wire ends up where the ladder drawing says it should. Mounting works two ways: the yellow slide clip on one edge snaps the socket onto standard 35 mm DIN track and releases with a screwdriver, or the two through-holes on the center line let it bolt flat to a subpanel. Against the millimeter ruler in the photos the top face measures approximately 50 mm by 41 mm, so lay out the rail or the subpanel around that footprint. No current or voltage rating is visible on any face these two photos show. Not confirmed - verify the socket rating and your relay's pin pattern against the Omron datasheet before use.
Key Features
- 8-pin octal socket, round pin receptacles, positions 1 through 8 molded into the body
- Eight screw terminals with captive clamp plates, four per side
- Yellow slide clip for mounting on standard 35 mm DIN track
- Two through-holes on the center line for panel screw mounting
- omron and PF083A molded into the top face, not a printed label
- Black molded insulating body, approximately 50 mm by 41 mm across the top face against the ruler
- New and unused, sold each
Applications
- A panel builder replacing a cracked or heat-damaged octal base in a control cabinet without pulling the whole rail apart
- A maintenance technician standardizing a mixed machine line on DIN track sockets so future relay swaps are tool-light
- An OEM shop wiring plug-in timers and control relays into a new subpanel, using the molded terminal numbers to match the drawing
- A bench or test-rig builder who wants a plug-in relay to land on screw terminals instead of soldered leads
Frequently Asked Questions
What kind of relay fits this socket?
It takes 8-pin relays and timers built on the round-pin octal base, the pattern visible in the center bore of the first photo. Blade-terminal relays will not seat in it. Check your relay's base drawing against the pin pattern before ordering.
Can I panel mount it instead of using DIN rail?
Yes. The two through-holes on the center line of the body are there for screw mounting, and the yellow clip stays out of the way when you bolt it flat. Screws are not included.
What are the current and voltage ratings?
No rating is visible on any face these two photos show, only the maker and part number molded into the top, and we do not test electrical ratings here. Not confirmed - verify against the Omron datasheet before use, especially if you are near the top of the socket's range.
Why buy three of these here instead of a bag of fifty somewhere else?
Because a panel usually needs the number of sockets it needs, not a minimum order quantity. Stock is deep, they are new and unused, and you pick the exact count: one for the socket that failed, four to finish a rail, a dozen to stage a build. Shipping is a flat $8 and goes free once your order passes $28, and orders leave the Idaho warehouse the same or next business day.
A relay socket is the part nobody thinks about until a relay dies at the worst possible hour and every wire has to stay exactly where it was. Clip this one on the track, land eight screws once, and you have turned every future swap into a thirty second job.
