Do u turn off your miners once in 2 weeks or month to change air filters?

Sandal_Hat

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Quote from: QuintLeo on December 17, 2017, 02:26:56 PM

30 seconds should be plenty, unless the miner software is VERY VERY slow about turning off.
It actually should take less than 5, but sometimes the miner IS a bit on the slow side about turning the hashboards off....

6-7 minutes is overkill, but on the definitely SAFEST side. 8-)

From monitoring watts rate, it takes about 30-60 secs usually if i recall right. I juz prefer to be very careful

QuintLeo

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30 seconds should be plenty, unless the miner software is VERY VERY slow about turning off.
It actually should take less than 5, but sometimes the miner IS a bit on the slow side about turning the hashboards off....

6-7 minutes is overkill, but on the definitely SAFEST side. 8-)

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Quote from: QuintLeo on December 16, 2017, 04:10:29 PM

Quote from: Sandal_Hat on December 14, 2017, 10:45:48 PM

My air filters are also input to the room, not on the miners.

Quote from: fanatic26 on December 11, 2017, 01:25:19 PM

The s9 firmware is read only so you dont even need to ssh in and shut them down. We plug and unplug dozens a day with no ill effects.

I see. So u juz off the switch and no issues?
Does ssh and type poweroff help make it abit better? I am into caring for them as much as i can lol

It's a LOT easier on the power supply for a miner if you software shut it down BEFORE you turn the switch off.
It's probably easier on the mining hardware as well.

You may get away with it a LOT of the time, but it's also very hard on the power supply to be shut down while operating at high load.

I always SSH via putty and poweroff and wait 6-7 mins before switching off. I am careful

Anyways, I change air filters without turning it off nowadays

QuintLeo

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Quote from: Sandal_Hat on December 14, 2017, 10:45:48 PM

My air filters are also input to the room, not on the miners.

Quote from: fanatic26 on December 11, 2017, 01:25:19 PM

The s9 firmware is read only so you dont even need to ssh in and shut them down. We plug and unplug dozens a day with no ill effects.

I see. So u juz off the switch and no issues?
Does ssh and type poweroff help make it abit better? I am into caring for them as much as i can lol

It's a LOT easier on the power supply for a miner if you software shut it down BEFORE you turn the switch off.
It's probably easier on the mining hardware as well.

You may get away with it a LOT of the time, but it's also very hard on the power supply to be shut down while operating at high load.

Sandal_Hat

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My air filters are also input to the room, not on the miners.

Quote from: fanatic26 on December 11, 2017, 01:25:19 PM

The s9 firmware is read only so you dont even need to ssh in and shut them down. We plug and unplug dozens a day with no ill effects.

I see. So u juz off the switch and no issues?
Does ssh and type poweroff help make it abit better? I am into caring for them as much as i can lol

fanatic26

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The s9 firmware is read only so you dont even need to ssh in and shut them down. We plug and unplug dozens a day with no ill effects.

cableiso

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I shut down, disassemble and blow any dust out with compressed air. Takes about 8 minutes per device once you get the hang of it. If you do them one at a time, it may take an hour or so but you only lose 14T as you are only working on one at a time

QuintLeo

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I don't shut down my ASIC miners unless they crash for some reason, or I have to move them, or I have a power outage.

My air filters are on the air input to the ROOM though, not on the individual miners.

Emoclaw

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It is perfectly fine to power off your miners to do any maintenance work that you want.
I can't see why you'd think otherwise. You can turn them on and off whenever you want. You could even run them 12 hours a day.

With that said, the S9 doesn't have air/dust filters does it? Or maybe you're using third party ones?

Sandal_Hat

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Do u? Off your antminers say once in 2-4 weeks to change air filters or any other reason?

Is it ok to SSH and poweroff it like that once in awhile? Or are the miners better off running 24/7?

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