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Forum Ringside => Guitars, Amps and Effects => Topic started by: bucketshred on October 20, 2011, 01:39:23 PM

Title: Power supply
Post by: bucketshred on October 20, 2011, 01:39:23 PM

Need a new power supply to power...

Boss TU2
Boss Blues Driver
Visual Sound Angry Fuzz
MXR Carbon Copy
MXR EVH Phaser

And maybe a Vox Wah too.

Budget is around £100, I've heard about the Jim Dunlop Power Brick (heard its noisy) and the TRex Fuel Tank Jr (is 120 mA enough?)

Cheers,

Paddy

Title: Re: Power supply
Post by: blue on October 20, 2011, 01:45:59 PM

this one's £99, or you can buy it with some accessories for a bit more.  it provides plenty of power, 5000 MilliAmps, which should be enough :)


http://www.thegigrig.com/acatalog/PS_Generator.html

Title: Re: Power supply
Post by: HTH AMPS on October 20, 2011, 02:09:58 PM

looks like a laptop psu with a sticker on it - you can surely find a 9v dc power supply for less than that.

Title: Re: Power supply
Post by: bucketshred on October 20, 2011, 02:33:58 PM

Well I've just done my extra research and it looks like I'm going for the fuel tank jr. I don't use my Wah-Wah live so I don't NEED to have the option on my pedal board. Each output on the FT JR is 120mA

I did buy a cheaply power supply from Maplins and it doesn't like any more than 2 pedals in at once, it's incredibly noisy!

Paddy

Title: Re: Power supply
Post by: nfe on October 20, 2011, 02:36:42 PM

I've got two of those £29 blocks that run five 9v pedals each, a mess of wiring, mix of before amp and in loop pedals across both supplies and a high gain amp and I get no noise problems.

Title: Re: Power supply
Post by: Twinfan on October 20, 2011, 02:52:58 PM

I always recommend these - been using them for years with a full pedalboard with no issues whatsoever at £22.09 + VAT = £26.51 all in:

http://www.johnnyshredfreak.com/store/index.php?main_page=product_info&products_id=12

http://www.johnnyshredfreak.com/store/index.php?main_page=product_info&products_id=17

http://www.johnnyshredfreak.com/store/index.php?main_page=product_info&products_id=52

Title: Re: Power supply
Post by: sgmypod on October 20, 2011, 03:57:03 PM

Quote from: Twinfan on October 20, 2011, 02:52:58 PM

I always recommend these - been using them for years with a full pedalboard with no issues whatsoever at £22.09 + VAT = £26.51 all in:

http://www.johnnyshredfreak.com/store/index.php?main_page=product_info&products_id=12

http://www.johnnyshredfreak.com/store/index.php?main_page=product_info&products_id=17

http://www.johnnyshredfreak.com/store/index.php?main_page=product_info&products_id=52

nuff said...(but both me and guitarist now bass player run and have been running these for a while)

Title: Re: Power supply
Post by: Sancho on October 20, 2011, 04:40:06 PM

I had a DC Brick and it made my rig hum like mad :?

If you only need 9v power, the BBE Supacharger is excellent. It's dead quiet, isolated outputs and it's pretty affordable. I recommend it to everybody who asks. I know at least two guys who bought one on my recommendation and they're both pleased as punch. If you haven't pulled the trigger yet, check it out before you do.

Title: Re: Power supply
Post by: dave_mc on October 20, 2011, 05:00:44 PM

just to point out, thomann has a clone (probably) of the fuel tank junior for 28 euro

I picked up a couple and... er... one's faulty. But the other one seems to be working. :lol:

But if i were paying anywhere much over about 30 quid I'd want it to be isolated. If all you want is a daisy chain, the johnny shredfreak one will do the job for a lot less cash, as twinfan said.

I'm pretty sure the powerbrick only exists for the lulz. Over £100 for a glorified daisy chain? :lol:

Title: Re: Power supply
Post by: Mr. Air on October 20, 2011, 06:43:22 PM

I think the Boss TU-2 can power up to four pedals on its own with a daisy chain. That might be a sollution...

Title: Re: Power supply
Post by: Matt77 on October 20, 2011, 06:52:29 PM

I was feeling flush so I got a Voodoo Lab thing.
I also have a spare Diego powersupply and one of the Johnny Shredfreak things. Will probably put them in seconds out soon if anyone is interested.

All work fine except:

The Diego didn't like some pedals at the last point of the chain, but only if I had 6 chained to it.
My LehLe Little Looper only gets on with the Voodoo Lab. Not massively important as it still switches without power if needed