Looking for recommendations for quiet power.
Hi friends,
I have been through the side bar and wiki on power supplies, but I wanted to get some input from the community as well.
The power in my house is not very clean, and causes noise. This is amplified intensely when I use any boost or OD pedals to the point where it's intolerable for my wife to be in the same room as me when I'm using a boost.
I tried a furman power bar, but it didn't help a lot. I'm considering upgrading to a better main power supply unit, and would love recommendations if you have them.
The main reason for this post though, is that I'm using a Donner power supply off Amazon, and I'm pretty sure that's the bulk of my problem. What are your favourite pedal power supplies to for cleaner signals?
Thanks!
Posted Dec 5, 2020, 7:52 PM UTC
Trutone CS7 or CS12 depending on how many connections you need 👍🏽
This... curious, why do you think your home power isn’t very clean?
Boost, OD and distortion will all likely add noise when they’re on, you’re typically boosting a signal and then attenuating it with a volume control so the noise floor goes way up.
I always have a bit of a hum on everything. Through my computer, headphones, amps. I had a couple amps that would pickup WiFi signals, the sound would kinda tick as my router lights would flicker, certain electronics like pedal sqeal like the caps are gone, USB powered devices always have a noticable humm. I hear whirring through my headphones when my neighbor runs his table saw. I'm an electrician, and not really sure what would cause these issues, they might be caused be by different things. Everything is grounded and to Canadian code.
It's a bit annoying, but boosts noticeably amplify it to the point where its like 3/4 as loud as the guitar, and annoying. Trying to tame it where I can.
Have you checked to see if your house is properly grounded? I had to dig and and redo my ground wire properly and it kicked the him I was getting.
Yeah, maybe the wire rotted off the plate or something. I might dig it up. I'm also fairly close to main power lines, If I go to the back of my property I can follow the flux lines coming off the conductors with a voltage ticker. I've wondered if that might have something to do with it, although it's a couple of hundred yards away.