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MXR Iso-Brick
- Thread starter Bassmike62
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That's probably what I would do. It would be really easy to put a little bead of hot glue on it and remove it if you ever needed to.
I attach everything under my boards with Velcro and zip ties. Maybe I should try dual lock.
Got my first three in. Pardon the crappy cell pic:
The three ISOs and a DB11 Deluxe are powering the whole thing. The ISOs work real nice. I have a voltage doubler to run the RustyBox at 36v. VT running at 18v. Everything is quiet and nice.
Once I get my next two ISOs (Prymaxe says they should ship before the end of he month), I'll get started on the shelf board. SO far so good!
The three ISOs and a DB11 Deluxe are powering the whole thing. The ISOs work real nice. I have a voltage doubler to run the RustyBox at 36v. VT running at 18v. Everything is quiet and nice.
Once I get my next two ISOs (Prymaxe says they should ship before the end of he month), I'll get started on the shelf board. SO far so good!
OK, so has anyone had any luck finding 4A 18V PSUs that will work well for powering 2 of these?
(I'm really hoping there's at least one well-known brand of laptops that have 18v supplies, so we can all just order from them knowing that we're covered world-wide for these, but laptop manufacturers seem very shy about their PS specs, so haven't been able to find this info on-line anywhere...)
(I'm really hoping there's at least one well-known brand of laptops that have 18v supplies, so we can all just order from them knowing that we're covered world-wide for these, but laptop manufacturers seem very shy about their PS specs, so haven't been able to find this info on-line anywhere...)
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@Mosfed had @Azure Skies make him a custom one I believe. It was not cheap as I understand it, though.
Yes, I actually saw that already, but watching the video, it looks a bit too "selectable" for my taste. I'd be constantly worrying that the voltage selector isn't on the right setting...
Answering myself (hey! it's the next best thing to getting an answer from my girlfriend
).I got myself one of these:
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and it seems to work great for powering 2 iso-bricks. I've only played it for a few hours, and only plugged in some of my pedals, but seems to be very solid.
It's a bit more bulky then I expected, and it isn't cheap, but it seems like it will last a lifetime. The DC lead on it is extremely thick (the thickness of my high-quality mains leads), and th emulti-meter shows very solid readings.
Mouser have a large range of these on the site. I chose this model because it was in-stock and had a 2.1 barrel plug on it, but if it works out well, I'll probably order another one, both as a backup and also there's a slightly newer and lighter model, and it has a sub-model with a right-angle plug (which is probably a bit more forgiving for being stepped on) so I'll probably order that one next.
Now I just need to hack together a patch-box to reverse the polarity and split this into 2 jacks for my two ISO's (will probably also throw in MIDI and expression-pedal connections for good measure and probably outgoing 9v for off-the-board pedals.
Answering myself (hey! it's the next best thing to getting an answer from my girlfriend
I got myself one of these:
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and it seems to work great for powering 2 iso-bricks. I've only played it for a few hours, and only plugged in some of my pedals, but seems to be very solid.
It's a bit more bulky then I expected, and it isn't cheap, but it seems like it will last a lifetime. The DC lead on it is extremely thick (the thickness of my high-quality mains leads), and th emulti-meter shows very solid readings.
Mouser have a large range of these on the site. I chose this model because it was in-stock and had a 2.1 barrel plug on it, but if it works out well, I'll probably order another one, both as a backup and also there's a slightly newer and lighter model, and it has a sub-model with a right-angle plug (which is probably a bit more forgiving for being stepped on) so I'll probably order that one next.
Now I just need to hack together a patch-box to reverse the polarity and split this into 2 jacks for my two ISO's (will probably also throw in MIDI and expression-pedal connections for good measure and probably outgoing 9v for off-the-board pedals.
Nice. I should get something that can power the three under my PT-Pro because it is so cramped and messy under there. For the Ikea board, however, I was able to just fit everything under there:
Very nice!
(BTW, this is a huge amount of power you got there!)
My aim with this new PS was to eliminate all AC away from my board (and also keep the number of wires I need to plug in and out for practice/rehearsal minimal), so that's why I'm trying to go all-DC, and in any case, I don't think I could fit all these under my Novo...
This is what it powers:
I love the ISOs. I have 3 ISOs and a Decibel 11 Deluxe under my PT-Pro and they power everything I need to.
10 Power supplies, isolated bliss:
