power for pedals

[marakeete]

anyone seen or have an amp sorta thing for Boss pedals. I heard the can power 4 pedal at a time of the one socket. Thing is i cant find one anywhere but i ve heard roumers and the like but cant find anything solid.
Any help on where to find info on them is appreciated

[buck]

I have seen something on the net but it was just a glorified DC power supply


I'm not familiar with the pedals.....but arent they 9v dc?......Tandy have DC power supplies which would be an inexpensive way of setting up. BUt you really would need a switchable or reliable one that produces the 9 v exactly. you also need to get a power supply that has a large enough capacity to handle the load.

I'm guessing couple hundred milli amps per pedal...the load is usually on the label on appliances.it might look like......500mA or 200mA.......so the combined loading of the pedals will determine the output capacity of the power supply.

You also have to ensure the polarity is correct at the pin plug. Most power supplies have the terminals on the front.....Red +ve and Black -ve.....the supply leads to the pedal, and if you look at things like phone chargers and such, the cable has a grey line down one side. this is to ensure you can follow which wire is which when connecting a plug.
On the pedal, where the plug goes in for the external supply..there should be a little symbol, which denotes the polarity of the pin in the centre of the plug. if the polarity is incorrect, you cann damage the unit.

the quickest way to blow up a circuit board is plug something in when the unit is turned on..I see it every day where expensive cordless battery chargers come to be fixed because someone didnt read the instructions.

if you know an electrician or electronic tech (preferable) they can give you advice. Even your local video/stereo repairer. It wouldnt be hard to make your own.

[freezex61]

Boss used to make a power supply which looked exactly like a pedal (I recall it being a dark red colour) and it came with a 5 outlet patch lead, haven't seen one for years though.

Ring up "Roland Australia" Boss & Roland are the same company. There is a branch in most capital cities, should be able to find it in the phone book

Freezex61

[sound_as_eric]

as im not that electronically minded im not sure if this is what your talking about or not

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