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Jay Kardong


From:
Seattle, Washington
Post  Posted 30 Aug 2019 5:55 pm    
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Hey friends,

I seem to have lost the power cable to my Hilton volume pedal. It's one that I had converted from the wall wart mounted cable to one that's removable.

I am wondering what the power rating is I need? Anyone have a converted pedal you can share the power ratings with me?

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Jay
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Leo Grassl


From:
Madison TN
Post  Posted 30 Aug 2019 6:43 pm    
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Keith Hilton is a great guy and can get you sorted out. His number is

(417) 581-4158
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Ian Worley


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Sacramento, CA
Post  Posted 30 Aug 2019 9:43 pm    
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Jay Kardong


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Seattle, Washington
Post  Posted 31 Aug 2019 2:01 pm    
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Thanks! Really appreciate the image and the reference to get a hold of Keith.

Best
Jay
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Bobby Nelson


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North Carolina, USA
Post  Posted 1 Sep 2019 2:19 am    
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Ian, that looks like a pretty substantial cable, unlike mine which is very - I worry about it's durability once I start playing out. Where do I find one like that? My pedal uses a 24 volt wall wart.
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Jack Stoner


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Kansas City, MO
Post  Posted 1 Sep 2019 4:25 am    
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The one Ian shows is the old model power supply.

Newer ones use a different type.

I've had my newer type for at least 9 years and play out regularly and its still holding up.
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Bobby Nelson


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North Carolina, USA
Post  Posted 1 Sep 2019 11:11 am    
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Good to know Jack. Thanks
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Leo Grassl


From:
Madison TN
Post  Posted 1 Sep 2019 4:16 pm    
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Bobby,

The newer power supply's are great and unless they get smashed or tugged on a few too many times they last me quite a while (on average about two years with heavy use). Keith told me that the older heftier cables were prone to the same problems. Cables/wires running across a stage will always have a risk of getting damaged. I keep an extra brand new power supply with me at all times and if the older one goes bad on a gig I have a backup. When one goes bad I always order another right away. Sure beats replacing pots!
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Bobby Nelson


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North Carolina, USA
Post  Posted 2 Sep 2019 12:56 am    
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I did the same thing Leo, when I bought my Hilton. I have an extra tucked away to go into my gig case. I was never a big effect guy, mainly for the "more places for trouble in the signal path" factor. It seemed like whenever I would try one, something would go wrong with it and I spent more time fooling with it than playing - in a live situation, that is not good. So, maybe I'm just a little paranoid about it haha. Thanks for the insight.
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Molin Oleg

 

From:
Saint-Petersburg, Russia
Post  Posted 9 Oct 2021 3:07 pm    
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I bought the used Hilton Standard Volume pedal that was provided with a power supply made by some other manufacturer. Probably it was fine, but the UK plug brought me to thoughts of searching other alternatives:
EHX 24V/100mA power supply made the sound metallic, robotic and compliteley unusable
Another 24DC/0.45A makes the signal louder and boost it a little bit.
Quite an interesting sound but I wonder what's the pedal builder's original idea was and because of what it is getting all the good recomendations.
Keith Hilton wrote on the forum "The pedal actually operates from less than 50 mili-amps". So why they shipped with 24VDC 830mA p/supplies?
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Billy McCombs


From:
Bakersfield California, USA
Post  Posted 9 Oct 2021 3:41 pm    
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This is the one that Keith replaced mine with.

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Billy McCombs


From:
Bakersfield California, USA
Post  Posted 9 Oct 2021 3:46 pm    
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The one in the picture is wired direct. Send it Keith and he will switch it to a plug in .
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Richard Alderson


From:
Illinois, USA
Post  Posted 10 Oct 2021 6:11 am     Hilton Power Supply Specs
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For those of us who are electronically illiterate,and who cannot read the label, what are the properties of the Hilton Power supply? And are they proprietary? or are there other products with the same specifications? Just wondering, I have got two of them myself, I don't like running into emergencies, so I have at least two of everything, but I have always wondered what are the specs of the power supply and if they were 100% proprietary or not.
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