Powering pedals - negative and positive tip advice needed!

[Toadfish]

Hey there.

I'm looking for a bit of electrical advice in the attempt to avoid either blowing myself or my pedals up.

I have a TC G-system which I'm using to power a bunch of regular pedals, all of which need a negative ground power supply (pretty standard for most pedals).

However, I recently bought a Fulltone Octafuzz, which requires a centre positive tip supply if you are powering it via the power input jack. It also works off a standard 9v battery.

Rather than buying another power supply, I wondered if it would be safe for the pedal (and power supply) to power it using the power supply from the G system, but using a battery-snap adapter to hook up to the battery connector inside the Octafuzz. I'm guessing this would be the same as connecting a battery to the pedal, or am I being ignorant?

I'm no electronics or electrical wizz so wondered if some clever dude out here might be able to give me some advice before I damage something.

Thanks,
Sukh

[richard1973]

how about just buying loads of rechargable 9v batteries for all your pedals, much tidier than cables everywhere? Though more of a pain when they all run out at different times.

[Toadfish]

Originally Posted by richard1973

how about just buying loads of rechargable 9v batteries for all your pedals, much tidier than cables everywhere? Though more of a pain when they all run out at different times.

Thanks, but no thanks - turned my back on batteries a long time ago!

I like having a pedal board nicely wired up ( and very neatly hidden wiring too) that I can just plug in and play without having battery worries.

[Repner]

I think as long as you use a centre positive polarity cable, then it will be alright. Contact the customer service if you're not sure