Topic: Fire Risk in Mining Rigs? (Read 406 times)
It all depends on the place, I have put my last rig in an open air frame self built with dimensions in Cm as 80x35x40 (I know pretty big for a rig with 6 cards but I love it) and I have put it in an abandoned house in my building. The cards are running at 43 C max so I think I am pretty safe regarding fire risk. I always leave a window a few inches open so there is always airflow coming to the rig. Minimal dust also as no one lives in the house where the rig is going
Technically, I'm pretty sure ALL drywall is fire rated - but the rating (normally given in hours) varies with the thickness.
Then there's concrete board (which is in my planning for MY shelf/racks as a seperator since the standard 3'x5' size is cheap and big enough to isolate each unit from the next).
Then there's concrete board (which is in my planning for MY shelf/racks as a seperator since the standard 3'x5' size is cheap and big enough to isolate each unit from the next).
If you mount mobo on wood a cheap product like this provides a lot of protection
I mount my motherboards on scrap drywall. Cheap and fire retardant.
that's actually a pretty good idea.. esp if you can get scraps of "fire-code" drywall (the thicker stuff).
I've recently begun mining and I have stripped out all burnable furniture and objects from the closet where I installed my rig. The walls and ceiling is made from drywall so I should be safe.
The biggest fear I have is that the fusing in the house is faulty and a fire starts somewhere along the power lines.
The biggest fear I have is that the fusing in the house is faulty and a fire starts somewhere along the power lines.
The highest risk of fire is the use of cheap USB risers. Many of my friends had a problem with that.
There are really risks of fire on hardware that runs on electricity specially if you are running it 24/7. One of the things that you would need to consider is that do you have a good / capable PSU to run all of your components. You mentioned that you have a PSU from Corsair which is a good company that makes PSUs however that is not the only thing that needs to be considered. You also need to consider the temperatures of your component specially the GPUs even though most of the GPUs will stop immediately if they throttle it is best to keep their temperatures in check to where it is permissible by the user(depends from user to user). Also monitoring your rig on a daily basis would also help along with a good maintenance cleaning to go with it. Also check your wire that is also overlooked by some users out there if you have a cheap wiring on your rig then you will start a fire.
If you are afraid of fire, if you are out of the house, just buy something like this:
www.elidefire.com/products.htm
www.elidefire.com/products.htm
Has anyone used one of these? Very interesting. Can't seem to find a straight answer at what temp does it deploy.
Sounds like there may be a difference between deploy temp and melting temp?
Maybe I'm simplifying it too much.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=iCRJSJPYy2A
I'm currently running a 4 card mining rig with powered pcie 006c risers and a 1200W high quality Corsair PSU. The GPUs run at around 69C when mining.
However I was just wondering if there were any fire risks associated with the rig and if it is safe to have the rig running 24/7 next to the walls in my house (drywall).
I know this is probably being over cautious but am just making sure. Thanks
However I was just wondering if there were any fire risks associated with the rig and if it is safe to have the rig running 24/7 next to the walls in my house (drywall).
I know this is probably being over cautious but am just making sure. Thanks
There is definitely a fire risk. Put protection when the chip reaches cap temperature on your GPU, it will greatly help
dust is like the worst enemey of rigs most of the risers i have had fail seems to be due to dust accumilationg or or too much load on the riser , Ive seen serveral risers carch fire but they just burn the cables never damaged rigs or cards
ive had a few cards catch fire on the circuit board but its always localized
modern hardware makes it really hard to spread fire eapecially on an open air rig ,
in cases its a bit different since other cables closw to the burning or sparking part can serve as
accelerant
ive had a few cards catch fire on the circuit board but its always localized
modern hardware makes it really hard to spread fire eapecially on an open air rig ,
in cases its a bit different since other cables closw to the burning or sparking part can serve as
accelerant
I'm currently running a 4 card mining rig with powered pcie 006c risers and a 1200W high quality Corsair PSU. The GPUs run at around 69C when mining.
However I was just wondering if there were any fire risks associated with the rig and if it is safe to have the rig running 24/7 next to the walls in my house (drywall).
I know this is probably being over cautious but am just making sure. Thanks
However I was just wondering if there were any fire risks associated with the rig and if it is safe to have the rig running 24/7 next to the walls in my house (drywall).
I know this is probably being over cautious but am just making sure. Thanks
Drywall is "fire resistant" rated.
Your rig could burst into flame and it would die out before the drywall had issues.
If you are afraid of fire, if you are out of the house, just buy something like this:
www.elidefire.com/products.htm
www.elidefire.com/products.htm
Has anyone used one of these? Very interesting. Can't seem to find a straight answer at what temp does it deploy.
Sounds like there may be a difference between deploy temp and melting temp?
Maybe I'm simplifying it too much.
I’ve had a atx connector melt down on me once. If the connector is plugged in and out too many times, the pins will expand and may generate heat when there’s not good enough contact between them and the mainboard plug. Melting the plug (and maybe cause fire, but not likely). That was on a regular gaming computer, where the psu had been used in many different computers.
If you mount mobo on wood a cheap product like this provides a lot of protection
I mount my motherboards on scrap drywall. Cheap and fire retardant.
If you are afraid of fire, if you are out of the house, just buy something like this:
www.elidefire.com/products.htm
www.elidefire.com/products.htm
3 years ago i had a major failure in my PC.
The failure fry my mobo Asrock Z68 Xtreme 3(really burned with holes), 2x4gb, I7 2600k, HX850(brand new). The survivors: Asus Xonar Sense audio card, storage(SSD and HD) and R9 290 that only works with driver 13.12(set 2013).
It could have burned the room down. I was watching TV and saw it restart. I walked to the PC and whem ive removed the top cover of my case, it was a vision of hell.
Sparks everywhere. White eletrical sparks caming out of the nosfet.
The nosfet dissipator became red lava and was emitting light.
The big top fan spinning fast pushing out air with those sparks.
It was beautiful.
The PC was idle...
It could be the HX850 OR dust in the Mosfet. Ill never know cuz my pc was dusty.
The failure fry my mobo Asrock Z68 Xtreme 3(really burned with holes), 2x4gb, I7 2600k, HX850(brand new). The survivors: Asus Xonar Sense audio card, storage(SSD and HD) and R9 290 that only works with driver 13.12(set 2013).
It could have burned the room down. I was watching TV and saw it restart. I walked to the PC and whem ive removed the top cover of my case, it was a vision of hell.
Sparks everywhere. White eletrical sparks caming out of the nosfet.
The nosfet dissipator became red lava and was emitting light.
The big top fan spinning fast pushing out air with those sparks.
It was beautiful.
The PC was idle...It could be the HX850 OR dust in the Mosfet. Ill never know cuz my pc was dusty.
If you mount mobo on wood a cheap product like this provides a lot of protection
https://www.amazon.com/Tonyko%C2%AE-Fiberglass-Fire-Blanket-39-inch/dp/B01N1F737R/ref=sr_1_3?
this is 6 foot 6 inches by 6 foot 6 inches
you can do a lot of mobos on top of wood with it
and a lot of risers on top of wood with it.
well worth the money to buy 2 of them
https://www.amazon.com/Tonyko%C2%AE-Fiberglass-Fire-Blanket-39-inch/dp/B01N1F737R/ref=sr_1_3?
this is 6 foot 6 inches by 6 foot 6 inches
you can do a lot of mobos on top of wood with it
and a lot of risers on top of wood with it.
well worth the money to buy 2 of them
I'm currently running a 4 card mining rig with powered pcie 006c risers and a 1200W high quality Corsair PSU. The GPUs run at around 69C when mining.
However I was just wondering if there were any fire risks associated with the rig and if it is safe to have the rig running 24/7 next to the walls in my house (drywall).
I know this is probably being over cautious but am just making sure. Thanks
However I was just wondering if there were any fire risks associated with the rig and if it is safe to have the rig running 24/7 next to the walls in my house (drywall).
I know this is probably being over cautious but am just making sure. Thanks
Cheap or undersized cables/connectors is your primary concern.
http://nerdralph.blogspot.ca/2016/06/when-does-18-26-when-buying-cheap-cables.html
If you are powering your risers with molex connectors, then make sure you're not running 4 of them off a single cable.
Ensure you are not powering risers with SATA and don't go cheap on your PSU. Those two steps are what will cause the most issues when it comes to a fire risk. After that ensure your cards are not touching or leaning against anything flammable as they run very hot, over 65 C if running them close together. Always recommend a smoke detector in the same room because you can never be to careful.
there is always some fire risk with electricity...so from time to time shut down the rig and clean it with some air compressor and some paintbrush (not used ofcourse 
) to get all the dust down...depends on where the rigs are set up...and the smoke alarm could also help u sleep better... 
) to get all the dust down...depends on where the rigs are set up...and the smoke alarm could also help u sleep better...
For your setup there is no big risk, but its always good idea to have a smoke detector if the rig is in living area.
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