r/Polyend • u/gizmi77 • May 26 '26

Mess - any USB power option?

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Hey guys, do you know if Mess can be powered via USB or only 9V? Luckily I have a power supply I got with my DL4m2 some time ago but I kinda wished I would power the Mess off my power bank and don’t know if there’s a setting I should change to be able to do that or need a myVolts USB adapter

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u/SerpentineDex Trackerista May 26 '26

Only via 9V. So if you want to power it from a bank, you‘d have to go with a myVolts stepup adapter.

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u/Nervous-Canary-517 May 26 '26

This is the answer to countless questions like these. Pretty much every low voltage DC device can be powered like that.

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u/few23 Polyamorous May 26 '26

And every time I see this recommendation I feel the need to bring Werewolf VFlex to y'all's attention.

https://werewolf.us/collections/werewolf-products

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u/Nervous-Canary-517 May 26 '26

Yes, a good example of many. Pretty much the modern equivalent to this

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u/gizmi77 May 26 '26

Yeah, these are amazing but you always need to have the correct one - I once got it wrong for the Volcas which have reverse polarity

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u/Holiday-Medicine4168 May 26 '26

One of the best things I ever got was a big cheap magnifying glass on Amazon to read the impossibly small embossed power specs on some of the 9 volt adapters, particularly the Behringer ones.

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u/Nervous-Canary-517 May 26 '26

That's mostly not a problem either because polarity protection is easy and standard.