Graham Posted September 24, 2003 Report Share Posted September 24, 2003 I have some Boss Pedals (a DS-1 distortion and a OC-2 octave) and in the booklets that came with them it says I have to use a Boss adaptor with them or it may cause risk of fire etc. Is this true or are Boss just trying to make more money out of me? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
GraemeC Posted September 24, 2003 Report Share Posted September 24, 2003 No its fucking horse shit...as long as the power supply is the correct voltage and polarity its cool...................................................................................Ok Ian you can tell them about the tuner I fried now...!!! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
soundian Posted September 25, 2003 Report Share Posted September 25, 2003 Heh heh, fried tuner steaks on the barbie anyone. One more thing though, these Boss pedals can suck a lot of power so make sure the transformer can supply the minimum ampage. That could be the risk of fire they're on about: overheated transformer coils. (Polarity is very important too, you can fuck some DC equipment with the wrong polarity) I think they put all this info on a little silver sticker on the bottom of Boss pedals too. If memory serves, Boss are normally 9V, 500-600 mAmps, positive centre. But don't take that as gospel. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
David Posted September 25, 2003 Report Share Posted September 25, 2003 as long as your adapter covers the correct suppy needed by the pedal you will be finemost adapters will cover this, boss is pretty much a standard in power needs i thinkDavid Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Graham Posted September 25, 2003 Author Report Share Posted September 25, 2003 I just tried using my DS-1 with an adaptor but it seemed to cause alot of buzzing but it was okay with my other non-Boss pedals. I'll try my other adaptor and see what its like. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
soundian Posted September 26, 2003 Report Share Posted September 26, 2003 Originally posted by David as long as your adapter covers the correct suppy needed by the pedal you will be finemost adapters will cover this, boss is pretty much a standard in power needs i thinkDavid I think I covered all that. Anyway, as I said, Boss do seem to be power hungry. Also, as I said. make sure the max ampage of your transformer is more than your pedal and the polarity is right, and you shouldn't have any problems. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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