gazgoldstar Posted May 24, 2016 Share Posted May 24, 2016 Hello everyone. I recently found out about this Irish company called Myvolts who are making power supply solutions. They currently have a Kickstarter project for their Ripcord. This is essentially a USB to 9 volt adaptor so that you can power your pedals from a phone charger or portable battery. It think this looks dead cool and I have backed it but the Kickstarter doesn't seem to be going that well hence me posting it here. They cost about £12. Here is the link:https://www.kickstarter.com/projects/48955335/ripcord-the-plug-n-play-anywhere-usb-power-cable?ref=discovery Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
chriswareham Posted May 24, 2016 Share Posted May 24, 2016 (edited) USB is 5 volts. How are they going to prevent their charger potentially destroying standards compliant devices? Edited May 24, 2016 by chriswareham Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
KiOgon Posted May 24, 2016 Share Posted May 24, 2016 How many pedals do you expect to run from a phone charger? As Chris says USB is 5V & if you practically double it up to 9V it's going to have as much power available as a doormouses fart, probably less! Good luck with that Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
dannybuoy Posted May 24, 2016 Share Posted May 24, 2016 I haven't even read the link but can't see any problems with it damaging anything. I assume it's a male USB plug going to a charge pump, going to a pedal style 9v DC barrel - if so there would be no risk of plugging a USB device into the 9V supply. Sounds a bit pointless when you could just buy a 9V supply for the same money though? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
paul h Posted May 24, 2016 Share Posted May 24, 2016 Looks interesting. They seem to have done enough testing and trials to know that it works. It wouldn't necessarily be of interest to me but for for a more technologically minded musician who uses a tablet or a laptop in a live situation I can see it being really valuable. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MrDaveTheBass Posted May 24, 2016 Share Posted May 24, 2016 [quote name='KiOgon' timestamp='1464087283' post='3056396'] it's going to have as much power available as a doormouses fart, probably less! [/quote] Mouse-fart powered pedal boards - I'd definitely invest in a Kickstarter campaign for one of those! (Might have to iron-out a few animal welfare issues first though) Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bigwan Posted May 24, 2016 Share Posted May 24, 2016 They have a kickstarter campaign for a charge pump? Now I've heard everything... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
tonyquipment Posted May 24, 2016 Share Posted May 24, 2016 Nice idea but 5v to 9v? How many stepper uppers will you need? It will just blow it off the wall won't it ? Now u can probably charge phones from the 9v stepping down but the other way around is just ...entertaining to watch. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TimR Posted May 24, 2016 Share Posted May 24, 2016 Very clever idea. You can use one of those powerbank USBs to power your gear instead of messing about with 9v rechargeable batteries and chargers etc. Would be nice if a lot of electronic equipment started to go down the 5v supply route though. Although 5 volt batteries aren't that common. Yet. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TimR Posted May 24, 2016 Share Posted May 24, 2016 (edited) [quote name='tonyquipment' timestamp='1464089186' post='3056422'] Nice idea but 5v to 9v? How many stepper uppers will you need? It will just blow it off the wall won't it ? Now u can probably charge phones from the 9v stepping down but the other way around is just ...entertaining to watch. [/quote] You just need a DC-DC step up. eBay is full of them at c£2. Edited May 24, 2016 by TimR Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Gottastopbuyinggear Posted May 24, 2016 Share Posted May 24, 2016 (edited) As TimR has pointed out, this isn't about running your pedals from a phone charger, it's about running them from a USB power pack. I've just bought one of these - £10 from Amazon: [url="https://www.amazon.co.uk/gp/product/B011LO5KOO/ref=oh_aui_detailpage_o01_s00?ie=UTF8&psc=1"]https://www.amazon.c...0?ie=UTF8&psc=1[/url], and another £20 for a 16750 mAH USB power pack: [url="https://www.amazon.co.uk/gp/product/B00OJXVDAU/ref=oh_aui_detailpage_o00_s00?ie=UTF8&psc=1."]https://www.amazon.c...?ie=UTF8&psc=1.[/url] That's about three times the capacity of the Pedaltrain Volto for about a third of the price. As a relatively light user of pedals I'm expecting this to last quite a few rehearsals before I need to recharge it. Edited May 24, 2016 by Gottastopbuyinggear Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
gazgoldstar Posted May 24, 2016 Author Share Posted May 24, 2016 I learned about Myvolts after I reviewed a five way Usb to 9volt cable for Sonic State. It powers all of my 9 volt Korg Volcas from a phone battery with no problem whatsoever. The Volcas use a different DC pin so I haven't tried it with my bass pedals. I was impressed though so I reckon this would be a cool solution. I am contemplating building a pedal board with some big USB battery built in so I recharge the whole board. With one USB jack. Each cable can provide 1000 mah from a single USB socket so I reckon you could daisy chain five pedals off one. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
dannybuoy Posted May 24, 2016 Share Posted May 24, 2016 [quote name='tonyquipment' timestamp='1464089186' post='3056422'] Nice idea but 5v to 9v? How many stepper uppers will you need? It will just blow it off the wall won't it ? Now u can probably charge phones from the 9v stepping down but the other way around is just ...entertaining to watch. [/quote] I've got a 9v - 18v converter tip from Diago; this uses the same principle. Lots of pedals (EHX Glove for example) have the same circuit internally these days to get the increased headroom of 18v from a 9v supply. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
dannybuoy Posted May 24, 2016 Share Posted May 24, 2016 They need to state how many mA this thing can handle, I don't see that listed anywhere. Seeing as they show it hooked up to synths and micro amps, it must be quite a bit and more than enough for a large pedalboard... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
tonyquipment Posted May 24, 2016 Share Posted May 24, 2016 [quote name='dannybuoy' timestamp='1464097425' post='3056520'] I've got a 9v - 18v converter tip from Diago; this uses the same principle. Lots of pedals (EHX Glove for example) have the same circuit internally these days to get the increased headroom of 18v from a 9v supply. [/quote] Still gotta consider how many milliamps it will pump out .. It may not be enough to service the draw of the 9 volter Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
KevB Posted May 24, 2016 Share Posted May 24, 2016 Think I'll stick with my old power brick for the time being. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TimR Posted May 24, 2016 Share Posted May 24, 2016 [quote name='tonyquipment' timestamp='1464100191' post='3056545'] Still gotta consider how many milliamps it will pump out .. It may not be enough to service the draw of the 9 volter [/quote] The USB specs say it should be able to draw 5A if connected to a charging port. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TimR Posted May 24, 2016 Share Posted May 24, 2016 The more I think about this, the more I can't see any point in having 9v batteries or supplies anymore. With high power 5v sources about 9v is pretty redundant. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
elephantgrey Posted May 24, 2016 Share Posted May 24, 2016 I would rather have a 9v to USB power adapter. I wouldn't mind being able to power a midi keyboard/gameboy(for chip times)/my phone from my board's power supply. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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