Pedal Board Power for Red-Eyes
Question...
I use my Red-Eye Twin with several other pedals on a pedal board. Is there any way I can run the Twin on my standard negative-center, negative-ground Boss-style pedal board power supply?
Response...
Newer models of the Red-Eye and Twin have a built-in 9-18V Pedal Board Power jack. So just plug in your Boss-style supply! Using the higher voltage (18 volts) provides even more clean headroom than normal. Red-Eyes draw less than 10 milliamps of current so you can share one power supply between a Red-Eye and another pedal.
If you have an earlier-model Red-Eye or Twin that doesn’t have a built-in Pedal Board Power jack, there’s an easy modification that might be useful. You can trade out the Red-Eye’s batteryfor a battery substitute adapter. You will use 9-volt power only.
Battery Substitute Adapter...
The adapter is a short, 6-inch cable with battery snaps on one end and a Boss-style pedal boardpower plug on the other. Here’s a link to one place you can buy it...
https://reverb.com/item/283152-diago-ps06-9v-battery-pedal-adaptor-cable
Installation steps...
Get a 1/8-inch rat-tail file.
Take out the Red-Eye battery.
File a notch in the rim of the chassis near where the terminal end of the battery was.
* IMPORTANT!* Knock out and blow out all of the filings.
Tie a knot in the adapter cable to keep it from pulling out of the Red-Eye.
Snap the adapter contacts to the Red-Eye’s battery snaps.
Replace the Red-Eye’s back cover lid, making sure the adapter cable is not crushed.
Connect the Red-Eye to your pedal board and to 9-volt pedal board power.
