What's the deal with milliamps on a power supply adapter

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Opaqueologist
I've been told too high a ma on an adapter and you could fry the component. Is 500ma too high for Boss pedals? The Boss adapter is 200ma.
 
Re: What's the deal with milliamps on a power supply adapter

Whoever told you that is wrong. Too high a voltage will fry a component. There is no limit on current though. A pedal will only draw the current it needs to operate the pedal. It has no choice over voltage draw though. If you use, say, a 13V adapter, the adapter will try to provide 13V to the pedal, and that will fry something.
 
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