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Post by ss "Shane" on Jan 20, 2018 8:06:40 GMT -7
I leave my Voodoo Lab board plugged into my Furman surge protector power strip and left the Furman turned on. I normally remember to turn it off when I’m done but accidentally left it on all day. It seems to be working fine at the moment. How much damage, if any, will this cause to my Voodoo Lab power supply?
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Post by Maddog on Jan 20, 2018 8:10:26 GMT -7
I have left my voodoo power plus II on for 2-3 days at a time probably 10 or more times...Everything including pedals are still fine....
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Post by ss "Shane" on Jan 20, 2018 8:18:08 GMT -7
I have left my voodoo power plus II on for 2-3 days at a time probably 10 or more times...Everything including pedals are still fine.... Thats good to know...why can’t Voodoo Lab make an on/off switch? I can’t be the only guy who’s wondered this.
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Post by zaddn on Jan 20, 2018 8:27:05 GMT -7
Agreed! A criteria for my next board is that there is an input for power with an off switch. Unfortunately I can’t justify most of the expensive boards that have the feature. Voodoo labs has treated me right for over 10 years now so I can’t complain too much. Although I’m a walrus fan boy so it’s tough to keep their power supply off my board.
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Post by zpilot on Jan 25, 2018 3:52:01 GMT -7
You could probably NEVER turn it off without doing any damage. Especially when the pedals are just idling and drawing minimum current.
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Post by digs57 on Jan 25, 2018 6:46:48 GMT -7
I have left my voodoo power plus II on for 2-3 days at a time probably 10 or more times...Everything including pedals are still fine.... Thats good to know...why can’t Voodoo Lab make an on/off switch? I can’t be the only guy who’s wondered this. Your not...
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Post by Deleted on Jan 25, 2018 10:45:00 GMT -7
I leave mine on pretty frequently. I run a Voodoo 4x4 and it continues to work just fine. I’ve had several Voodoo power supplies over the past ten years or so, and never had one fail or act up in any way. Great product—built like the proverbial tank.
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Post by premiumplus (Dave) on Jan 26, 2018 11:05:23 GMT -7
If you think about it, 99% of today's electronics are powered by switching power supplies. Your flatscreen TV, computer monitors, sound bars, on and on, all run on switching power supplies and they are on 24/7. They aren't working hard, but they have to keep the microprocessors alive...they are in a perpetual "standby" mode. I agree with zpilot, I've had mine pretty much turned on 24/7 since I got it back in the summer of last year. If anything bad happens I'll be the first one to let ya all know! Think about all the wall wart power supplies, computer chargers, etc. that are plugged in 24/7. They all share the basic operating principle of switching power supplies. They're made to run constantly.
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