Multiple pedals, one power plug?

[rmayer]

Hi,
Longtime Talkbass guy, newbie question for pedal power.
I haven’t used much except for the compressor, I had a rack tuner and recently went with the pedal.
I got the cable, power in and out of the StroboStomp which has an adapter (shown in photos).
Probably run in the order shown:
1) StroboStomp tuner, on most of the time.
2) Sadowsky preamp, only used sometimes with my Passive G&L LB100.
3) MXR Chorus, Used occasionally.
4) Aguilar TLC Compressor, Used most of the time.
My other bass is a Sadowsky, used mostly in Active.
The power adapter is a Boss PSA120S and the Strobo manual says it can be used to power other pedals. Output looks like 9V and .25A.
Will this adapter work or do I need a more powerful output?
Guess I could use the amp’s (Bergantino Forte D) effects return and send?
Thanks in advance for your responses.

 

[GotGroove]

According to their website the strobostomp has an maximum power output of 9V@1A - the 85mA already used by the tuner itself. But you have only 500mA from the PSA120S, so that's the limit of what we can power.

So if we do the math:
SBP= 11mA
MXR= 30mA
Aguilar TLC Compressor = 5mA
So that's 46mA in total for the pedals plus the 85 for the strobostomp = 131mA, which is far less than the 500mA we get from the PSA. So you should be fine powering these. In theory.

I say in theory because there might be some buzzing depending on the pedals, settings and their order. You're not going to blow anything by trying though. If it works well it's definitely cheaper than buying a decent isolated power brick for under your board, which you can always resort to if this doesn't work.

Guess I could use the amp’s (Bergantino Forte D) effects return and send?

That would be my first try. But by all means, try them in front if you want. There's no right or wrong way to do it. Just the way it sounds best to you (and hopefully your audience).

 

[rmayer]

According to their website the strobostomp has an maximum power output of 9V@1A - the 85mA already used by the tuner itself. But you have only 500mA from the PSA120S, so that's the limit of what we can power.

So if we do the math:
SBP= 11mA
MXR= 30mA
Aguilar TLC Compressor = 5mA
So that's 46mA in total for the pedals plus the 85 for the strobostomp = 131mA, which is far less than the 500mA we get from the PSA. So you should be fine powering these. In theory.

I say in theory because there might be some buzzing depending on the pedals, settings and their order. You're not going to blow anything by trying though. If it works well it's definitely cheaper than buying a decent isolated power brick for under your board, which you can always resort to if this doesn't work.


That would be my first try. But by all means, try them in front if you want. There's no right or wrong way to do it. Just the way it sounds best to you (and hopefully your audience).

Thanks for the info. I'll give it a try.