Damnit. I ordered a B8 yesterday for 4BTC. I have the worst luck.. Just emailed bitmain asking them to charge me 3.1 I stead and keep the 0.9 in my account to be used on my next order.
Dmwardjr, did the engineer come by and approve the upgrade?
Sorry for the delay. I've been doing a lot of math.
No, he is supposed to be here this coming week since he did not make it by this week. When he sees what I have already, hears my plans and sees my invoice for what is on the way, I should have no problem getting a total of 600 amps... Hopefully. I'm looking at ultimately running approximately 116,700 watts (380 TH/s) of rigs, exhaust fans, etc... out of my house. I will have 44,700 watts going when those 23 units arrive and I have the power upgraded. I have to get quotes from different electrical contractors after I speak with the engineer. I have 4 contractors on the ready just waiting for me to give them the go ahead to come out and have a look for a quote.
I had one guy who came out and told me, "We charge a 'flat rate' of $5,000 for a 400 amp service." I said to myself, "Well, this guy can take a hike." He would want to charge more than this for 600. Geez. The guy never bothered to create an itemized list of costs in materials, etc. I was still nice to him and he ended up allowing me to take a photo of the Senior Engineer's business card he had for my area. It pays to be kind regardless. That's how I got the ball rolling with the engineering department.
The power company has already said they would do the feeder cable and transformer at no charge providing I use the amount of power I say I'm going to use for at least 5 to 6 months [Which I am]. Otherwise, they would back charge me for the labor and materials used to upgrade my power.
It looks like I'm probably going to have all of this going before I play in several poker tournaments the end of January. I've almost got my wife up to par on how to handle the rigs while I'm gone. She's the greatest!!!
