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Originally Posted by wnorcott
Power jacks are switched. Whenever a power plug is plugged in the battery is switched out of the circuit. So even if you have effects on a pedal board where all the pedals are permanently patched together with patch cords, as long as the power jack is plugged in to it will not drain the battery.Bill
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Depends on the pedal. I have an old MXR M202 Dynacomp. It has a light for on(red) and one for off(green). I plug my pedalboard into a power strip, and when finished playing, shut the strip off. If there's a battery in that pedal, even if the power plug is still plugged into the adapter jack, the green light will remain on and it
will drain the battery. I suspect a lot of pedals are similar, in that if you cut the juice off, even if the power plugs are still connected to the pedals, they'll switch to battery. If you plug your power supply into a strip like me, and switch it off after use, you could have problems with battery life, depending on the pedal. However, having said that, with 90% of the pedals in use today, this won't be a problem.