questions on powering effects on pedal board???

[gibsonjunkie]

I am building an acoustic pedal board that will include a BBE Acoustimax processor, as well as three 9 volt pedals (All TC electronics – Polytune Mini, Hall Of Fame Reverb, and Ditto Looper ) and a TC Helicon Voicetone Harmony G-XT vocal processor. I want to use a T-Rex FuelTank Chameleon charger to run all the pedals. The three TC Electronics are 9 volt and will work fine. The TC Helicon Voicetone has a 12 volt DC input which is also compatible with the Chameleon charger. The charger has the ability to set any of the outputs to 12 volt DC as well as one 12 volt AC outlet which; from what I see on the back of the Acoustimax pedal should power the Acoustimax, but reading the specs in the owner’s manual – it shows it as 12 volt DC input. does anybody know which source I should use to power the BBE pedal? I really would like this to work – the idea of needing to run 5 pedals off of wall warts is not a great solution. I hope somebody can advise me.

 

[Alan_M]

I looked at the manual and you're right, it states 12VDC on the diagram of the outlets, but in all other specs, it says AC. I believe the final word is that it is expecting AC current, not DC. It probably has a 'full wave' rectifier bridge that turns the AC current being supplied to DC current, but I'm not sure how it would react to having DC fed to it, when it is expecting AC. Your T-Rex has a 12VAC output, so you should use that, and if I read correctly, it should have included the correct cable to use with it.

 

[gibsonjunkie]

I'll throw a meter on the adapter before doing anything to see what's coming out...