It is NOT “false advertisement”: The positive terminals are isolated. The negative terminals seem to be “isolated” in other, higher-end power supplies. But the difference is immaterial, because inside each pedal the negative terminals are connected to the ground side of the guitar sockets, and these in turn are connected to each other though each patch cable. Therefore the negative terminals BECOME connected as soon as you plug one pedal to another. Therefore the whole issue makes no difference. Mute point.
I mean, it might not be false advertisement in a literal sense, but that is kinda how false advertisement works, no? It's more in a practical sense. If you look at isolated power supplies, this is not how it works.
In case you havent figured it out, As far as I know, the 100mA dc jacks are isolated from the 500mA, So you have to comnect all your analog pedals using the 100mA jacks and Digital pedals go into the 500mA 9v jacks. 100mA jack row are NOT isolated from each other, nor the 500mA.
@@jaethomasmusic update: The power supply arrived a week after I posted the comment, long story short, not isolated as some people on forums said but pretty good cheap psu ,no issues and no weird noises so far (boss, digitech, behringer, analog/digital stompboxes)
it works just fine with the one spot - and this has nothing to do with draw. No matter what, this is a sign of a non-isolated power supply and is false advertising. I do hear you though, and I realize it's a bit of a tall order.
I just plugged my Boss RC-500 Looper and had noise. I then looked up its drawing 330mA. Moved it to the 500mA slot and worked fine with no hum. Something to keep in mind. Believe me mA draw is a little more important than you think.
This video saved me from wasting my money. Thank you.
It is NOT “false advertisement”:
The positive terminals are isolated. The negative terminals seem to be “isolated” in other, higher-end power supplies. But the difference is immaterial, because inside each pedal the negative terminals are connected to the ground side of the guitar sockets, and these in turn are connected to each other though each patch cable. Therefore the negative terminals BECOME connected as soon as you plug one pedal to another.
Therefore the whole issue makes no difference. Mute point.
I mean, it might not be false advertisement in a literal sense, but that is kinda how false advertisement works, no? It's more in a practical sense. If you look at isolated power supplies, this is not how it works.
In case you havent figured it out, As far as I know, the 100mA dc jacks are isolated from the 500mA, So you have to comnect all your analog pedals using the 100mA jacks and Digital pedals go into the 500mA 9v jacks. 100mA jack row are NOT isolated from each other, nor the 500mA.
that might be true, but that isn't, in fact, what most people consider a truly "isolated" power supply.
@@jaethomasmusic update: The power supply arrived a week after I posted the comment, long story short, not isolated as some people on forums said but pretty good cheap psu ,no issues and no weird noises so far (boss, digitech, behringer, analog/digital stompboxes)
It really gets to me that these companies advertise their power supply’s as isolated when clearly they aren’t
thank you! I think it's also easily tested by a multimeter, but this to me was the main test I needed
Thanks for saving me the time and money. I’ll just invest in a good one. 👍🏽
answered so many of my questions thank you
You get what you pay for pal, Strymon , Zuma or even the Ojai will be the best way, P.S. MXR MINI ISO will run all the pedals you have on display....
absolutely!
The on off switch your messing with is only for the led's
haha that makes sense.
What is the mA draw on the Line6? I’m seeing the HX draws a lot of power. Feel like you are asking for more than it’s capable of properly producing.
it works just fine with the one spot - and this has nothing to do with draw. No matter what, this is a sign of a non-isolated power supply and is false advertising. I do hear you though, and I realize it's a bit of a tall order.
@@jaethomasmusic So how may mA is the unit drawing?? There is a limit to how much they output..
I just plugged my Boss RC-500 Looper and had noise. I then looked up its drawing 330mA. Moved it to the 500mA slot and worked fine with no hum. Something to keep in mind. Believe me mA draw is a little more important than you think.
HX stomp box draws 800-900 mA… Like I said you are asking way too much. Do a little research next time.
@@jaethomasmusic 1spot provides 1700 mA thus why you aren’t having troubles with that unit, Because it provides enough power.
Will this power HX Stomp properly?
Helix needs a 24v power input to work properly
I tried explaining it to him, just wanted argue lol. I’ve had zero problems with the Donner because I followed the guidelines.
@@Fishfuzzlove Nah, I didn't see all the responses on here until now! It wasn't even an argument. You call that an argument? My sweet summer child.
Ha they just meant it was lonely.
My advice to any is to get one off Amazon so you can return it and test for yourself. My do1 is dead quite with twelve pedals.
Absolutely. I just got this one to see what would happen, and took it back. Cause who knows?
I had a clone of this and it died in 6 months.