Sean Posted December 31, 2017 Share Posted December 31, 2017 Bit of a cry for help with a pedalboard snag. Now then, I have a couple of well loved pedals that run on 12v and when they're on my big pedal board that's not a problem as I have a T-Rex Chameleon that does all the voltages I need. I'm putting together a small pedalboard (4 pedals) and wanted to use a One-Spot and daisy chain the power. The big problem here is that the DHA VT1 pedal I have doesn't sound anywhere as good at 9v. I decided to start looking for a solution and found this: http://www.godlyke.com/power-all/godlyke-power-all-accessories/iso-pump-voltage-converter $40 from the USA. Hmm, s bit steep but it's a solution. Postage is $48.50 plus there'll be the tax stuff meaning it'll be about £100 by the time it's landed. My last holiday didn't cost that much and I knew exactly what I was getting. There's no magic in that iso-pump device so does anyone know of some equivalent available cheap in the UK or a very simple 9v-12v conversion solution for one pedal? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
elephantgrey Posted December 31, 2017 Share Posted December 31, 2017 There's always the Gigrig SupaNova. Works with my VT1-pro. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
dannybuoy Posted December 31, 2017 Share Posted December 31, 2017 Thing is though, you could get a second cheap isolated supply for the same price as a couple of 12V / 18V adaptors: https://www.amazon.co.uk/Adjustable-Switching-Stabilized-Anallobar-AC100-240V-DC8/dp/B015XZQWIU https://www.musicstore.de/en_GB/GBP/Fame-DC8/art-GIT0038973-000 A word of warning, these adapters have a max current rating and the DHA takes quite a lot of juice to power, so check your numbers carefully before buying anything! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
knicknack Posted January 1, 2018 Share Posted January 1, 2018 Xotic do a doubler that's only about £25, easily available and superb! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
dannybuoy Posted January 1, 2018 Share Posted January 1, 2018 1 hour ago, knicknack said: Xotic do a doubler that's only about £25, easily available and superb! Only issue is that might blow up the DHA that's only expecting 12V, or blow up the adapter since it's only rated for 80mA when I would estimate that the DHA needs around 300-500mA. On the other hand, thanks for posting as that one has a 15V option that I've not seen before, and I have a 15V pedal incoming! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Sean Posted January 1, 2018 Author Share Posted January 1, 2018 (edited) 11 hours ago, dannybuoy said: Thing is though, you could get a second cheap isolated supply for the same price as a couple of 12V / 18V adaptors: https://www.amazon.co.uk/Adjustable-Switching-Stabilized-Anallobar-AC100-240V-DC8/dp/B015XZQWIU https://www.musicstore.de/en_GB/GBP/Fame-DC8/art-GIT0038973-000 A word of warning, these adapters have a max current rating and the DHA takes quite a lot of juice to power, so check your numbers carefully before buying anything! I’ve got a Pedaltrain Nano that I bought from a guitarist in Work. It’s 14” long and will take the DHA, my TC SpectraComp mini pedal, TC PolyTune mini and a standard size chorus pedal. There’s no room underneath like on the large PedalTrain boards to fit a power supply unless I get cunning with some spacers and longer machine screws and adapt the feet. Time to investigate a hack I think. Edited January 1, 2018 by Sean Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
dannybuoy Posted January 1, 2018 Share Posted January 1, 2018 You can fit a Cioks DC5 or Visual Sound CS6 underneath, but if you don't want to go to that expense I would just run a couple of standard 12V/9V adapters for such a small setup. There is also a chance your 9V pedals will run happily at 12V, meaning you could just run a single 12V daisy chain. It's risky, but I've had many a happy accident running 9V pedals at 18V by mistake only to find they sounded even better! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Sean Posted January 1, 2018 Author Share Posted January 1, 2018 1 hour ago, dannybuoy said: There is also a chance your 9V pedals will run happily at 12V, meaning you could just run a single 12V daisy chain. It's risky, but I've had many a happy accident running 9V pedals at 18V by mistake only to find they sounded even better! It's two sockets or carrying an extra adaptor. I think a Behringer BDI21 and a daisy-chain off the One Spot is a fairly cheap option here. The DC5 is similar money to my T-Rex fuel tank on gigging board. Before I wore glasses (2016) one of the "Should have gone to Specsavers" moments I had was plugging an MXR M80 DI into an 18v supply. That was an expensive afternoon's recording session Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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