Big John wrote:This looks like it might work if you can spend $150.BoxKing PB4813 Rechargeable Pedal Board frees your pedalboard from the wall!! https://www.amazon.com/Rechargeable-Ped ... B074J3FP1X ¢ #1 Enough Noise-free Power Pedal Board 12800mAh.Separated 10DCoutputs: 9Vx7 12Vx2 18V/24Vx1 ¢ #2 Last 12hours for 5pedals.longer for analog pedals and lower for digitals. Fully charged on 2hrs and a half. ¢ #3 Includes Gigbag. Pedalboard Size L:48cm W:13cm 1row place 5pedals ¢ #4 It can also use with plugging into the wall if forgot to charge. With one of these you might be able to save a band member!I like everything about this, except that the battery is not modular...so it'll be great for a year or 2, then will lose it's ability to hold a charge, and you'll just have a very heavy board and still need power.

steve wrote:Bon Hoga wrote:Voodoo Labs, BBE, Strymon, Cioks, T-Rex and a shower of Chinese manufacturers have been making high quality pedal power supplies for 20+ years now. I've been using a Voodoo Labs Pedal Power 1st gen. for at least 15 years without a single problem -- the thing is dead quiet, designed to survive a nuclear war, doesn't have to be recharged and doesn't contain toxic chemicals. I don't quite see what I stand to gain by replacing it with a battery.If you leave the thing plugged in like a non-battery guy, it would just act as a really stiff PSU, likely better than any of the things you mention. The key difference being it wouldn't need to be plugged in to work.But wouldn't leaving it plugged in degrade the battery?

steve wrote:If you leave the thing plugged in like a non-battery guy, it would just act as a really stiff PSU, likely better than any of the things you mention. The key difference being it wouldn't need to be plugged in to work.Better in what way? A PSU for pedals has got one job, and the things I mention do that job exceptionally well. The one I've got couldn't possibly any quieter and more reliable. Also, as long as my amps need to be plugged in to work, I don't see how an unplugged pedalboard would benefit me.

Again, couldn't you whip this up with power drill batteries? Seems like a good way to go.

japmn wrote:Again, couldn't you whip this up with power drill batteries? Seems like a good way to go.Well there would be a couple reasons this would be difficult;1. All the different power tool companies have proprietary batteries packs with different internal circuitry and different tool docking charging systems based on the voltages they design their tools around. 2. The internal battery circuitry is designed to be seeing a motor on the other end and you would have to at least understand what the circuit is doing to use it to power a pedal board. Especially if there is some kind of handshake circuit design between the tool and battery to determine the correct power requirements.3. A single type of battery from one company would have to be the one used on the board and anyone who did not have that kind of tools lying around would have to buy the batteries and charging system.On the positive side these batteries inside use pretty high end rechargeable batteries from companies like Samsung inside.chris jury wrote:I like everything about this, except that the battery is not modular...so it'll be great for a year or 2, then will lose it's ability to hold a charge, and you'll just have a very heavy board and still need power.The ends of the metal piping are rubber/plastic plugs although without one in front of me it would make sense that you could remove the plug drop the slide the daisy chain of batteries and just buy same spec replacements. In most usb batteries these packs just clip together to the recharger board with a plastic clip to the recharge circuit. So you should be able to replace them in 3 years if they no longer hold charge. This may not be the case but it seems like to build something like this you would slide the plug circuit in the top bar and the batteries in the second. I would need to buy one to find out (they come in different sizes but don't need a pedal board myself. If you wanted to run everything you presently plug into a wall off a single battery I would use one of the power bars I showed earlier with a battery power supply inside. As I have all the power supply units to power my boxes already.

chris jury wrote:Bon Hoga wrote:Also, as long as my amps need to be plugged in to work, I don't see how an unplugged pedalboard would benefit me.Getting power to the front of the stage is often a hassle. I know it seems like it shouldn't be, but it very often is. Even with the massive pedal-board fad that is happening right now. I just did my first tour w/ a board (well, 3 pedals zip-tied to a scrap that used to be the back of an ikea cabinet). 3 of 9 shows it created headaches.Yea there seems to be kind of big pedal board thing going on right now. I know if I were doing all the things you have to do on tour long drives and eating at taco bell I would need a simple exhaustion proof system. I generally only need 3 0r 4 pedals a delay, modulation and distortion/overdrive pedal I can turn the knobs to get different settings or ride the volume of the instrument to get more or less distortion. I did some out of town shows a couple of years ago which were table top using synths and used a ipad for a lot of the effects.Maybe use one of these camp stoves that produces battery power from heat, that way you could saute up a after show snack or use the heat from your pyro show. To power up the pedals.

I always like the professional wiring jobs done in a lot of clubs. My favorite was stages that the plugs on the stage were out of phase from one another. It was shocking how the work was done! "Hey mister we got plenty of plugs let me cut that unnecessary ground lug off so I can plug in your SVT."For a band with the name "Cash Money" they knew how to bring home the bacon.

Well clearly you need better management, proper venues and stage crew, a bigger audience, and consider writing some more commercially-accessible music. That ought to sort the battery issue once and for all.

Big John wrote: I have definitely played venues with outlet situs like that. Hardware stores sell heavy-duty extension cords with multiple single outlets spaced out every several feet along their length. I got one with three outlet locations, put a power strip at each one, and the whole band can run off a solitary outlet, provided it is grounded. In fact you should only play off of one outlet no matter what, as it's the only way to be sure that you're all on the same circuit which can be a life-saving precaution. If you play a show that does not have at least one grounded outlet for you then you should do an acoustic set in protest. People can get injured and killed with bad power.

Bon Hoga wrote:Also, as long as my amps need to be plugged in to work, I don't see how an unplugged pedalboard would benefit me.Getting power to the front of the stage is often a hassle. I know it seems like it shouldn't be, but it very often is. Even with the massive pedal-board fad that is happening right now. I just did my first tour w/ a board (well, 3 pedals zip-tied to a scrap that used to be the back of an ikea cabinet). 3 of 9 shows it created headaches.