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Topic: Air Condition and Mining Profitability (Read 644 times)

newbie
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March 31, 2014, 09:31:18 PM
#3
If your just running 1 ant, i think you'll be fine with heat. Last summer in 100+ degree days i had 10 overclocked 7950's running with just box fans and the room was 88.
hero member
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Merit: 501
March 30, 2014, 07:03:26 AM
#2
I'm pretty sure in China the normal ambient temp in summer is more than 30C, so it'll be perfectly fine.
newbie
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Merit: 0
March 30, 2014, 06:55:55 AM
#1
My Antminer consumes 400W, which corresponds to
0.4 kW * 24h * 0.15 EUR/kWh = 1.44 EUR/24h in electricity costs.

At 180 GH/s I make 6.31 EUR/24h

With increase in difficulty the earnings will drop (unless the BTC price increases).

With summer coming up I need to use air condition. Does anyone know how much AC power is needed to cancel out 1 kWh of heat? I mean, as the miner produces one kWh of heat, how much power will the AC use to prevent the temperature from rising?

I fear mining soon will not be profitable if AC is needed. If I instead let windows open and mine at 30 degrees C, will the ant miner survive? Perhaps I better under-clock it?
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