Build Isolated Power Supply Guitar

This is the culmination of a few projects to reorganize all my pedals in a portable case.

Build isolated power supply guitar.

Build a power supply for your guitar pedals. Important note electricity is dangerous. 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. What is an isolated power supply.

Do not attempt this project without proper knowledge and safety education regarding working with mains voltage electricity. Fits min 3 pedals tuner portability powered without daisy chaining a crummy wallwart bypassable integrat. Using an isolated power supply will reduce this unwanted noise dramatically. Building an isolate power supply finally got to the point where i can t daisy chain all the pedals together because i m getting so much hum from all them together.

In my opinion this is a fantastic power supply that can power a wide range of pedals and each output is completely isolated. Homemade electrical items using mains power should not. An isolated power supply i recommend is the voodoo lab pedal power 2 plus click to see on amazon it is seen by many guitarists as the best power supply for guitar pedals available right now. Being an electrical engineer pretty solid with guitar stuff and cheap af figured i d try my hand at building an isolated power supply.

Some overdrives can operate at 12 14 and even 18v for increased headroom. Power supplies isolated and regulated duration. It can and will kill you. Secondly most high quality power supplies have different voltage options outside the standard 9v dc which gives you the opportunity to really optimise your pedals.

We provide a definition and list the benefits of having an isolated power source for your guitar pedals. The requirements for my board are as follows. Guitar effects pedalboard case w isolated power supply. Most of you will know by now how important isolated power supply per pedal is for whisper quiet operation.

For my own pedal chain in which there are currently 40 pedals several with high voltage and ampere needs i am currently running 5 different power supplies 2 x friedman power grid 10s 1 x strymon zuma 1 x strymon ojai and 1 x t rex.