April 18 2010 04 28 54 pm it may be worth your while to experiment a bit to see where isolated power benefits you and where it doesn t.
Isolated pedal power supply diy.
For cable connectors between the power supply and pedals i decided to use 3 5mm stereo jacks inspired by dunlop dc brick which uses mono 3 5mm jacks.
A pedal power supply is usually a small light weight brick that accepts a main ac power source then converts in into dc power most of the time sometimes we still run into ac pedals that most guitar pedals will enjoy.
Just big enough to fit 3 dc converter boards i bought on ebay super cheap.
Caline power cp 08 isolated pedal power supply.
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Since our outputs are isolated we need stereo jacks to avoid connecting output s grounds to the enclosure.
The outputs are fully isolated and extremely quiet and accommodate a variety of voltage and current requirements two 9v outputs at 100ma two 9v outputs at 300ma two 9v outputs at 450ma two 18v outputs at 250ma and in one particularly cool feature two 6 15v variable voltage.
All parts were ridiculously cheap i spent about 20 bucks if that on parts.
Its wasteful and brand name 9v s are almost 9 for a two pack.
Like anything there are variables to consider levels of quality and of course the consumer marketing game.
Guitar pedal power supply 10 isolated dc output for 9v 12v 18v 100ma 300ma 500ma effect pedal with usb port for charging mobile phone tablet short circuit and over current protection cp 04 4 5 out of 5 stars 217.
The iso brick boasts 10 outputs making it possible to run a wide range of pedals with noise free dc power.
Chassis is from a seasonic ss 350et.
If you forget to turn off your pedals you ve thrown away big bucks.
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