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Iron Ether Oxide Power Issues

Hey guys and gals

I'm having a bit of a problem with my Iron Ether Oxide fuzz pedal. It works great, but only under certain conditions. If I use a 1-Spot universal 9V DC adapter to power it, it works just fine. However if I power the pedal via the built in power supplies on my SKB PS-55 pedalboard, the pedal just makes wierd farty noises.

Now, I've tested my pedalboards wires. The problem is not a short wire or bad power supply. My instincts tell me that the pedalboard is just not able to supply enough milliamps to the pedal to power it, even if my pedalboard is putting out 9 volts of direct current.

Anybody else ever had this issue before?
 
ajunea3 could you let me know what the problem was? I plan on getting the ps-55.

I could never really isolate what the problem was, but I do know it was the board and not the pedal.

The board overall is really great. However, one of the 9 volt outputs doesn't work at all. This isn't why the pedal wouldn't work though. I think it had something to do with one of the other pedals in my chain sucking all my tone/volume.