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I’m looking into the fuel tank juicy lucy, but all the outputs are 12v and my pedals are 9. Should I risk it???
If all of your pedals are 9V, why are you even looking at the Juicy Lucy? T-Rex makes a same-size power supply called the Fuel Tank Jr. which has only 9V outputs. You should get that instead.
Don’t risk using 12V on your pedals. Although some 9V pedals can run on 12V, most can’t. Most will be fried. It’s all a matter of components and design… some designers (more often, the boutique pedal makers) use components which can take higher voltages, but you’d need to ask them to be sure.
For example, the Fulltone Bassdrive can run on anything from 9VDC to 18VDC, and has more headroom towards 18VDC. However, it is designed and advertised this way. Don’t ever assume other pedals can take it, because they usually can’t.
….or the regular fuel tank which has 8x9v outputs + a 12ac and 12dc.. if the 5 on the Jr isn’t enough… There’s also the ‘Chameleon’ which has switchable outputs… either way the Juicy Lucy is the worst option for you.
proable end up buying pp2plus
PP2+ is great.
The first four outputs can be switched from 9 to 12. You can combine any two of those with a special cable to get 18 or 24. The next two outputs do high current 9V for digital effects or they can be switched to unregulated for line 6 pedals. The last two do 9v and can be sagged to simulate a dying battery.
Every output is isolated from the others, meaning that the pedals don’t effect each other. For example, if you have a PNP transistor fuzz, which has positive ground, you put it on its own tap, and it doesn’t screw with the negative ground pedals.
If you have more than 8 pedals you can daisy chain pedals with similar power needs off of one tap. (Generally you have one daisy chain for 9v analog pedals, and one for 9v digital pedals.)