mkstewartesq
Well-known member
OK, so I have a question about pedal draw power in milliamps. The reason for my question is that I bought a 1Spot tester because I have a shitload of pedal now and wanted to make sure I wasn’t starving any of them. (I was going to build the tester that Robert is going to make available, but I found I needed the tester sooner). ANYWAY….
Thanks,
Mike
- Some of the results I’m getting are exactly what I would expect – for example, my Gigrig 10-loop switcher states that it needs to be plugged into a 500 mA supply and I see that with all loops activated it draws about 320 mA. Some other pedals I have tested are about within the range I would expect as well.
- But I built the Clandestine Preamp, which is based on the Chase Tone Secret Preamp and it only shows as drawing 8 mA, even though the Chase Tone website says the real pedal draws 150 mA.
- My two—in- one compressor build shows as drawing 0 mA. Zero. Same for my stripboard build of the Pendulum tremolo.
- Just for kicks, I decided to see how much my home built seven loop switcher drew. It’s basically just 7 3PDTs but it has 7 blue LEDs. With all seven LEDs activated it only draws a total of 4 mA where as I expected it to be a fair amount more because, you know, SEVEN LEDs.
Thanks,
Mike