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Power Brick output

BioDriver

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Aug 29, 2008
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So seeing as my board is about to hit lucky number 7, the thought of taking the dive and getting a power brick has crossed my mind, but I have one concern.

I already know I want isolated outputs so I can power my moogerfooger (and maybe another in the future) but I am worried about the output. Sure, I know the 9V outputs are enough, but it seems that every brick I've looked at only pumps out 100mA per channel. This shouldn't be a problem for most of my pedals, but some pedals like microPOG, moog, and some others I'm looking at require at 200mA pull. At the same time I think I've seen people use bricks to power microsynths and the like.

Is the 100mA output really enough for the likes of those?

EDIT
I'm using "power brick" as a collective term for all power supplies that are shaped like a brick, such as the fuel tank, voodoo labs, etc, NOT just the Dunlop one.
 
I'm pretty sure that these devices actually only have one 'channel', which is simply parallel wired to a bunch of jacks.
So for example this one has a total output of 1000ma:
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If I'm correct, and I think I am, it means you could, for example, use it to power two pedals that each require 500ma. Or 4 pedals that each require 250ma-that sort of thing.