Members Sheraton Posted June 28, 2010 Members Share Posted June 28, 2010 What happens if you use a 12v AC adapter with a pedal that uses either a 9v battery or 9v AC adapter? What about a 6v adapter? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members ashasha Posted June 28, 2010 Members Share Posted June 28, 2010 I am not recommending it, but most times 12V will work and you won't notice anything. 6V is probably going to be a little too weak to power some devices properly and may create some noise or not work at all. If you check the output voltage on most of these wall warts they are anything but dead on accurate; I've seen 16VDC out of a 12VDC adapter more than a few times. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members diceman1000 Posted June 28, 2010 Members Share Posted June 28, 2010 why not just get a 9v adapter:confused: Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members Sheraton Posted June 28, 2010 Author Members Share Posted June 28, 2010 why not just get a 9v adapter:confused: I have a bunch of them laying around and I only have one 9 volt. Trying to use what I have instead of buying new. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members 's mel gibson Posted June 28, 2010 Members Share Posted June 28, 2010 Be careful. It's not impossible to burn out a pedal using an adaptor that puts out too much voltage and amps. The first thing I smelled was that electrical burning smell. Yah! You guessed it! I've done this boo boo. One 9v adaptor with an Ibanez DC5 daisy chain can accommodate 5 pedals with 9v power. They're only $15. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members Sheraton Posted June 28, 2010 Author Members Share Posted June 28, 2010 Be careful. It's not impossible to burn out a pedal using an adaptor that puts out too much voltage and amps.The first thing I smelled was that electrical burning smell. Yah! You guessed it! I've done this boo boo.One 9v adaptor with an Ibanez DC5 daisy chain can accommodate 5 pedals with 9v power. They're only $15. What is this magical device, what do you call it? An Ibanez Daisy Chain? That you speak of. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members 's mel gibson Posted June 28, 2010 Members Share Posted June 28, 2010 Here it is. They're actually $24.95 up here in Canada.The Ibanez DC5 splitter cord for powering 5 pedals with one adaptor.http://www.instrumentpro.com/P-IBADC5.html Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members jr_vw2 Posted June 28, 2010 Members Share Posted June 28, 2010 Just look for a 1Spot they are cheaper and it's just a daisy chain that runs off of one wall wart. I would post a link but I'm on an iPhone and it's a pain. Just eBay search 1Spot. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members 's mel gibson Posted June 28, 2010 Members Share Posted June 28, 2010 Yah! Mine's discontinued/obsolete now. I'm glad I got a spare. And I'm hanging on to it. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members Sheraton Posted June 28, 2010 Author Members Share Posted June 28, 2010 Just look for a 1Spot they are cheaper and it's just a daisy chain that runs off of one wall wart. I would post a link but I'm on an iPhone and it's a pain. Just eBay search 1Spot. Did a search. It looks like the 5 position one is $10 at GC. Cool! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members jr_vw2 Posted June 28, 2010 Members Share Posted June 28, 2010 Problem solved....and for cheap Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members HarpBoy Posted June 29, 2010 Members Share Posted June 29, 2010 What happens if you use a 12v AC adapter with a pedal that uses either a 9v battery or 9v AC adapter? What about a 6v adapter? I'd be really careful with a 12VAC adapter. The peak DC voltage from this adapter will be around 18V, which could fry the voltage regulator in your pedal. If you were using a 12VDC adapter you might be OK, but of course the polarity would have to be correct (ie center pin neg or positive, depending on what the pedal needs). 6VDC probably won't drive your pedal enough and you could overheat the wallwart, because what it lacks in voltage it will try to make up in current. Anyway, it's probably safest just to spend the $10 on a properly rated wall wart. Cheers Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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