Pedal Power Consumption List in milliamps mA

06-25-2012, 07:04 PM
I figured I didn't see one so heres a small list I started.
This will help you get most out of the isolated outputs of a Voodoo Lab PP2+ and
even a one spot which is 1700 mA.
I'll edit as I find / test more, but any help would be appreciated regarding your more
current flavor of the month pedals.

A few things:

Most analog pedals, wah pedals, fuzzes dirts and OD are very low mA. Around 1 to
10.
Digital pedals like delays reverbs loopers will be highest. Some even vary from
80mA to 300mA (Digitech synth wah). Not sure how that works.

Also, some pedals are marked 12V which means it can be run at 12V, but not
necessary.
Regarding Boss pedals, you can find much more info from Bossarea.com. The now
retired
BossArea forums is there if you need more technical info with BOSS
pedals.

You can also measure any pedal that takes a battery with a multimeter.
http://stinkfoot.se/archives/821

Power Consumption list

Boss

BOSS AC-2 Acoustic Simulator 18mA

BOSS AC-3 39mA
BOSS AD-3 Acoustic Instrument Processor 90mA
BOSS AD-5 Acoustic Instrument Processor 300mA
BOSS AW-2 Auto Wah 15mA
BOSS AW-3 Dynamic Wah 45mA max
BOSS BD-2 Blues Driver 13mA 12mA
BOSS BF-2 Flanger 15mA
BOSS BF-2B Bass Flanger 14mA
BOSS BF-3 Flanger 40mA 40mA
BOSS CE-2 Chorus 9mA 9mA 12V
BOSS CE-20 Chorus Ensemble 160mA 165mA
BOSS CE-2B Bass Chorus 10mA 12V
BOSS CE-3 Chorus 13mA 11mA 12V
BOSS CE-5 Chorus Ensemble 18mA
BOSS CEB-3 Bass Chorus 18mA 16mA
BOSS CH-1 Super Chorus 15mA 13mA
BOSS CS-1 Compressor 5mA 12V
BOSS CS-2 Compressor 4mA 12V
BOSS CS-3 Compressor 10mA 12V
BOSS DC-2 Dimension C 30mA
BOSS DC-3 Digital Dimension/Digital Space-D 65mA
BOSS DD-2 Digital Delay 55mA

BOSS DD-20 Digital Delay ?

BOSS DD-3 Digital Delay 55mA / 47mA
BOSS DD-5 Digital Delay 65mA
BOSS DD-6 Digital Delay 55mA
BOSS DD-7 55mA
BOSS DF-2 Super Feedbacker & Distortion 10mA 12V
BOSS DM-2 Delay 11mA 12V
BOSS DM-3 Delay 18mA /11mA 12V
BOSS DS-1 Distortion 4mA
BOSS DS-2 Turbo Distortion 14mA
BOSS DSD-2 Digital Sampler/Delay 55mA
BOSS DSD-3 Digital Sampler/Delay 55mA
BOSS EH-2 Enhancer 24mA / 18mA
BOSS EQ-20 Advanced Equalizer 120mA
BOSS FT-2 Dynamic Filter 16mA 12V
BOSS FZ-2 Hyper Fuzz 13.5/14mA
BOSS FZ-3 Fuzz 6mA 4mA
BOSS GE-6 Equalizer 7mA 12V
BOSS GE-7 Equalizer 7mA 12V
BOSS GE-7B Bass Equalizer 16mA 12V
BOSS GEB-7 Bass Equalizer 16mA
BOSS GP-20 Amp Factory 85mA
BOSS HF-2 Hi Band Flanger 18mA 12V
BOSS HM-2 Heavy Metal 10mA 12V

BOSS HM-3 Hyper Metal 10mA

BOSS HR-2 Harmonist 67mA
BOSS LM-2 Limiter 12mA 12V
BOSS LM-2B Bass Limiter 16mA
BOSS LMB-3 Bass Limiter Enhancer 17mA
BOSS LS-2 Line Selector 25mA
BOSS MD-2 Mega Distortion ? 12/13mA
BOSS MT-2 Metal Zone 20mA 18mA
BOSS MZ-2 Digital Metalizer 70mA
BOSS NF-1 Noise Gate 4mA ACA 12V
BOSS NS-2 Noise Suppressor 20mA
BOSS OC-2 Octave 4mA
BOSS OC-20G Poly Octave 150mA
BOSS OC-3 Super Octave 50mA 40mA
BOSS OD-1 OverDrive 4mA 12V
BOSS OD-2 Turbo Overdrive 10mA 12V
BOSS OD-20 Drive Zone 85mA
BOSS OD-2R Turbo Overdrive 13mA
BOSS OD-3 Overdrive 8mA
BOSS ODB-3 Bass Overdrive 13mA
BOSS OS-2 Overdrive/Distortion 8mA
BOSS PH-1 Phaser 7mA 12V
BOSS PH-1R Phaser 11mA 12V

BOSS PH-2 Super Phaser 17mA 12V

BOSS PH-3 Phase Shifter 45mA max
BOSS PN-2 Tremolo/Pan 18mA
BOSS PQ-3B Bass Parametric EQ 25mA
BOSS PQ-4 Parametric EQ 23mA
BOSS PS-2 Digital Pitch Shifter/Delay 55mA
BOSS PS-3 Digital Pitch Shifter/Delay 70mA
BOSS PS-5 Super Shifter 50mA
BOSS PSM-5 13mA
BOSS PW-10 V-Wah ?
BOSS PW-2 Power Driver 15mA
BOSS RC2 50mA
BOSS RC-20 Loop Station ?
BOSS RV-2 Digital Reverb 100mA to 120mA
BOSS RV-3 Digital Reverb/Delay 70mA
BOSS RV-5 Digital Reverb 50mA
BOSS SD-1 Super Overdrive 4mA
BOSS SD-2 Dual Overdrive 19mA
BOSS SG-1 Slow Gear 4mA 12V
BOSS SP-1 Spectrum 23mA 12V
BOSS SYB-3 Bass Synthesizer 80mA
BOSS TR-2 Tremolo 17mA
BOSS TU-2 Tuner 55mA
BOSS TW-1 Touch Wah/T Wah 6mA 12V

BOSS VB-2 Vibrato 14mA 12V

BOSS WP-20G Wave Processor 150mA
BOSS XT-2 Xtortion 15mA 14mA PSA
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Electro Harmonix

Electro-Harmonix Steveo Memory man with Hazarai 180mA

Electro-Harmonix Cathedral 180mA
Electro-Harmonix Freeze 140mA
Electro-Harmonix Holy Grail 225mA
Electro-Harmonix Big Muff "Ram's head" version 8.2mA
Electro-Harmonix Big Muff Black russian RI 4.2mA
Electro-Harmonix Big Muff Green russian RI 5.1mA
Electro-Harmonix Big Muff Model 3 (the "standard" Big Muff) 3.2mA
Electro-Harmonix NYC Reissue Big Muff 4.5mA
Electro-Harmonix Big Muff Op-amp version, brown pcb (EH-3003) 3.2mA
Electro-Harmonix Big Muff Op-amp version, green pcb (EH-1322) 3.95mA
Electro-Harmonix Big Muff Tan russian RI 5mA
Electro-Harmonix Big Muff Triangle knob 6mA

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Wampler

Wampler Brent Mason Hot Wired - 3mA

Wampler Ecstacy/Euphoria 8mA
Wampler Soverign 9mA
Wampler Ego Compressor 33mA
Wampler Nirvana Chorus 13mA
Wampler Slostortion 15mA
Wampler Plextortion 12mA
Wampler Triple Wreck 23mA
Wampler Pinnacle 9mA
Wampler Pinnacle Deluxe 9mA
Wampler Leviathan Fuzz 12mA
Wampler Plexi Drive 4mA
Wampler Black '65 3mA
Wampler Tweed '57 3mA
Wampler Paisley 9mA
Wampler Faux Analog Echo - 29mA
Wampler Faux tape echo - 33mA
Wampler Faux Spring Reverb 78Ma
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Strymon

Strymon El Capistan - 250mA

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Line 6

Line 6 Echo Park - 60mA

Line 6 DL4 and all other L6 modellers - 140-180mA
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Ibanez
Ibanez AF-2 Airplane Flanger 39ma
Ibanez AD-99 Analog Delay 26mA
Ibanez AW-7 Autowah 23mA
Ibanez CF-7 Chorus/Flanger 98mA
Ibanez CP-10 Compressor 5mA
Ibanez CS-9 Stereo Chorus 9,3/10,2mA
Ibanez DE-7 Delay/Echo 78mA or 45mA?
Ibanez DL-5 Digital Delay 44mA
Ibanez DS-7 Distortion 11mA
Ibanez EM-5 Echo Machine 38.5mA
Ibanez FL-9 Flanger 10mA
Ibanez FZ-7 Fuzz 13mA
Ibanez LF-7 Lo Fi 23mA
Ibanez PH-7 Phaser 20mA
Ibanez SH-7 7th Heaven 14mA
Ibanez SM-7 Smash Box 14mA
Ibanez DML10 Digital Modulation Delay II 59mA
Ibanez Swell Flanger SF10 - 18mA
Ibanez TS-10 Tube Screamer 7mA

Ibanez TS-5 Tubescreamer 10mA

Ibanez TS-7 Tube Screamer 8mA
Ibanez TS-9 DX Turbo Tube Screamer 7mA
Ibanez TS-9 Tube Screamer 7.5mA
Ibanez Tube King Compressor 146mA
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Digitech and DOD

Digitech Synth Wah /BSW - 80 variable to 300mA (?)

Digitech PDS1002 - 45mA?
DOD Octoplus - 5mA
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MXR
MXR M82 Bass Envelope Filter - 6mA
MXR EVH phase 90 - 8.2ma
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Dunlop
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Maxon

Maxon AD80 Analog Delay 22mA

Maxon AD-9 Analog Delay 19mA
Maxon AD-900 Analog Delay 28mA 12V DC centre +
Maxon AD999 46ma

Maxon AF-9 Auto Filter 17mA

Maxon CP101 Compressor 11mA
Maxon CS505 Stereo Chorus 23mA
Maxon CS-550 Stereo Chorus 21mA
Maxon CS-9Pro Stereo Chorus 26mA
Maxon D&S Distortion & Sustainer 6mA
Maxon D&S II Distortion & Sustainer II 7mA
Maxon DS-830 Distortion Master 8mA
Maxon FL301 Flanger 20mA
Maxon FL-9 Flanger 25mA
Maxon GE601 Graphic Equalizer 11mA
Maxon OD808 Overdrive 5mA
Maxon OD-820 Over Drive Pro 19mA
Maxon OD-9 Overdrive 6mA
Maxon PH-350 Rotary Phaser 41mA
Maxon PT999 Phase Tone 12mA
Maxon SD-9 Sonic Distortion 6mA
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Guyatone

Guyatone BB-2 Bottom Blaster 10mA

Guyatone BE-2 Bottom Equalizer 14mA
Guyatone BL-2 Bottom Limiter 10mA

Guyatone BR-2 Bottom Wah Rocker 10mA

Guyatone FB-X Funky Box 160mA 12V DC
Guyatone FL-3 Flanger 15mA
Guyatone HD-2 Harmonic Distortion 5mA
Guyatone MC-3 Micro Chorus 10mA
Guyatone MD-3 Micro Digital Delay 60mA
Guyatone ME-2 Micro Equalizer 10mA
Guyatone MM-X Metal Monster 160mA 12V DC
Guyatone MT-3 Micro Tuner 22mA max.
Guyatone NR-2 Noise Reduction 25mA
Guyatone OD-2 Overdrive 6mA
Guyatone OD-X Overdrive 150mA 12V DC
Guyatone PS-3 Phase Shifter 10mA
Guyatone SD-2 Sustainer D 10mA
Guyatone ST-2 Compressor/Sustainer 10mA
Guyatone SV-2 Slow Volume 20mA
Guyatone TD-X Tube Echo ? 12V DC
Guyatone TZ-2 The Fuzz 6mA
Guyatone VT-3 Vintage Tremolo 10mA
Guyatone VT-X Vintage Tremolo 160mA 12V DC
Guyatone WR-2 Wah Rocker 6mA
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Morley

Morley ABY switch 1,2mA

Morley Bad Horsie Wah 12mA
Morley Emerald Echo 13mA
Morley Little Alligator Volume pedal 2,5mA
Morley Pro Series II Wah-Pwa II 5mA
Morley Pro Series Volume-PVO 2,5mA
Morley Pro Series Wah-Pwa 5mA
Morley Sapphire Flanger 17mA
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Nobels

Nobels AB1 A/B box 11mA

Nobels CH-D Digital Chorus 85mA
Nobels CO2 Compressor 9mA
Nobels DD-800 Digital Delay 100mA
Nobels DT-1 Distortion 11mA
Nobels DT-SN Distortion Special 22mA
Nobels DT-XN Distortion Xtreme 22mA
Nobels FU-Z Vintage Fuzz 15mA
Nobels ODR-1 Overdrive 11mA
Nobels ODR-B Bass Overdrive 15mA
Nobels ODR-S Overdrive Special 11mA
Nobels PH-D Phaser 15mA

Nobels PRE-1 Booster 11mA

Nobels TR-X Tremolo 15mA
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Danelectro

Danelectro Daddy-O 6mA 9V

Danelectro DanEcho 38mA 9V
Danelectro FabTone 10mA 9V
Danelectro Fish & Chips EQ 19.5mA 9V
Danelectro PB&J Delay 35mA 9V
Danelectro Rocky Road 21-24mA 9V
Danelectro Tuna Melt Tremolo 10mA 9V
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Marshall

Marshall BB-2 Bluesbreaker 8mA

Marshall ED-1 The Compressor 6mA
Marshall GV-2 Guv'nor 8mA
Marshall JH-1 Jackhammer 13mA
Marshall SV-1 Supervibe 22mA
Marshall VT-1 Vibratrem 18mA
Marshall Echohead - 80mA
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T-rex

T-rex Alberta 5/7mA 9V DC

T-rex Comp-Nova 9/11mA 9V DC
T-rex Dr. Swamp ??? 9V DC
T-rex Mudhoney 3/5mA 9V DC
T-rex Tremster 4/8mA 9V DC
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#2
06-25-2012, 07:29 PM
I would bet a frothy blackberry milkshake that we will see a stupidly large increase
in mA-used in the next few years.
Kinda like the wasteful code we see in ANY recent product...nothing is optimised
nowadays.
Anyway, when SharcChip3.0 comes out, expect a bunch of hacks to jump onboard
and starrt doing their MegaHalls and PlatesFromMemphisis all on some underworked
but overcoded DSP that's burning up electrons like they were M&Ms.

....whew...

So yeah, be happy you're only torching a few mA for that 'verb....It'll be a bit moer
dear in the future.
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06-25-2012, 08:54 PM
The DL4 and the other L6 4 switch boxes like the DL4 run between 140-180mA.
Also, Andreas (Stinkfoot) his website has a Power list of many pedals and their mA.
Nice list Steve, I do the same w/ the pedals I've used in the past and currently as
well.
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06-25-2012, 09:17 PM
This should help...

http://www.mrjackguitars.com/media/p...onsumption.pdf

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06-26-2012, 01:52 AM

Originally Posted by Wyatt

This should help...

http://www.mrjackguitars.com/media/p...onsumption.pdf

Oh wow, thats golden info right there. Too bad it's a pdf!
Thanks and i'll be adding to it from that.

Originally Posted by jnepo1

The DL4 and the other L6 4 switch boxes like the DL4 run between 140-180mA.
Also, Andreas (Stinkfoot) his website has a Power list of many pedals and their mA.
Nice list Steve, I do the same w/ the pedals I've used in the past and currently as
well.

Thanks Jerry! I have a lot of research to do for this, but I do hope to get some help
with any links that people might know about.

And the list at the stinkfoot site is good but I find it to be neglected/lacking. And I
can understand why really. It can be tricky finding out the max mA that some pedals
push.

Originally Posted by lefort_1

I would bet a frothy blackberry milkshake that we will see a stupidly large increase
in mA-used in the next few years.
Kinda like the wasteful code we see in ANY recent product...nothing is optimised
nowadays.
Anyway, when SharcChip3.0 comes out, expect a bunch of hacks to jump onboard
and starrt doing their MegaHalls and PlatesFromMemphisis all on some underworked
but overcoded DSP that's burning up electrons like they were M&Ms.

....whew...

So yeah, be happy you're only torching a few mA for that 'verb....It'll be a bit moer
dear in the future.

Yeah thats a great point all around. I'm not looking fwd to it, honestly.
But you know, theres always the tried and true that get passed around.
Reverbs definitely push the high milliamps though. It's always been that way.
Trying to find the Malekko Chicklet now. That can't be too high right?
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06-26-2012, 02:08 AM
Great, now all you have to do is buy every pedal ever made.

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#7
06-26-2012, 03:04 AM
Here's some of my list:

Pigtronix ep-2 300ma

Ibanez af-2 39ma
MXR evh phase 90 - 8.2ma
bad horsie 2 16ma
maxon ad999 46ma
Rothwell hellbender 5ma
sv-2 20ma
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06-26-2012, 03:12 AM
Noted! Thanks for the contribution.
If you have a list or a good source. Share it.
It seems that many fuzzes, wah, envelope filters, octavers, drives, distortions, bit
chushers, and most other analog pedals use low power (mA). Probably under 15.
It's the digital pedals that eat up the power.
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others

Skreddy Echo - 100mA

EQD Bit Commander - 10ma
Morley Bad horsie 2 - 16ma
Rothwell hellbender 5ma
Neunaber Wet - 50mA
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06-26-2012, 05:17 AM
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11-28-2012, 01:17 AM
Here are pedals I have (Mooers are still in the mail) but couldn't find the current
requirement for the Retro-Sonic Phaser:

1) Sonic-Research Turbo Tuner

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02-26-2014, 09:58 AM
This is a pretty old thread, but useful, so I thought I'd add some more.
EARTHQUAKER DEVICES
Bit Commander Octave Synth: 25ma
Black Eye Clean Boost: 2ma
Crimson Drive Germanium Overdrive: 3ma
The Depths: 35ma
Dirt Transmitter Fuzz: 3ma
Disaster Transport JR Delay: 25ma
Disaster Transport Delay: 35ma
Disaster Transport SR Delay: 100ma
Dispatch Master Delay & Reverb: 60ma
Dream Crusher Fuzz: 2ma
Ghost Echo Reverb: 80ma
Grand Orbiter Phaser: 10ma
Hoof Fuzz: 3ma
Hoof Reaper Octave Fuzz: 6ma
Hummingbird Repeat Percussions: 3ma
Monarch Overdrive: 3ma
Organizer Polyphonic Organ Emulator: 65ma
Rainbow Machine Pitch Shifter: 60ma
Sea Machine Chorus: 35ma
Speaker Cranker Overdrive: 2ma
Talons High Gain Overdrive: 5ma
Tone Job EQ and Boost: 10ma
Tone Reaper Fuzz: 2ma
The Warden Optical Compressor: 40ma
White Light Overdrive: 6ma