Digitech BSW Current Draw

[Happynoj]

I was wondering if anyone knew what the current draw (mA) of a Digitech Bass Synth Wah was? I need to know to calculate my power requirements.

Cheers

 

[Sean S]

I looked at the Digitech site, and in the "Sound Community" there was a post stating that the current draw of the X series pedals are ~800mA...I'm not too sure how correct this is...

I also sent off a CS email; hopefully I can get a response to you next week, unless someone else knows what it is.

 

[Jester85]

I hate that poor manuals. Boss and dunlop manuals has more information.

But I thhink, that actual the current draw is about 100 mA.

800 mA pedals would not work with battery. It's a HUGE current draw.

 

[Happynoj]

I looked at the Digitech site, and in the "Sound Community" there was a post stating that the current draw of the X series pedals are ~800mA...I'm not too sure how correct this is...

I also sent off a CS email; hopefully I can get a response to you next week, unless someone else knows what it is.

Cool, thanks!

But I thhink, that actual the current draw is about 100 mA.

I'm not sure about that. I think that it is higher. One person told me that it was 500mA, but I'm not totally sure on that. The X Series pedals are apparently notorious battery eaters because the mA requirements are so high. Some of the Boss pedals (the DD-6 maybe?) draw 300mA, so I think the BSW will be at least that.

 

[syciprider]

I used to have 2 Digidelays, a Bass Driver and a BSW all on the same chain along with 10 other pedals and feeding from the same One Spot. I always had enough juice even if I turned them all on. I think you will be alright with something that gives as much current as the One Spot.

 

[Happynoj]

What does the Onespot give? Is it something like 1700mA?

 

[Jester85]

Battery CAN'T power 500mA. You read information about ADAPTER, not the pedal. It's a very common error. Special for you, information from bossarea, same information you can find in boss pedal manual.

Boss DD-6
Specifications

Controls: E.Level, F.Back, D.Time, 6-way Mode Switch
Connectors: INPUT A (mono), INPUT B, OUTPUT A (MONO), OUTPUT B, AC Adaptor (DC 9V)
Current Draw: 55 mA
Weight: 420g / 15 oz (including battery)
Nominal Input Level: -20dBu
Input Impedance: 1MOhm
Nominal Output Level: -20dBu
Output Impedance: 1kOhm
Residual Noise Level: -90dBu (IHF-A, typ)
Recommended Load Impedance: Over 10kOhm
Delay Time: 1ms - 5.2s
Recommended AC Adaptor: PSA Series

 

[Happynoj]

Battery CAN'T power 500mA. You read information about ADAPTER, not the pedal. It's a very common error. Special for you, information from bossarea, same information you can find in boss pedal manual.

Boss DD-6
Specifications

Controls: E.Level, F.Back, D.Time, 6-way Mode Switch
Connectors: INPUT A (mono), INPUT B, OUTPUT A (MONO), OUTPUT B, AC Adaptor (DC 9V)
Current Draw: 55 mA
Weight: 420g / 15 oz (including battery)
Nominal Input Level: -20dBu
Input Impedance: 1MOhm
Nominal Output Level: -20dBu
Output Impedance: 1kOhm
Residual Noise Level: -90dBu (IHF-A, typ)
Recommended Load Impedance: Over 10kOhm
Delay Time: 1ms - 5.2s
Recommended AC Adaptor: PSA Series

Ok, fair enough.

 

[Trevor.A]

The power supply I'm using to power mine is 300mA, so it can't be any more than that.

 

[Sorefinger]

Digitech´s own power supply for the X-series pedals (PSR200D) is 300ma.

Just like the one I have for my electronic dart board. And yes, it works with the Digitech pedal as well.

 

[Sean S]

So I got a response from Digitech; apparently the current draw varies...

Hi,
It has a constant draw of 80mA and tops out at 300mA.

William Clayton
Harman Music Group
Technical Support Group

 

[Jean-Luc Camilleri]

If I were to connect the Bass Synth Wah X-series to a power supply such as the Caline cp-05, should I connect it to a 100mA supply, or a 500mA supply, since it's a 300 mA device?

 

[MightyMiloQuinn]

500. The 100 won't be enough for the pedal to work.

 

[bonilsen]

So I got a response from Digitech; apparently the current draw varies...

I got this from Digitech Technical Engineer:

At 9V operation with 4.8W Consumption, the amperage consumption is 533mA.


P=Power, A=Amperage, V=Voltage


P= A*V


A=P/V



V=P/A

 

[bonilsen]

Find this very confusing. How can it draw this ma? My T-rex Goliath power supply has 450ma isolated outputs. Boss psa 500ma output. My digitech DT whammy 288 ma.

533ma is a lot of juice . Could this be right?

 

[bonilsen]

From another tread.
Measuring Pedal Amperage


Watch Thread

1. Sep 11, 2005#1
   
   
   
   sean_w_mcgrathdoes this forum name make me look fat?
   Not sure if anyone knows about this or not, but it is possible to measure how many mA's your pedals draw very easily.
   
   Link: Watch Thread
   
   I tried it out tonight, and it is a piece of cake if you have a multimeter. I measured a few of my pedals to make sure I am not drawing too much from my power supply, here are the pedals I measured in case anyone finds this information useful. All of these values were taken with the pedal on drawing it's most power.
   
   Aphex Bass Xciter - 5mA
   Boss GEB-7 Bass EQ - 19mA
   Sansamp Bass Driver DI - 7mA
   Korg DT-10 Tuner - 17mA
   Digitech Bass Synth Wah - 84mA
   
   Sep 11, 2005#1 has some more popular pedals already measured, but not many of the pedals popular with the bass crowd.
   
   Feel free to post your own results (for those who don't have a multimeter and are trying to optimize their pedal board).
   
   I'll post more when I get more pedals!
   
   

 

[Ba55Man1ac]

Mine never draws more than 86mA & that's on power up. While on it sits at around 78mA.

 

[bonilsen]

Mine never draws more than 86mA & that's on power up. While on it sits at around 78mA.

Thank you so much!
I'm expecting delivery now on friday, so this is great news!

 

[JimmyM]

I've got a 1-Spot mA meter and a BSW as well, and I call it 80 mA. I went all through that pedal's sounds and tried to get it to go higher, and it never did. I think it might have flickered slightly higher on startup, but it stays pretty constant below 80.