But any idea which is the best mining hardware to use for the best 'lowest-electricity-usage vs highest-heat-generation' need?
Block Erupters? ASICs? GPUs? If so, which GPUs? I hear the HD 7750s use very little electricity, but not sure whether they put out much heat either?
Topic: Cheap way of heating your home through mining - page 2. (Read 993 times)
i have heard this is great for miners in cold climates, no experience, though. always been jealous of those Canucks! 
Hi all
We're almost in October, and as the seasons change and it starts to get cold I'm wondering what would be the best way to heat my home cheaply. Electricity and gas are both very expensive where I am, but I was thinking that GPU mining with some old 5850s I have lying around could heat a room at a cheaper cost than gas heating (taking into account the return from selling the mined coins). I ran some numbers, and it turns out there's not that much of a difference between using mining for heating vs traditional heating in costs, but traditional heating probably does a better job of keeping a room warm.
So I was wondering if there are other solutions that produce a lot of heat energy, but without using much electricity. Would Block Erupters be a good buy to fulfill that purpose? Does anyone have any good suggestions for what might work well for this purpose?
Many thanks
We're almost in October, and as the seasons change and it starts to get cold I'm wondering what would be the best way to heat my home cheaply. Electricity and gas are both very expensive where I am, but I was thinking that GPU mining with some old 5850s I have lying around could heat a room at a cheaper cost than gas heating (taking into account the return from selling the mined coins). I ran some numbers, and it turns out there's not that much of a difference between using mining for heating vs traditional heating in costs, but traditional heating probably does a better job of keeping a room warm.
So I was wondering if there are other solutions that produce a lot of heat energy, but without using much electricity. Would Block Erupters be a good buy to fulfill that purpose? Does anyone have any good suggestions for what might work well for this purpose?
Many thanks
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