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Noobish power question
Posted: Mon Feb 28, 2011 12:36 pm
by snipelfritz
So, I own
this board which has been nice for the money and I don't want to get rid of it, but I am GASing pretty hard here and my pedal family may be getting a little bigger very soon. I don't want to mess with two separate power sources if I don't have to so I'm wondering if I can just run a daisy chain off one of the six outputs and stretch that puppy for all it's worth. I guess I just want to now what the best/most convenient(not always the same thing, I know) way to power these would be.
My basic knowledge of electronics (i.e. parallel vs series circuits, etc) has escaped me and I'm a wee bit clueless. Does somebody want to nerd out and give me a refresher course on this sort of thing? For what it's worth I'd be running 2 or 3 more pedals that the 6 I am now, 4 extra tops.
Also, any good daisy-chain and patch cable recommendations?
Re: Noobish power question
Posted: Mon Feb 28, 2011 12:53 pm
by Gunner Recall
How much juice does that wallwart pump out? It should say it on the label.
As long as it is pumping out enough power you can daisy chain forever.
No fancy science needed, just simple math.
The total current draw of your pedals can't exceed the output of the wallwart...in fact you usually want to leave a decent buffer amount of unused power from the wallwart.
...though I strongly recommend looking into a regulated power supply with isolated outs (trex fuel tank jr., voodoo pp2, bbe supa charger, CAE MC403, CIOKS dc10).
Totally worth it.
Re: Noobish power question
Posted: Mon Feb 28, 2011 1:36 pm
by Holy Schnikes
Gunner Recall wrote:...though I strongly recommend looking into a regulated power supply with isolated outs (trex fuel tank jr., voodoo pp2, bbe supa charger, CAE MC403, CIOKS dc10).
Totally worth it.
This is excellent advice, I use two PP2+s, couldn't be happier with the results.
Re: Noobish power question
Posted: Mon Feb 28, 2011 2:10 pm
by Noise...
Gunner Recall wrote:How much juice does that wallwart pump out? It should say it on the label.
As long as it is pumping out enough power you can daisy chain forever.
No fancy science needed, just simple math.
The total current draw of your pedals can't exceed the output of the wallwart...in fact you usually want to leave a decent buffer amount of unused power from the wallwart.
...though I strongly recommend looking into a regulated power supply with isolated outs (trex fuel tank jr., voodoo pp2, bbe supa charger, CAE MC403, CIOKS dc10).
Totally worth it.
This. Find out how much power the wallwart is putting out, and figure out the total draw of your pedals.
