[sdiy] Stompbox power (was Re: Socket schematic symbol question)

[Tom Wiltshire]

Fair enough - words are not exactly the best way to transmit this type of information. It's amazing we get as much across on this forum as we do manage.

This page has the whole lot on stompbox power, with diagrams:

http://www.beavisaudio.com/techpages/PedalPower/

FWIW, I disagree with Don and Harry. Whilst it might send the power through lots of connections and so forth, it's a simple method, is cheap to do (and cheap to repair), and uses the most basic, easily available parts. That makes it a good fit for a box that spends its life getting stamped on on that beer-soaked floor Harry mentioned.

T.


On 28 Oct 2010, at 17:22, cheater cheater wrote:

> 
> Tom,
>> That's often done using a normal stereo jack with no 'break' or 'make'
>> connections at all. Instead when a normal mono jack is inserted into
>> a stereo socket, the ground and the ring are connected together by
>> the jack. When there's no jack, the circuit has no ground connection
>> and is switched off.
> 
> How does that work? I'm sorry, I'm having a bit of a hard time visualizing :-)
> 
> Thanks,
> D.