Daisy Chaining from a tuner Vs PSU

[alstocko]

I notice that people at the moment opt for the PSU rather than a daisy chain setup, why not choose the latter?
(I have both options available to me ATM)

Thanks,

Alec

[Lozz196]

I`ve daisy chained from a Boss TU2 and it worked fine, although the TU2 itself was being powered by a PSU. Just figured it would be less plug sockets to fill up - always a help at gigs where they can be sparse - and saved having a PSU for each pedal. I was using 3 at the time.

[gilmour]

I found having a power supply for each pedal gave me a lot of unwanted noise in my signal chain.

[Sibob]

I prefer a kettle lead into power supply than a hardwired wall-wart daisy-chained......the latter tend to break much more often.
Also, you can usually get a lot more MA from a dedicated power supply as opposed to a tuner. I think a Boss TU-2 can supply around 200ma, although the Polytune is more from what I remember.
My Gig-Rig power supply gives me 5amps of available power.

Si

[0175westwood29]

I think my tu3 can supply up to 7 boss pedals? Could be wrong but ive never used it for that as i have a diago power supply that can supply alot of pedals.

Nice to know its there if i need it tho its like having a second power supply

Andy

[Sibob]

[quote name='0175westwood29' timestamp='1357117481' post='1917564']
I think my tu3 can supply up to 7 boss pedals? [/quote]

It depends on the ma rating of those 7 pedals.
Generally speaking, you can treat milliamps like amp wattage headroom, you want more than you need. I would want my power supply to not be running over half capacity, so say the Boss tuner can supply 200ma, and you have 7 pedals that total 170ma, you're going to probably start hearing some excess noise and perhaps some sag with regards to the actual effects.
In your case, if you have 7 Boss pedals that add up to 90ma (Check Boss Area for the ratings), you're fine.

Cheers
Si

[JapanAxe]

[quote name='Sibob' timestamp='1357115306' post='1917534']
I prefer a kettle lead into power supply than a hardwired wall-wart daisy-chained......the latter tend to break much more often.
Also, you can usually get a lot more MA from a dedicated power supply as opposed to a tuner. I think a Boss TU-2 can supply around 200ma, although the Polytune is more from what I remember.
My Gig-Rig power supply gives me 5amps of available power.

Si
[/quote]
+1 to that, I bought a 3-metre kettle lead to run from my plugboard at the back of the stage to my GigRig Generator underneath my Pedaltrain. I always carry spare kettle leads, it would cost a lot more to carry spare PSUs.

[Stan_da_man]

I have a Diago power supply and that's great - quiet in operation and can daisy chain huge amounts of pedals.

[0175westwood29]

[quote name='Sibob' timestamp='1357122672' post='1917622']
It depends on the ma rating of those 7 pedals.
Generally speaking, you can treat milliamps like amp wattage headroom, you want more than you need. I would want my power supply to not be running over half capacity, so say the Boss tuner can supply 200ma, and you have 7 pedals that total 170ma, you're going to probably start hearing some excess noise and perhaps some sag with regards to the actual effects.
In your case, if you have 7 Boss pedals that add up to 90ma (Check Boss Area for the ratings), you're fine.

Cheers
Si
[/quote]

oh yeh im always supper carefull! currently im just using the tuner but like you say i make sure im well inside the ma rating.

andy