estimating a power supply...

[The Lurker]

I'm wondering what kind of power supply-- preferably cheap but robust-- I'd need to support the following pedals:

Digitech BSW
Little Big Muff
Guyatone Fuzz
DOD 250
Marshall Guv'nor II
Prunes & Custard
Maxon AF-9
Boss DD-3
BassBalls
MXR-90
Boss TU-2
Digitech bass squeeze
Sansamp bassdriver

I don't use them all at once, with a max of up to 5 at any one time, sometimes none, but I'd like something a little more robust than the One-Spot I have now, and with a big margin for erring on the side of caution. I'm looking at the DC Brick, the Power Pad II, and the Gator G-bus. The Voodoo Labs thing looks too pricy for me. I don't need bells and whistles like simulated dying batteries or 18volt power.

Is this something a DC Brick could do, coupled with a few daisy chains, or would I need something heavier? Anything that could work as a surge suppressor would be good too.....

[Sir Edward V]

Originally Posted by The Lurker

I'm wondering what kind of power supply-- preferably cheap but robust-- I'd need to support the following pedals:

Digitech BSW
Little Big Muff
Guyatone Fuzz
DOD 250
Marshall Guv'nor II
Prunes & Custard
Maxon AF-9
Boss DD-3
BassBalls
MXR-90
Boss TU-2
Digitech bass squeeze
Sansamp bassdriver

I don't use them all at once, with a max of up to 5 at any one time, sometimes none, but I'd like something a little more robust than the One-Spot I have now, and with a big margin for erring on the side of caution. I'm looking at the DC Brick, the Power Pad II, and the Gator G-bus. The Voodoo Labs thing looks too pricy for me. I don't need bells and whistles like simulated dying batteries or 18volt power.

Is this something a DC Brick could do, coupled with a few daisy chains, or would I need something heavier? Anything that could work as a surge suppressor would be good too.....

Don't waste your time with the DC Brick, it is basically a daisy chain. It's no better than a 1spot with a daisy chain.

if you aren't having problems with the 1spot, don't replace it, if you aren't getting enough current, get another 1spot

1spots work great and I never have problems with them

if you are going to replace it, go the whole way and get something with isolated outputs, otherwise don't bother

[niftydog]

Ed's right (hope you don't mind me calling you Ed, Ed?!) The DC brick would actually be a significant downgrade from a One spot in terms of current capacity.

Is the one spot causing you problems or are you just looking for something that feels a bit more sturdy?

Surge suppressors are one of the greatest consumer cons going, IMO - those and power conditioners! The biggest problem with electricity networks is not surges, it's the opposite - brown outs! A surge most often occurs during a lightning storm, and even then a surge suppressor is only partly capable of defending your equipment from such a violent event. I've seen surge protectors blown to smithereens along with the equipment they're supposed to protect.

[Jazz Ad]

If you can't do the jump for a Voodoo Lab, you best luck will be the Godlyke Power-All.

[niftydog]

Isn't that just like a One Spot?

[Sir Edward V]

Originally Posted by niftydog

Ed's right (hope you don't mind me calling you Ed, Ed?!)

Notatall.

Originally Posted by niftydog

Isn't that just like a One Spot?

I thought so.

[TaySte_2000]

www.diago.co.uk

Still a daisy chain but very very good.

[Jazz Ad]

Originally Posted by Sir Edward V

I thought so.

It's a completely different technology.
It can draw up to 1.6 A and doesn't use a transformer, which means it adapts to any voltage (110,220, whatever) and frees you from 60 cycle hum and stuff.

[niftydog]

Originally Posted by visualsound.net

1700mA max
100V-240V input

Switch mode power supplies are ubiquitous these days.

[The Lurker]

hmmm. Some stuff to think about here.