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Topic: BFL batch 1 & 2 customers: Do you really wanna have a ticking time bomb? (Read 3273 times)

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What makes you think an Avalon has less of a chance of burning down a house than a BFL?

Maybe this here? https://bitcointalksearch.org/topic/m.1706353

(in the meantime BFL changed the casings because of cooling/heat issues - now they have two of those heatinks that are shown on the left)
PeZ
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You guys are so silly. Do you see an FCC cert on an Avalon? Do you see a UL cert on an Avalon? What makes you think an Avalon has less of a chance of burning down a house than a BFL?
legendary
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Because he is on a holly resurrection crusade.

Oh?  Well he should carry on then.
hero member
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Because he is on a holly resurrection crusade.
legendary
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So... with some out in the wild... any earth shattering Kabooms yet?

Be nice if people that post follow up.

Why are you reviving all these dirty old threads?
hero member
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So... with some out in the wild... any earth shattering Kabooms yet?

Be nice if people that post follow up.
sr. member
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it is better to fix power consumption before ship rather than that, because anyway if BFL ship thousand of SC only vga affected, asic not Cheesy

now we know they have prototype it means their product is real

sr 4 my poor english
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When is the Jalapeno getting FCC approval?

Maybe two weeks? We are waiting for the test lab to issue the test report.


How to know that Inaba/BFL_Josh is lying:
(a) when he opens his mouth.
(b) when he uses the term "in two weeks".
legendary
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It's the FCC regulations that must be stringently adhere to, of which Josh adamantly claimed they were awaiting results back in a couple weeks back in September, for the FCC was still testing the units that weren't even built yet. To date, they still don't have a working unit to send out for testing.

You aren't hinting that BFL/Josh lied to us, are you?

He wouldn't! Would be? He couldn't! Could he? >.<#

My bad! November 3, and not September.

When is the Jalapeno getting FCC approval?

Maybe two weeks? We are waiting for the test lab to issue the test report.

With the bump in power requirements on the MR and the new screen, we had to make changes, although the new screen is already certified.  We are doing all the devices at once, since they all share the same board.

full member
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It's the FCC regulations that must be stringently adhere to, of which Josh adamantly claimed they were awaiting results back in a couple weeks back in September, for the FCC was still testing the units that weren't even built yet. To date, they still don't have a working unit to send out for testing.

You aren't hinting that BFL/Josh lied to us, are you?

He wouldn't! Would be? He couldn't! Could he? >.<#
hero member
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BFL_Josh: "If the cooling becomes an issue, like I said, we'd scale it back and ship multiple units."


60GH/s!!! Has anyone seen this device? Me wanna buy!  Grin


newbie
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It doesn't even matter anymore. Avalon didn't have to go through all the regulations and red tape that BFL does. Heck, even our gov't agencies are very slow to process anything. If anything, BFL has to overcome even more obstacles here in the USA compared to Avalon in China.
legendary
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It's the FCC regulations that must be stringently adhere to, of which Josh adamantly claimed they were awaiting results back in a couple weeks back in September, for the FCC was still testing the units that weren't even built yet. To date, they still don't have a working unit to send out for testing.

You aren't hinting that BFL/Josh lied to us, are you?

http://thesaurus.com/browse/hinting?s=t
hero member
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It's the FCC regulations that must be stringently adhere to, of which Josh adamantly claimed they were awaiting results back in a couple weeks back in September, for the FCC was still testing the units that weren't even built yet. To date, they still don't have a working unit to send out for testing.

You aren't hinting that BFL/Josh lied to us, are you?
legendary
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Now you have me a little worried.  I actually thought they would be shipping in a week or two.  Can anyone tell me if this has to pass UL certification before shipping?   Since it is made in the USA I would assume it would have to (since even my desk lamp that cost $9.99 at walmart has that sticker).    How long does that cert take?   Surely, it does not just take a day or two?


The UL certification is not required by the federal government, but many municipalities require it, thus it's prudent that BFL supply it to be compliant in those municipalities otherwise be fined.

It's the FCC regulations that must be stringently adhere to, of which Josh adamantly claimed they were awaiting results back in a couple weeks back in September, for the FCC was still testing the units that weren't even built yet. To date, they still don't have a working unit to send out for testing. But, once approved, any changes to the units must be re-approved, whereupon new labels are made and need to be affixed to all units, of which can be handle at the rate of 500 per day by any autistic employee.
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Favorite quote from the video:

"It's drawing 160 watts, the power regulator is only rated for 1/3 of that. But don't worry, the next unit will have 2 regulators."

Time to pick up a few fire extinguishers!

Hmm....

160 / 3 = 53

53 * 2 = 106

Which other regulator is going to provide the missing 54 Watts?


The one already on there? It was designed for 60 watts, so I'm assuming they can cover at least that much. It's the excess over 60 that they have to work about.

No.

"the next unit will have 2 regulators."

So where is the missing 54 Watts coming from?
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Favorite quote from the video:

"It's drawing 160 watts, the power regulator is only rated for 1/3 of that. But don't worry, the next unit will have 2 regulators."

Time to pick up a few fire extinguishers!

Hmm....

160 / 3 = 53

53 * 2 = 106

Which other regulator is going to provide the missing 54 Watts?


The one already on there? It was designed for 60 watts, so I'm assuming they can cover at least that much. It's the excess over 60 that they have to work about.
full member
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Favorite quote from the video:

"It's drawing 160 watts, the power regulator is only rated for 1/3 of that. But don't worry, the next unit will have 2 regulators."

Time to pick up a few fire extinguishers!

Hmm....

160 / 3 = 53

53 * 2 = 106

Which other regulator is going to provide the missing 54 Watts?
full member
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Merit: 100
Now you have me a little worried.  I actually thought they would be shipping in a week or two.  Can anyone tell me if this has to pass UL certification before shipping?   Since it is made in the USA I would assume it would have to (since even my desk lamp that cost $9.99 at walmart has that sticker).    How long does that cert take?   Surely, it does not just take a day or two?


I just image Josh having to pay the UL office a visit  Cheesy

UL clerk: "Please sir, tell me something about your power supply."
Josh: "It's drawing 160 watts, the power regulator is only rated for 1/3 of that. But don't worry, the next unit will have 2 regulators."
UL clerk: "Um ... next please!!"

I most certainly hope this is the case. That way the first preorders aren't the customers screwed the most by power failing units that consume 2-3 times their rated amount of power, while customers who haven't waited as long automatically get upgraded units. If they could do a "trade in 2 rev 1 boards and get a rev 2 board" deal, I'd love to see that.
legendary
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Haha, you guys are just two fucking losers. No matter what BFL does, there will be a new thread full of shit with you two assholes running your mouths.



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