Pedalboard Power Supplies

austinrocket

What's a good, reliable but not too expensive one? I only run 5 pedals on my board and the daisy chain I've been using is now playing up so figured a power supply is the best way to go.

sweepy

Harley Benton Jnr from Thomann is a good little unit

https://www.thomann.de/gb/harley_benton_powerplant.htm?sid=94f6feabf3c61ed9c9b67a42d00a82c1

english_bob

^^^ assuming none of the pedals you want to power need more than 120mA (find out here) the Harley Benton Power Plant Jr
is even cheaper and copied from a design that's properly isolated (isolation should reduce ground noise). Many of the cheap Chinese-made pedalboard power supplies aren't fully isolated- several outlets will share a ground, but be isolated from other groups, which is probably better than nothing, but not as effective as having all the outlets properly isolated.

IMO, it's worth spending more on a really good PSU once, ideally one that's a little bigger than you ever anticipate needing- it's deeply unsexy, but well worth it, and should be a one-time purchase.

Wazmeister

IMHO, I would say that it's best to spend as much as you budget will allow on a QUALITY power supply...

builttospill

If you can get one still a Burkey Flatliner Six Junior, 6 fully isolated outlets @ 100mA, solid and quiet as.... and made in Holland. Fits perfectly under a PT classic Jr with heavy duty velcro. Failing that a Fuel Tank Jr?

Lestratcaster

I too only use a few pedals (3 I think) and have the T-Rex Fuel Tank Junior. I got it for about £79 7 years ago and its reliable and built like a brick. I would advise not to scrimp on power supply out of all things, you can have the most amazing effects pedal but what use will it be when you have a crappy power supply which only causes humming and other issues esp live? Not worth the hassle, a large proportion of live rig issues will be caused by pedalboards so do you really want to be that guy?

skunkwerx

I’m a huge advocate of strymons supplys.. 

Yeah theyre expensive, but not only does the aftercare everywhere I read seem first class, the units themselves are also quality.. 

Its an investment. 

The single most expensive part of my board is the supply. But zero headaches and perfect performance make it worth it. 

Not only that, when you/I eventually want more pedals, another strymon supply can be linked to whatever you’ve got. Their ojai expansion kits are almost £50 cheaper too. 

The other guys have also mentioned decent supplys, voodoo labs, ciocks, etc. 

meltedbuzzbox

Cioks for the win

or voodoo labs or possibly strymon

benmurray85

I have a cheapo Joyo one and a Strymon Ojai powering the pedals on my board. There’s absolutely zero difference. 

Gagaryn

skunkwerx said:

I’m a huge advocate of strymons supplys.. 

Yeah theyre expensive, but not only does the aftercare everywhere I read seem first class, the units themselves are also quality.. 

Its an investment. 

The single most expensive part of my board is the supply. But zero headaches and perfect performance make it worth it. 

Not only that, when you/I eventually want more pedals, another strymon supply can be linked to whatever you’ve got. Their ojai expansion kits are almost £50 cheaper too. 

The other guys have also mentioned decent supplys, voodoo labs, ciocks, etc. 

Yup - i just bought a Zuma to power a reasonably modestly sized board but one that has a few high draw pedals. It works perfectly - even powers the Trio+. Just a shame that it is £200 spent on something that can't even be seen!

skunkwerx

Gagaryn said:

skunkwerx said:

I’m a huge advocate of strymons supplys.. 

Yeah theyre expensive, but not only does the aftercare everywhere I read seem first class, the units themselves are also quality.. 

Its an investment. 

The single most expensive part of my board is the supply. But zero headaches and perfect performance make it worth it. 

Not only that, when you/I eventually want more pedals, another strymon supply can be linked to whatever you’ve got. Their ojai expansion kits are almost £50 cheaper too. 

The other guys have also mentioned decent supplys, voodoo labs, ciocks, etc. 

Yup - i just bought a Zuma to power a reasonably modestly sized board but one that has a few high draw pedals. It works perfectly - even powers the Trio+. Just a shame that it is £200 spent on something that can't even be seen!

Haha too true! So much so that I had to put mine on top of the board and make room for it.. 

Wazmeister

Another vote for the Strymons - best Ive used 

jamiexsilver

Never ever had any issues with my Truetone cs7
currently powering all this.

viz

builttospill said:

If you can get one still a Burkey Flatliner Six Junior, 6 fully isolated outlets @ 100mA, solid and quiet as.... and made in Holland. Fits perfectly under a PT classic Jr with heavy duty velcro. Failing that a Fuel Tank Jr?

If you think you might need AC, you could go for the flatliner pro. It’s ever so slightly enormous but very good. 

Edit - just seen that the harley benton does that for a fifth of the price