Power supply

[bucketshred]

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

[blue]

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

[HTH AMPS]

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

[bucketshred]

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

[nfe]

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.

[Twinfan]

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

[sgmypod]

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)

[Sancho]

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.

[dave_mc]

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:

[Mr. Air]

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

[Matt77]

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