I don't use my pedalboard at home that much as it's too much of a faff to pull out the gear hiding chair, get everything out, plug it in the amp, connect in the psu, to plug that in too, turn everything on and look out the window to see wife and child getting home so have to pack everything up and resume normal duties.
If i'm going to play with an amp i would usually just get out the HT1 from under the chair plug that in and go. But sometimes, it's just fun to use a few effects - also, last time i properly used board in jam situation i couldn't remember what half the settings did..
So i started looking at battery PSUs for pedalboard (and wireless guitar, but that's for another time) - I've only got a miniboard with not much power draw - biggest pedal is a Keeley Caverns which covers all delay/reverb only has a 75mA draw i think - rest of the pedals are mini drives and such ranging from 3mA Boost, 10 & 15mA drives, 15mA phaser and 22mA autowah - so as far as i know, it shouldn't be a massive drain on a battery.
Looked at the Volto and usual contenders and decided that i can't justify the price. Then came across the Warwick Rockboard Power LT XL. Watched a
Henning video and he seems to be driving quite a high consumption (and apparently a potentially noisy) board from it quite happily - doesn't say how long for though.
The UK price on these is £45ish new. Which enters the realms of possibility. Anyone have these or tried them? Any anecdotal evidence (the best kind
) or reasons for or against? Or better options?
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So far no issues.
I have mentioned the "AA battery box" at least twice here in the past. Glad to see it gaining some traction!
Maplin used to do the battery boxes but I guess CPC et al will have them. The AA is the best option IMHO because you can buy them anywhere. In fact you can get a rake of Carbon Zinc cheapies from "rockbottom" type shops , do a weeks gigs for about a quid!
Dave.
Soldering skills are at level where I know which is the hot end, and can do basic repairs and stuff..
What's needed for it?
The battery boxes I got from Maps all had a PP3 type clip on them and so I bought PP3 clip leads to suit. Belts and braces because you can clip in a PP3 if you don't have AAs immediately to hand.
Dave.
Cool - what's on your board and how long does it last for you?
My board currently consists of:
Digitech Hardwire SC-2 Distortion
Zoom MS70CDR
TC Flashback Delay (Mk 1)
TC Hall of Fame Reverb (Mk 1)
Boss RC-Looper
So not a huge board, but some rather power hungry pedals there.
I have used it to run a much bigger run of pedals than that. It has two outputs, so you can run two daisy chains.
Not gigging at the moment. But the battery pack last hours and hours. Certainly way beyond the length of a single gig. Would likely do two or more - though obviously you'd charge it before then.