Powering eventide

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Hey Dave and everyone else reading,

I have recently added the three eventide "factor" stomps to the family and am trying to clean up the sprawling mess on my floor.

These units are supplied with 1200mA wall warts - I can't find anywhere that states the actual current draw, but nevertheless it's probably significantly higher than the 100-300mA that Voodoo PP2 and GLab type isolated supplies can handle.

So, to anyone who has tackled this problem before - have you found an isolated and integrated power supply that can power all three TimeFactor, ModFactor and PitchFactor units simultaneously, or have you stuck with the wall warts?

Regards,

Sean in Singapore
 
You may have to settle for something like this to clean up the mess https://www.guitarcenter.com/item/expand ... 251246.jpg as there isn't a DC power supply on the market to put out that sort of isolated power. T-Rex makes the biggest unit I have seen with selectable voltages at the outputs, but the current draw per output is half what you need. Your best bet would be to rack them Eventide units and use the wall warts with an AC power supply, if that works. I like my pedals at my feet though, too.

Steve
 
Maybe this http://www.jimdunlop.com/index.php?page ... pip&id=330


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The Glab works for them well. The distributer tested it.
 
Thegigrig.com guys added power for evintide and tc pedals letely if memory serves.
 
Indeed, I contacted a them today and they have a pretty decent solution - one Generator and three EvenFlo adapters will power all three off of one AC supply. Should be able to squeeze it all under a PedalTrain too. 4 week wait on the Generator though. Waiting for a couple more responses.

Thanks for the tips guys!


isvoid":34mlhccp said:
Thegigrig.com guys added power for evintide and tc pedals letely if memory serves.
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I finally found a forum post by someone from Eventide... Hope this helps anyone else looking for an answer:

Our stated power requirements were based on an early prototype and are overly conservative. We've done extensive testing and we have updated the spec as follows:
MF, TF, and PF can operate from a 5W power source that supplies regulated 9 to 12VDC max.
The minimum required power ranges from a maximum of 4.5W at power up (all LEDs lit) to about 3.6W in normal operation depending on how many LEDs are lit.

For a regulated 12VDC,
the current requirement is 380mA at power up and 300mA in normal operation. Do not use unregulated 12V.

For a regulated 9VDC,
the current requirement is 500 mA at power up and 400mA in normal operartion.

The Voodoo Lab ISO-5's 12VDC output is conservatively rated at 300mA.
It can supply 12VDC @ 400mA with all outputs fully loaded and low AC line level.
The ISO-5 can easily run one Factor pedal from its 12VDC/300mA output.

We apologize for any grief that we've caused by our original, overly conservative spec.
 
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