Pedalboard Power Calculator
A tuner, a drive, a delay and a reverb draw 283 mA between them (80 + 8 + 100 + 95), all at 9 V. 24 of the supplies below give each pedal its own output. Swap in your own pedals and the table follows.
Supplies for this set
24 supplies in our list can give every pedal its own output.
| Supply | Result | Outputs |
|---|---|---|
| Voodoo Lab Pedal Power Digital | Runs it. Every pedal gets its own output, none left over. | 4 outputsAll isolated |
| Cioks DC5 | Runs it. Every pedal gets its own output, 1 left over. | 5 outputsAll isolated900 mA in all |
| Cioks SOL | Runs it. Every pedal gets its own output, 1 left over. | 5 outputsAll isolated |
| MXR Mini Iso-Brick | Runs it. Every pedal gets its own output, 1 left over. | 5 outputsAll isolated |
| Strymon Ojai | Runs it. Every pedal gets its own output, 1 left over. | 5 outputsAll isolated |
Show 23 more supplies
| Supply | Result | Outputs |
|---|---|---|
| Strymon Ojai R30 | Runs it. Every pedal gets its own output, 1 left over. | 5 outputsAll isolated |
| Strymon Zuma R300 | Runs it. Every pedal gets its own output, 1 left over. | 5 outputsAll isolated |
| Fender Engine Room LVL5 | Runs it. Every pedal gets its own output, 1 left over. | 5 outputsAll isolated |
| Harley Benton PowerPlant ISO-5 Pro | Runs it. Every pedal gets its own output, 1 left over. | 5 outputsAll isolated |
| RockBoard Power Block ISO Multi Power Supply | Runs it. Every pedal gets its own output, 1 left over. | 5 outputsAll isolated2500 mA in all |
| Truetone 1 Spot Pro CS6 | Runs it. Every pedal gets its own output, 2 left over. | 6 outputsAll isolated1600 mA in all |
| Cioks DC7 | Runs it. Every pedal gets its own output, 3 left over. | 7 outputsAll isolated |
| Truetone 1 Spot Pro CS7 | Runs it. Every pedal gets its own output, 3 left over. | 7 outputsAll isolated1900 mA in all |
| Voodoo Lab Pedal Power 2 Plus | Runs it. Every pedal gets its own output, 4 left over. | 8 outputsAll isolated |
| Voodoo Lab Pedal Power X8 | Runs it. Every pedal gets its own output, 4 left over. | 8 outputsAll isolated |
| Walrus Audio Aetos | Runs it. Every pedal gets its own output, 4 left over. | 8 outputsAll isolated |
| Fender Engine Room LVL8 | Runs it. Every pedal gets its own output, 4 left over. | 8 outputsAll isolated |
| Strymon Zuma | Runs it. Every pedal gets its own output, 5 left over. | 9 outputsAll isolated |
| MXR DC Brick | Runs it. Every pedal gets its own output, 6 left over. | 10 outputsIsolation not listed2000 mA in all |
| MXR Iso-Brick | Runs it. Every pedal gets its own output, 6 left over. | 10 outputsAll isolated |
| Truetone 1 Spot Pro CS12 | Runs it. Every pedal gets its own output, 8 left over. | 12 outputsAll isolated3000 mA in all |
| Fender Engine Room LVL12 | Runs it. Every pedal gets its own output, 8 left over. | 12 outputsAll isolated |
| Harley Benton PowerPlant ISO-12 Pro | Runs it. Every pedal gets its own output, 8 left over. | 12 outputsAll isolated |
| Walrus Audio Phoenix | Runs it. Every pedal gets its own output, 11 left over. | 15 outputsAll isolated |
| Cioks Crux | Needs one daisy chain. BOSS DD-8, BOSS RV-6, BOSS TU-3, and Ibanez TS9 Tube Screamer share one output rated for 2700 mA. | 1 outputIsolation not listed |
| Truetone 1 Spot | Needs one daisy chain. BOSS DD-8, BOSS RV-6, BOSS TU-3, and Ibanez TS9 Tube Screamer share one output rated for 1700 mA. | 1 outputIsolation not listed |
| BOSS PSA-120S | Needs one daisy chain. BOSS DD-8, BOSS RV-6, BOSS TU-3, and Ibanez TS9 Tube Screamer share one output rated for 500 mA. | 1 outputIsolation not listed500 mA in all |
| Pedaltrain Volto | Needs one daisy chain. BOSS RV-6, BOSS TU-3, and Ibanez TS9 Tube Screamer share one output rated for 2000 mA. | 2 outputsIsolation not listed2000 mA in all |
Common questions
How do I work out how much power my pedalboard needs?
Add up the mA of every pedal, then check each pedal against a single output. The set above is 80 + 8 + 100 + 95, which makes 283 mA at 9 V.
Is a supply's total current enough to go by?
No. Each output has its own limit. BOSS DD-8 draws 100 mA, so it needs an output rated for at least that, however big the unit's total is.
What if a pedal has no current figure?
It stays out of the total and the result says so. Type the figure from the manual and it counts. We hold a published draw for 266 of the 343 pedals so far.
Can two pedals share one output?
Yes, if their draw adds up to less than the output's rating. Two low-draw analog drives are the usual pair; keep digital pedals on their own output. Pedals that share an output share a ground, so one can pass its noise to the other. An isolated output of its own avoids that.
What about a Quad Cortex or an HX Stomp?
They list a rated adapter figure, 3 A, which is not what they pull. The calculator shows that figure as Rated, leaves it out of the total, and tells you to give the unit its own adapter or a high-current output. The pedal's page has the real draw where we have found one.