Hi there!
Soon i am going to try and build a pedal board with a built in power suply for the pedals, is it safe to make a box with lots of power jacks wired in series and plug in a normal boss power suply? It needs to power 10 normal 9V pedals.
Quoteit safe to make a box with lots of power jacks wired in series and plug in a normal boss power suply?
I think it must be in "paralel" conection...
And I believe Boss power suply usually is around 200mA wich "may" not be enough to power 10 pedals... it depends of the pedals...
Regards
Kleber AG
you definately need a paralall daisy chain. for example a gv-8 from this particular company:
http://www.pedalboard.net/cables.htm
Another option is a power supply which has multiple outputs,this one:
http://www.wwbw.com/Carl-Martin-Big-John-Power-Supply-i136138.music
but they are incredibly expensive for what they do.
The cheap method is to buy a daisy chain like the earlier mentioned gv-8 (one that doesn't need a stupid boss power pedal) and a cheap PS if you dont already have one, such as a danelectro zero hum.