At last nights gig, there wasn't enough current from the electricity supply for my tuner pedal to work properly on my board. Everything else worked fine.
This has happened only 2 pubs in the past every other venue is fine.
My board uses a voodoo labs power supply. The tuner would turn on but immediately show low battery and turn off again. It's a polytune 1. Tried unplugging everything apart from amp and pedalboard but same problem.
I never use batteries in pedals just the mains.
Questions:
Anyone else get this
Would it be a good idea to plug the 18v out from my voodoo labs to thre tuner so more juice goes to it
Do other tuners draw less current
Would a 2nd voodoo labs power pack solve that or is it simply the weak mains supply
(Ps, electricity is not my strongest subject)
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Is there a battery in the tuner? If so, take it out. You'll probably find that the tuner doesn't turn on at all.
Try another power lead from the Voodoo Lab into the tuner.
If that doesn't work, try a fresh battery in it.
If that does work, then it could well be that the power socket's damaged on the tuner.
It comes in, says low battery, then goes off. User manual says it's because it's not getting enough mains current.
I would put a battery in the tuner for this venue - or just leave it in permanently since it's disconnected when the power plug is in - and if you have a problem, pull the power plug and run it on the battery.
Or get a better tuner.
"Take these three items, some WD-40, a vise grip, and a roll of duct tape. Any man worth his salt can fix almost any problem with this stuff alone." - Walt Kowalski
"Only two things are infinite - the universe, and human stupidity. And I'm not sure about the universe." - Albert Einstein
Why not just get a good headstock clip-on like a Polytune LED or Snark .
Alternatively ;dump the tuner and play completely out of tune - it makes the listening a challenging experience for the audience !
Obviously the answer here is 'should have bought Boss.'
If so I hope you don't rock a gibson
process of elimination