5.5GH ETH Man Mining Shed needs de-humidification - Please provide suggestions! - page 3.

BeerMan81

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Worked on the network today. I have two new used switches, a Cisco SG200-48 and SF200-08, the first being deployed to the shed and the latter inside the house. When we buried the network cable, I installed 2 ethernet runs (just in case), but later it occurred to me I could have them both running simultaneously in a fail-over state. Shocked

I tested the Link Aggregation (LAG) before deploying the 50-Port switch to the shed. Would you believe it was only $18 shipped? Cheesy

The fail-over seems to work great! only a few ms before the other link picks up.

The great thing about the new switch it that it has 2 GE ports, whereas the old one had none. Do you like my custom rack mount?

As you can see below, the old switch is quite full. All 24 ports are being used for 16 rigs, 1 uplink, 2 S9s, 2 L3+s, 2 SRRs, and 1 Desktop PC (Proxy Server). So, no room for the other 8 Antminers that are expected tomorrow!

I will have to relocate all the cables from the old switch to the new switch one at a time. After all that is done, the LAG will be live. Grin

and the old switch can be removed.

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Working with a weld shop to build us out an exhaust piece for the AntMuffler. Made some sketches using the laptop touchscreen.

toefu

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i think if all goes well with my small mining setup, i'll expand to a shed on my upstairs deck (land is costly). I'll probably kick it off March. Builds like these are packed with good information

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How much money to spent? I think $1M for your "ETH ASIC" Grin

Good luck for investment, hope long ride for cryptocurrency and i hate ASIC

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Quote from: BeerMan81 on December 02, 2017, 09:07:51 PM

Quote from: baga105 on December 02, 2017, 09:02:00 PM

Nice one DUUDE! Wink

What about the temperatures? You are getting lucky that the winter is comming

Are you planning to put all your hashing power on one coin?

During the summer, one rig was around 75C MAX, but the rest are pretty good. I think i know how to resolve it before next summer. All Ethereum rigs. Antiminers, still looking at the profitability, but will likely just have 9 S9s on Bitcoin (maybe some BCH too) and 6 L3+s on Litecoin.

Nicely done! Maybe i will try and build that kind of a "house" too. For now i have "special" mining room. The temperature is arround 16°C

with 26 GPUs mining inside

I know this is not 100+ GPUs, but for a start is ok :p

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Quote from: baga105 on December 02, 2017, 09:02:00 PM

Nice one DUUDE! Wink

What about the temperatures? You are getting lucky that the winter is comming

Are you planning to put all your hashing power on one coin?

During the summer, one rig was around 75C MAX, but the rest are pretty good. I think i know how to resolve it before next summer. All Ethereum rigs. Antiminers, still looking at the profitability, but will likely just have 9 S9s on Bitcoin (maybe some BCH too) and 6 L3+s on Litecoin.

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Nice one DUUDE! Wink

What about the temperatures? You are getting lucky that the winter is comming

Are you planning to put all your hashing power on one coin?

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Quote from: toefu on December 02, 2017, 07:35:27 PM

as a fellow houstonian, i've been following yours and yun's threads for a while. so during the summer, you guys just run it using fans, no a/c nothing? no issues with heat? all my miners all scattered all over my house right now and i'm a bit curious about the summer configuration. was thinking about setting up a small shed and put some fans in there.

i was a bit worried about houston summer heat being too much.

Heat is not an issue. At one point, we had rigs all around the house (to spread the load), and obviously the AC could not hold up (but we had to keep mining). It occurred to me to try to put a couple rigs in the garage (so the AC did not have to work too hard), and you know how hot that gets! I seem to remember the temp was like 110F (43C) or so when fully closed. We cracked the garage door, about 4 inches and put a couple box fans and a few cardboard boxes to funnel the air outside. Never had any issues at all.

Consider that a GPU will happily run around 70C (158F) without any issues. Cooling them is not an issue as long as you exhaust the heat.

toefu

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as a fellow houstonian, i've been following yours and yun's threads for a while. so during the summer, you guys just run it using fans, no a/c nothing? no issues with heat? all my miners all scattered all over my house right now and i'm a bit curious about the summer configuration. was thinking about setting up a small shed and put some fans in there.

i was a bit worried about houston summer heat being too much.

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Re-installed the insulation after the new studs were installed. All the baffles are mounted to the new studs equidistant to each other so the airflow is not constricted. They should be around 12 inches apart (after installing the foam padding). The order of installation of the plywood pieces seems pretty chaotic, but there is not much room to move around, we have to do things in a certain order.

When it is all done, you will not see any insulation, plywood, or studs as the whole area will have sound insulating foam to dampen the sound of 15 Antminers and 2 exhaust fans. Much more left to do, and S9 #2 is coming next week!

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Both of you are my hero! I've been followed your and Yun's threads for a while.
I just started small with few rigs and I'm going to setup more soon. The 2 biggest problems I faced are noise and ventilation, then reading you guys'sharing, now I get the balance between them.

So thank you and Yun very much!

Glad I could help with your plans!

Busy day! My Dad was in the shed doing some stuff (what did he do all day...?) I came back from school and helped finish mounting some studs (At least he had the marks made) We also realized that the 120V circuits need to be relocated Cry

The electrician wont be happy, that we had to temporarily tie wrap them to the 240V circuits Shocked

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Quote from: BeerMan81 on November 27, 2017, 04:15:37 PM

Quote from: toptek on November 26, 2017, 10:42:00 PM

This makes me want to gut the building we have in my back yard we just put a new roof on and do this with less Miners because it's not as big an i may, i live in Maryland so the weather won't be like Texas in the summer, i lived in Texas for 2 years once, i have family near fort worth Texas, i could run it all 24/7 an not worry about noise any more in the house an one of my Neighbors told me he would help me remodel, if i do it .

What is stopping you? Come up with a cooling plan, make a sketch. Plan your power, then go! Show some pics.

Quote from: m1n1ngP4d4w4n on November 27, 2017, 03:51:42 PM

Good work sir, very impressive indeed, but yun is still my fav Grin

Yun is my hero lol.

Both of you are my hero! I've been followed your and Yun's threads for a while.
I just started small with few rigs and I'm going to setup more soon. The 2 biggest problems I faced are noise and ventilation, then reading you guys'sharing, now I get the balance between them.

So thank you and Yun very much!

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Quote from: BeerMan81 on November 27, 2017, 04:15:37 PM

Quote from: m1n1ngP4d4w4n on November 27, 2017, 03:51:42 PM

Good work sir, very impressive indeed, but yun is still my fav Grin

Yun is my hero lol.

Me toooo

I hope to be able to do as good as yun and you as soon as i become a homeowner soon^tm

Making lots of plans Cool

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Quote from: toptek on November 26, 2017, 10:42:00 PM

This makes me want to gut the building we have in my back yard we just put a new roof on and do this with less Miners because it's not as big an i may, i live in Maryland so the weather won't be like Texas in the summer, i lived in Texas for 2 years once, i have family near fort worth Texas, i could run it all 24/7 an not worry about noise any more in the house an one of my Neighbors told me he would help me remodel, if i do it .

What is stopping you? Come up with a cooling plan, make a sketch. Plan your power, then go! Show some pics.

Quote from: m1n1ngP4d4w4n on November 27, 2017, 03:51:42 PM

Good work sir, very impressive indeed, but yun is still my fav Grin

Yun is my hero lol.

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Good work sir, very impressive indeed, but yun is still my fav Grin

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Fascinating work at all. You r born to mine. Congrats.

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Quote from: BeerMan81 on November 07, 2017, 05:48:55 PM

I like how your shed is hidden behind this tree. Yup, almost entirely covered Cheesy

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Quote from: jmigdlc99 on November 26, 2017, 10:17:01 PM

Congratulations sir. You are living the crypto life. Are you an engineer/architect and did you design the shed yourself? I don't understand anything written on them but those blueprints look sick.

To add to what was previously asked, doesn't rain get in through the fans? Or are the fans that strong it simply blows all the rain away?

Quote from: BeerMan81 on November 08, 2017, 09:44:27 AM

Quote from: 0xcosmos on November 08, 2017, 04:33:17 AM

what about insects crawling from underneath the ground?
what about when it rains?
it is pretty sick setup and everything looks great

This is a minor issue, but I have plans to put some screens underneath the grading to filter the air. Also, going to put some chicken wire or something around the border of the shed to prevent any critters from getting under there.

Rain is not an issue, we survived Hurricane Harvey just fine! However, I was a bit worried and dismantled the rigs on the bottom shelves as a precaution. That was stressful!

No water goes in the fans. Since they are constantly blowing out, 99.9% of the rain that might bead up is blown away. I am not an engineer, but that is the plan. I have been going to school for part-time for a couple years, and thanks to the crypto-life and the good ol' unemployment office, I am able to survive and attend classes full-time. My father has been a chemical engineer for over 40 years, and I used to work for an engineering firm for 9 years before getting laid off this past May. So, designing the process for the mining shed was a fun engineering challenge that we are accustomed to.

We designed the basic dimensions of the shed, but left it up to the builders to construct it. We planned for the box fans, and grating which is commonly used in oil refineries and offshore oil rigs etc., but left it up to the builders to construct it.

Those plans are mostly my Dad's scribbles, but are actually to scale!

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This makes me want to gut the building we have in my back yard we just put a new roof on and do this with less Miners because it's not as big an i may, i live in Maryland so the weather won't be like Texas in the summer, i lived in Texas for 2 years once, i have family near fort worth Texas, i could run it all 24/7 an not worry about noise any more in the house an one of my Neighbors told me he would help me remodel, if i do it .

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Congratulations sir. You are living the crypto life. Are you an engineer/architect and did you design the shed yourself? I don't understand anything written on them but those blueprints look sick.

To add to what was previously asked, doesn't rain get in through the fans? Or are the fans that strong it simply blows all the rain away?

Quote from: BeerMan81 on November 08, 2017, 09:44:27 AM

Quote from: 0xcosmos on November 08, 2017, 04:33:17 AM

what about insects crawling from underneath the ground?
what about when it rains?
it is pretty sick setup and everything looks great

This is a minor issue, but I have plans to put some screens underneath the grading to filter the air. Also, going to put some chicken wire or something around the border of the shed to prevent any critters from getting under there.

Rain is not an issue, we survived Hurricane Harvey just fine! However, I was a bit worried and dismantled the rigs on the bottom shelves as a precaution. That was stressful!

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