Isolated Pedal Power Supply Diy

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.

Its wasteful and brand name 9v s are almost 9 for a two pack. The iso brick boasts 10 outputs making it possible to run a wide range of pedals with noise free dc power. Diy power supply for pedal board reply 12 on. Since our outputs are isolated we need stereo jacks to avoid connecting output s grounds to the enclosure.

All parts were ridiculously cheap i spent about 20 bucks if that on parts. 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. Caline power cp 08 isolated pedal power supply. 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.

In the most basic essence we are trying to find a pedal. 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. Like anything there are variables to consider levels of quality and of course the consumer marketing game. If you forget to turn off your pedals you ve thrown away big bucks.

Individual pedals especially distortions and digital delays are likely to have some kind of power line filtering but without an isolated power supply that is one where each output powers one pedal only and the power lines do not cross it s possible to pick up noise from other pedals sharing the same power source. 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. Its an extreme waste of money when you can build your own power supply for only about 25 the power supply i designed and built delivers steady regulated 12 volts 9 volts and 5 volts all at the same time.