Wahoo 9V Power Requirements

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Jonners
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Wahoo 9V Power Requirements

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The case marking is 9V 0.5A

Many pedalboard DC 'bricks' rate at 400mA. Would that be insufficient?

Others have several outputs that will provide a combined aggregate up to a maximum (of, say, 1.5A). What sort of drain would the Wahoo and Voluum make on the total? Does it vary significantly according to functionality?

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Re: Wahoo 9V Power Requirements

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400mA is usually fine (300-350mA is typical).

A lot depends on high bright you make the LEDs. At maximum LED brightness, with all the LEDs on it could get close to 500mA -- that's why we need to rate it at this maximum level.

The Voluum needs a little more than the Wahoo because the analogue circuitry it uses is more power hungry. 400mA is still ok though.
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