Dread Bass Posted November 7, 2007 Posted November 7, 2007 Hi just bought a whammy pedal off ebay its the whammy 4 version. A plug is supposed to come with it but the seller had lost it. i got it home and tried it with one of my changable volt plugs from currys and it just made it sound like my bass battery is going dead. I tried the bass with no pedal and it fine. it says on it 9VAC-50/60HZ 1.3A If i need a special plug anyi deas where i can get one from? oris this pedal broken. thanks very much in advance Quote
cheddatom Posted November 7, 2007 Posted November 7, 2007 Are you sure it says 9v? 'Cos I thought they were all 12v. Quote
Dread Bass Posted November 7, 2007 Author Posted November 7, 2007 on mine it def says 9VAC looking at the website it is a different plug from what usually comes with a digitech pedal Quote
cheddatom Posted November 7, 2007 Posted November 7, 2007 Did you remember to set your psu to AC not DC? My guitarist has a WH4 on a non-standard supply. Quote
Kev Posted November 7, 2007 Posted November 7, 2007 9v ac adapter will work, 750ma or over i think it is nothing else Quote
Dread Bass Posted November 7, 2007 Author Posted November 7, 2007 aha the plug i am using is only 300mA that might explain it im glad i was getting worried thanks guys Quote
Higgie Posted November 7, 2007 Posted November 7, 2007 Kev is partially right. You need an adaptor that is 9V [b]AC[/b], but it should, for best results, be over 1A or 1000mA in current. The original WH-1 draws around 750mA, but the re-issue is even more power hungry! Quote
Dread Bass Posted November 7, 2007 Author Posted November 7, 2007 thanks higgie i will get on that tomorrow Quote
Kev Posted November 9, 2007 Posted November 9, 2007 i think the adapter supplied with the reissue whammy is 900ma, but ye a 750 would run it fine Quote
Higgie Posted November 10, 2007 Posted November 10, 2007 [quote name='BassManKev' post='86307' date='Nov 9 2007, 10:25 PM']i think the adapter supplied with the reissue whammy is 900ma, but ye a 750 would run it fine[/quote] The one supplied with the reissue is 1300mA. Quote
Dread Bass Posted November 11, 2007 Author Posted November 11, 2007 it says on the side of the pedal 1.3Aso its a power hungry little thing. no luck finding a replacement in my local shops but i emailed maplin to see what they recommend Quote
Musky Posted November 13, 2007 Posted November 13, 2007 Like Higgie says, the AC bit is important - most power adapters are DC. Maplins do a suitable adapter, as does a guy on ebay. Give me shout if you can't find him, as I've added him to my favourite sellers list. Quote
tauzero Posted November 21, 2007 Posted November 21, 2007 I had to get a Maplin replacement for my BP-200 which is also AC but can't remember whether it's 12V or 9V. It was one of these: [url="http://www.maplin.co.uk/Module.aspx?ModuleNo=96964&criteria=power%20supply&doy=21m11"]Maplin AC/AC power supplies[/url] which are pretty reasonably priced. Quote
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