need a new cord for my effects box, amps or volts important?

[minofifa]

Hi everybody
Well i have this old effects box (DOD GS30) that i hae to resort back to using since my new pedal broke. I searched my house high and low and can not find the cord that it came with. I found one cord that fits the hole but i'm pretty sure that it is not the one that the pedal came with. Anyways the measurements on the cord are: 9.75 volts and 820 milliamps. The readings on the pedal are 10 volts, 750 milliamps. I am scared to plug the pedal in incase i fry it. Basically the voltage is lower on the cord than the pedal but the amperage is higher. Should i be worried or will this work ok?

Thank you very much for the help.
Dar

 

[Ed Dixon]

By cord, I think you mean power supply. The other important factor is whether the original was AC or DC.

If the AC/DC part matches, I expect what you have will probably work fine.

Ed

 

[minofifa]

yes that is what i meant, thanks for clarifying. So yo uthink i wont fry anything? for further clarification the AC/DC converter (part that goes from the wall plug in to my fx box) is 9.75 volts and 810 milliamps. The effects box is 10 volts and 750 milliamps. This should mean that the box can handle more volts than the AC converter supplies but cannot hande as many amps. is this ok?

 

[mshilarious]

The effects box doesn't handle amps, it demands them. Take a 60W lightbulb, it consumes .5 amps (at 120v), but it's plugged into a 15 amp circuit. So it's only a problem if your transformer can't supply as many amps as the unit demands.

Voltage ratings can vary 5% or so without trouble.

 

[Ed Dixon]

While power supplies connect to your household 110V circuit, they produce either AC or DC voltage for your accessory. You need to be sure that the voltage style produced by the adaptor matches the needs of your unit.

Connecting an AC supply to a DC device will generally not work. Same is usually true for DC into an AC device.

Ed

 

[minofifa]

thanks mshil,
now thinking back to my physics days, that makes sense, i'm an idiot. That definately does ease the mind now, as i did not wan to fry another piece of gear. It works fine now....

 

[jfrog]

Your volts and amps are close enough, but if it's a DC power supply you have to have the correct polarity - the + and - . The part of the power supply connector that contacts the center of the connector on the DOD (the pin) has to be the same polarity.

 

[Hidell]

I know this has already been mentioned a few times but I just wanted to get the point across, be very careful with AC or DC. My brother was looking for an adaptor in my studio for his clicktrack and he found a 9V, only problem was it was AC so it fried his click track. He had to get a new Tama Rhythm watch.