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This is very cool, but I'd like to see the price drop by half to be realistic for home use.

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First, love the name!  Cleaver.  Nice labeling, too.  Brilliant idea with the wall wart!  I agree, a jiffy box (I think they're called a "plastic hobby box" in the US) might not be rugged enough for a PS, but it depends on your use; home use is probably fine, but gigging...   Nice work!

Voodoo (~$110 to $190), 1-spot Pro CS7 ($120), and Powertrain1250 ($200)  are all very compact (The Voodoo ISO-5 is the size of a 1590BBT!) and reasonably priced.  I purchased the Powertrain1250 unit for my son a couple years ago.  Nice PS, but it's the priciest of them all.  (But it mounts beautifully on a Pedaltrain pedalboard, which is why I chose it... )  I'm going to have to work up a BOM and price list to see.  Just the enclosure, ranging from $25-$35, plus the xfmr, $~25, $30 with shipping, for the Weber unit, is half the cost of the 1-spot!  DiY lets me make what I want, but yeah, it's never as small.

One can easily build a small PS in a standard enclosure using a DC wall wart for the input power that's dirt cheap, regulated, and adjustable.  For modest needs, it might be the most economical way to go...   (example: http://www.muzique.com/tech/power3.htm)

A quick BOM yields a price to build of approx US$80, not including shipping from a few sources.  Most parts from Mouser; transformer from Weber; enclosure from eBay.

I guess if you have many of the components, it would be worth it, but it falls into the price range of being questionably worth the effort, not to mention the size.  $80 is enough short of $120 to build another pedal, but you get to build what you want (inputs/outputs/features,) not to mention the satisfaction of building it...  YMMV

Here's mine. It's fairly choccas, but it does the job..

http://www.madbeanpedals.com/forum/index.php?topic=9871.0

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I think it got even harder to compete with commercial PSUs since Cody's initial post. I did it just for the fun of it, but my PSU is big and chunky and has a lot less features than commercial ones do. If I had the choice again, I'll probably buy one.

This is exactly why I went with a 4x4 from Voodoo Labs. I just could not get what I wanted in a DIY for the price and size. One day we will be able to do it economically and size worthy.. one day

Cody

No need, Cody, but thx for offering.  I have since found several similar on eBay that would do the job, along with a couple from Hammond.

As has been stated here, it becomes a question of whether it's worth building one vs buying off-the-shelf these days.  The units from Voodoo (~$110 to $190), 1-spot Pro CS7 ($120), and Powertrain1250 ($200)  are all very compact (The Voodoo ISO-5 is the size of a 1590BBT!) and reasonably priced.  I purchased the Powertrain1250 unit for my son a couple years ago.  Nice PS, but it's the priciest of them all.  (But it mounts beautifully on a Pedaltrain pedalboard, which is why I chose it... )  I'm going to have to work up a BOM and price list to see.  Just the enclosure, ranging from $25-$35, plus the xfmr, $~25, $30 with shipping, for the Weber unit, is half the cost of the 1-spot!  DiY lets me make what I want, but yeah, it's never as small.

One can easily build a small PS in a standard enclosure using a DC wall wart for the input power that's dirt cheap, regulated, and adjustable.  For modest needs, it might be the most economical way to go...   (example: http://www.muzique.com/tech/power3.htm)

Build a splitter box instead, imho easier, cheaper, more reliable

I agree. This is a solid solution and could easily be done with a 1590A enclosure.

If you're looking for compact, look at Hammond's 1550A.  It's only 3.5"x1.4"x1.2".  Perfect for simple projects like this.  Jameco sells them, but I'm sure there are others.

oh .. old thread :-)

Yes.  Sorry.  I'm new here.  I was looking for a build for a pedal board power supply using the Weber transformer.  I've been 'lurking' here for a few weeks, and thought I'd give it a shot.  Found this.

That's a really nice layout, especially on the inside.  Nice work!  (If you don't mind my asking... ) Who makes the enclosure? 

I built a spyder using the weber. The enclosure I used was roughly 2.5" x 4" x 6". It's a pretty tight squeeze in there and I think I need to add some heat sink, but it works great.

That's a really nice layout, especially on the inside.  Nice work!  (If you don't mind my asking... ) Who makes the enclosure? 

I built a spyder using the weber. The enclosure I used was roughly 2.5" x 4" x 6". It's a pretty tight squeeze in there and I think I need to add some heat sink, but it works great.