I've got 4 pedals that I want to get off of batteries, and was wondering about using a daisy chain cable to string them together. I was looking at the "Godlyke Power-All PA-9B 9V Digital Power Supply Basic Kit", but have read mixed reviews with some claiming noise problems. I was wondering if this is common with using daisy chains, or if there's a particular product out there that works well that people recommend. If it's a better solution, I don't mind getting 4 power supplies and a power strip, but I'd like to hear some peoples perspective. Also, I'm not looking to spend a ton of money on something like a Voodoo Labs Pedal Power 2.
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i have used a 1 spot to power as many as 9 pedals. $20, huge amount of power, works just fine. i have no plans to switch to anything more expensive.
Any pedal power that doesn't have isolated inputs is susceptible to some slight noise. The godlyke will have a little bit of noise, so will a 1spot. The 1spot is a great power supply though, I'm going to be using one when I get a PT-Mini to power up 7 pedals.
If you want something less expensive than a Voodoo Labs PP2 but with isolated outputs the T-Rex Fuel Tank Jr. can power 5 pedals for $100 new.
If you want something less expensive than a Voodoo Labs PP2 but with isolated outputs the T-Rex Fuel Tank Jr. can power 5 pedals for $100 new.
i bought the chain-now im looking for an adapter to power 4 or 5 pedals
what do i look for in mA and such?
what do i look for in mA and such?
i don't claim to know much on the topic, but for more pedals i believe it's nicer to have a higher mA than if you were just to be powering a single pedal. anything around 1500-1700mA would be plenty i think - i have a 2500mA adapter which might be a little too much, though i don't see it hurting in any way!
also make sure the adapter you get is the proper one for use with 9v pedals... there are lots of ends you can get, but 2.1mm is the one you're after.
+1 on the 1Spot. I used two of them to power 14 powers and had zero issues with noise with the inclusion of my LS-2. Of course, the Line Selector was needed because of how long my chain was. You can get away with very little to no noise without one if you're just running four pedals in your chain.
+1 on the one spot... I never noticed any noise with those.
The one spot is 1500 ma... no?
The one spot is 1500 ma... no?
bongomania
Commercial User
Usually, but it depends on the specific pedals. For example a typical analog dirt box will only draw like 2 mA, but a digital multi/synth or some tube-driven pedals may need over 500 mA by themselves.
bongomania
Commercial User
Also in re noise with the 1-spot or other daisy chain types, what the people complaining about noise don't realize is that the problem is not the power supply! The problem is that some pedals are noisy when their power shares a common ground with other pedals. So what they really needed was an isolated-outlets supply like the Voodoo Labs one, or they needed to figure out which pedals had the noise problem and swap them for ones that are not noisy when powered with a daisy chain.
The power supply itself is NOT noisy. I use both daisy chain AND isolated supplies, depending on the specific pedals I'm using.
The power supply itself is NOT noisy. I use both daisy chain AND isolated supplies, depending on the specific pedals I'm using.
I've 5 pedals in my pedal board. I use 2 cheap multi-volt power suppliers, one drives only my Sansamp PBDDI, the other one runs the EBS multicomp which is always on, Bad Monkey, Sansamp Oxford and the Onkart Groms Grombass. If I run the Bad Monkey or the Grombass I'll always run them with the PBDDI. I run the Oxford without additional distortion.
I have the godlyke. I don't have any noise issues with it. It powers all of my pedals(11) and it only costs as much as 2 cheesey Dano adaptors. The one-spot seems like it would be a nice daisy-chain supply as well. I've never tried a fancier option with isolated outs and 18v options but I haven't needed to. Good luck.
I have the Dunlop Power Brick, at least that's what I think it's called. It's been under my board for so long I can't remember the name and I'm too lazy to go look. I just know every time I've plugged my pedal board in for the past few years that it has worked every time without failure or issue. That said, I know it's a Dunlop something or other.
Need to hijack this thread as I didn't want to make my own or go through the usual "do a search" crap...
I just got a POG (original, 18v version) and I'm also powering 10 other pedals with a Godlyke daisy chain into a surge protector; one of the 10 includes a 110v Morley PWB. The wall wort that came with the POG is too big just to stick under my board like I do with the others, plus I'm a bit worried about blowing up my board with multiple power sources into a simple Wal-Mart surge protector. I've done some looking around and see there is a cable adapter that uses two 9v daisy plugs to create one 18v, here's the link to it:
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Will this work? Or is there another alternative that's just as simple? Give me some suggestions.
I just got a POG (original, 18v version) and I'm also powering 10 other pedals with a Godlyke daisy chain into a surge protector; one of the 10 includes a 110v Morley PWB. The wall wort that came with the POG is too big just to stick under my board like I do with the others, plus I'm a bit worried about blowing up my board with multiple power sources into a simple Wal-Mart surge protector. I've done some looking around and see there is a cable adapter that uses two 9v daisy plugs to create one 18v, here's the link to it:
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Will this work? Or is there another alternative that's just as simple? Give me some suggestions.
Here's a helpful website dedicated to listing the power consumption for different effects: The Power List. It doesn't have everything, but it's a good start.
stinkfoot's is a great resource. take inventory of your pedals & their wattage & mA demands, that should help make your decision for you, or at least eliminate some possibilities.
Power supplies
From what I understand, those voltage doublers only work if each of the power plugs is plugged into a seperate, isolated output.
So to answer your question... No, I don't think it will work if you are just using a big daisy chain, you need a power source with isolated 9v outputs or preferably, a 18v output. I'm waiting on McSpunckle to finish the Invalid Link Removed and I plan on using two of those outputs to really give my Empress Compressor the headroom it deserves with 18v. I've got one of those cables you linked and I know that will work for me, just don't think it would with daisy chains.
