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Hi all, I'm trying to get a dc pwr adapter for an SDS-1.  I found a copy of an SDS-1 manual online, but it said 6 volt, 50 ma. Can this be correct? 
   
  I can't find any adapters with that low of a ma rating. Thanks for the help,
   
  Tom


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Tom Bastedo wrote:
> Hi all, I'm trying to get a dc pwr adapter for an SDS-1.  I found a copy of an SDS-1 manual online, but it said 6 volt, 50 ma. Can this be correct? 
>    
>   I can't find any adapters with that low of a ma rating. Thanks for the help,
>    
>   Tom
> 

I shouldn't think the SDS1 draws much power at all.  There's very little 
in it.  Mine seems to run for months on a set of duracells, but I don't 
use it much.

Don't worry about the current rating - as long as the polarity is the 
same, the voltage is pretty close, and the current rating is the same or 
higher, you'll be set.  That goes for nearly anything that uses an 
external PSU, except funny things like Alesis kit that needs an AC supply.

Gordon.

I use a cheap wall wart that has switchable voltage. I run my two SDS-1s on 
the same wall wart with a splitter cable between. So, no it's nothing 
critical. Don't go up to 9 volts though 'cause you might fry something...

On semi-digital equipment going lower might prove interesting though with 
loss in sound quality which sometimes is very interesting... A friend did a 
track with a TB-303 where he slowly sucked the power out of it - interesting 
results!

electronically yours, jesper
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----- Original Message ----- 
From: "Gordon JC Pearce" <gordon@...>
To: <Simmons_Drums@yahoogroups.com>
Sent: Tuesday, December 06, 2005 8:32 PM
Subject: Re: [Simmons Drums] SDS-1 pwr DC adapter - is 6 volt, 50 ma 
correct?

> Tom Bastedo wrote:
>> Hi all, I'm trying to get a dc pwr adapter for an SDS-1.  I found a copy 
>> of an SDS-1 manual online, but it said 6 volt, 50 ma. Can this be 
>> correct?
>>
>>   I can't find any adapters with that low of a ma rating. Thanks for the 
>> help,
>>
>>   Tom
>>
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> I shouldn't think the SDS1 draws much power at all.  There's very little
> in it.  Mine seems to run for months on a set of duracells, but I don't
> use it much.
>
> Don't worry about the current rating - as long as the polarity is the
> same, the voltage is pretty close, and the current rating is the same or
> higher, you'll be set.  That goes for nearly anything that uses an
> external PSU, except funny things like Alesis kit that needs an AC supply.
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> Gordon.
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