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Started by Psych0F0x, August 31, 2006, 05:18:18 PM

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Psych0F0x

I want to daisy chain my 200mA 9v adapter but I'd like to know the impedances of my pedals. (my distortions/fuzzs/overdrives don't need much but I don't know about my pulsar tremelo , Boss RV-5 and two other possible pedals I might want to add)
I remember seeing some kind of list of impedances of a whole bunch of pedals but I can't find it anywhere now, so I was wondering if someone here knows where it is?

zpyder

impedances?  do you mean current consumption?  I've never tried this, but it's an idea... if you have a daisy chain on hand, measure the mA you get at one of the plugs with it plugged into the wall and nothing plugged in... that'll give you a real number of mA coming out.  Then plug one pedal in at a time and measure the current still available at another of the chain's plugs... The difference should be the consumption of that pedal...

Like I said I've never tried this

zpyder
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Seljer

Lists of current consumption have been posted mulitple times allready, I think I bookmarked one but I can't find it, try searching the forum. Genraly prettymuch any digital pedal uses about 100mA.


Or just go measure them yourself.
Take a multimeter and a battery, hook up the battery to only one of the terminals of the battery snap and measure the current from the other terminal of the battery snap to to other terminal on the battery