[crazymoose]

I've been looking at power supplies for the pedal board I'm building, and I'm wondering what the best option is.

I've seen that the DC Brick and Voodoo Lab power supplies seem fairly well known, but they only have 7 and 8 outlets respectively. Considering that more than 8 pedals isn't really that much of a stretch and I've heard these things tend not to run well at full capacity, are there any other options? Or is it better to get say the DC brick and power the 7 I use most, and then use batteries for the rest? Or do you just split them or something?

[thesteve]

While the power supplies only have 7 or 8 outlets, they have a maximum current supply that can often handle multiple pedals.

For example, a 100mA jack on the Voodoo PP2 (I think it's 100mA) could probably support upwards of 7 to 10 distortion effects using a daisy chain running out of that plug. The downside is that these pedals will not be isolated from each other.

[snizzle]

If you don't need isolation, go the 1spot route. I've had it for years and never had a problem.
-shane

[crazymoose]

Originally Posted by snizzle

If you don't need isolation, go the 1spot route. I've had it for years and never had a problem.
-shane

What type of things do you need isolation for?

[Almost Enough]

Originally Posted by crazymoose

What type of things do you need isolation for?

A pedal like my planetwaves tuner that will make horrid noises through your amplifier even on the mute tuning setting. When plugged into a chain with noisey dirt pedals it can do this.