From Lorne Hammond Sent Sun, Dec 23rd 2018, 19:40
From Lorne Hammond Sent Sun, Dec 23rd 2018, 19:40
I label each wall wart with the unit it powers. I experimented with a = guitar pedal power supply to simplify things. I also use short tip to = barrel polarity changers where needed (mostly european things like = shruthi or vxxy gear). I am hopeful about the KVR Vixen as in addition to being a mixer (pan/2 = sends, no eq)it has multiple power supplies and a way smaller footprint = than my heavy Mackie 1402, so that may let me move to a permanently = wired "lift the lid, apply power and audio to pa setup for live shows. I = do find most of the under $100 PS pedal board things dont have the = milliamp range 100 not 400-600 I need though. There is nothing wrong = with the $29 cheapo ebay chinese ones. =20 Best case is truly isolated ps, but that is more in the $200 range. Re = labelling cable ends I ordered two packages of the HOSA ones and found = they cannot be fed into my laser printer, that was a waste of $ as the = point is to have a cleaner setup in teh studio (vs live which is more = guerilla, where weight, speed of setup/takedown is primary). Lorne =20 -----Original Message----- From: Sevo Stille <xxxx@xxxxxx.xx>=20 Sent: December-23-18 2:50 AM To: xxxxxxxx@xxxxxxxxx.xxx Subject: Re: [AH] DC Barrel plug labeling / management Am 23.12.2018 um 00:42 schrieb Jimmy Moore: > How do people keep track of which DC barrel plugs go to which effect=20 > and synth? I've heard of using plastic bread clips or nail polish,=20 > but what do y'all do? First of all, I've learned to bother less - I don't seem to own anything = that requires a perfectly matched wall wart, almost everything here with = barrel plugs is 5.5/2.1mm centre positive 5, 9 or 12V DC and does not = need currents beyond 1000mA. After replacing the weakest (300-500mA) = wall warts with 1A ones that cover everything, and swapping out the one = odd 3.5mm socket for a standard one, that left me with three voltage = groups for just about everything, save for a few devices that require AC = or very non-standard voltages. Labelling wall warts and inputs by = voltage (using red stickers for AC, and blue for the two or three odd = men out that take 7.5 or 18V, or 2.5A) covers all my needs. Sevo