baimun
Funkasaurus Rex
Often times we only think about whether a pedal requires 9 volts, 12, 15, or 18.... but we often ignore the mA worth of draw.
One of my pedals was noisy at my last gig and after some investigation, I discovered that it was wanting 128mA and I was only feeding it a 100mA circuit.
I then looked up all of the pedals currently on my board, mapped out their voltage requirements and mapped out the following output ports on my Cioks DC10 power supply:
0 - 15 volts, 400mA (400mA jack) - Tonebone PZ Pre
x - unused
0 - 12 volts, 150mA (400mA jack)- Tech 21 Flyrig RK5
x - unused
0 - 9 volts, 60mA (200mA jack) - Gig FX Frampton Wah
0 - 9 volts, 128mA (200mA jack) - Mooer Repeater
0 - 9 volts, 43mA (100mA jack) - Turbo Tuner
0 - 9 volts, 45mA (100mA jack) - TC Spark Boost Mini
0 - 9volts, 9mA (100mA jack) - Wampler Pinnacle Deluxe
0 - 9volts, 8.5mA (100mA jack) - MXR EVH Phase 90
I was surprised at the voltage requirements of the Repeater versus the Pinnacle but I believe that it (and the Tonebone) require the extra voltage to maintain clean overhead. Not required by a distortion pedal.
One of my pedals was noisy at my last gig and after some investigation, I discovered that it was wanting 128mA and I was only feeding it a 100mA circuit.
I then looked up all of the pedals currently on my board, mapped out their voltage requirements and mapped out the following output ports on my Cioks DC10 power supply:
0 - 15 volts, 400mA (400mA jack) - Tonebone PZ Pre
x - unused
0 - 12 volts, 150mA (400mA jack)- Tech 21 Flyrig RK5
x - unused
0 - 9 volts, 60mA (200mA jack) - Gig FX Frampton Wah
0 - 9 volts, 128mA (200mA jack) - Mooer Repeater
0 - 9 volts, 43mA (100mA jack) - Turbo Tuner
0 - 9 volts, 45mA (100mA jack) - TC Spark Boost Mini
0 - 9volts, 9mA (100mA jack) - Wampler Pinnacle Deluxe
0 - 9volts, 8.5mA (100mA jack) - MXR EVH Phase 90
I was surprised at the voltage requirements of the Repeater versus the Pinnacle but I believe that it (and the Tonebone) require the extra voltage to maintain clean overhead. Not required by a distortion pedal.