just as an update, i got out of mining a couple months ago. everything went off without a hitch. i didn't have any problems. or burn my house down or anything like that LOL...
it did keep my house VERY warm from the heat soak coming from the basement.
when the drop took a shit i sold off all miners, my wife was really enjoying the 80 degree house during the winter though haha
Topic: getting enough power from a normal house electrical system! (Read 10746 times)
Nope
everything is still running. have 30 or so antminer s1 running undervolted, one s2, and 2 lunar landers, and 2 black widows... two s3s
9200kw hours last month :0
$620 bill
9200kw hours last month :0
$620 bill
you have cheap power costs that comes to under 7 cents a kwatt about 6.75 cents.
where are you located?
nw oregon
i pay 0.064 for first 5000kw and 0.068 after that
Any limit for the 0.068?
everything is still running. have 30 or so antminer s1 running undervolted, one s2, and 2 lunar landers, and 2 black widows... two s3s
9200kw hours last month :0
$620 bill
9200kw hours last month :0
$620 bill
you have cheap power costs that comes to under 7 cents a kwatt about 6.75 cents.
where are you located?
nw oregon
i pay 0.064 for first 5000kw and 0.068 after that
everything is still running. have 30 or so antminer s1 running undervolted, one s2, and 2 lunar landers, and 2 black widows... two s3s
9200kw hours last month :0
$620 bill
9200kw hours last month :0
$620 bill
you have cheap power costs that comes to under 7 cents a kwatt about 6.75 cents.
where are you located?
everything is still running. have 30 or so antminer s1 running undervolted, one s2, and 2 lunar landers, and 2 black widows... two s3s
9200kw hours last month :0
$620 bill
9200kw hours last month :0
$620 bill
its been pretty hot here, in the 90s... ive had one ant hit 61c but I blew out the dust from all of them and they all got 3-4c cooler from just that.
highest I have now is 58c on that one ant that always is the hottest for whatever reason.
the PSUs really don't like the heat... ive had two PC psus go bad in the last couple days, i'm replacing them with server psus, they seem to take the abuse better and I get them for less the $20
highest I have now is 58c on that one ant that always is the hottest for whatever reason.
the PSUs really don't like the heat... ive had two PC psus go bad in the last couple days, i'm replacing them with server psus, they seem to take the abuse better and I get them for less the $20
sucks, before miners was bill was usually less than $30
Why,you lucky %$#^@ !!!!!! 
Here in Floriduh,I get .13 kwh
& I have a nuke plant like 5 miles away!!!
Guess we need a coal plant
Here in Floriduh,I get .13 kwh
& I have a nuke plant like 5 miles away!!!
Guess we need a coal plant
Just wait till your electric bill shows up
With 2200 watts for 5 S1's & 3 vid cards my bill was $628-$250(regular bill per month)=$378.With BTC @ $425,just wasn't worth it............
With 2200 watts for 5 S1's & 3 vid cards my bill was $628-$250(regular bill per month)=$378.With BTC @ $425,just wasn't worth it............
im paying 0.06 last month bill was $300 and i was running ac almost all day everyday
Just wait till your electric bill shows up
With 2200 watts for 5 S1's & 3 vid cards my bill was $628-$250(regular bill per month)=$378.With BTC @ $425,just wasn't worth it............
With 2200 watts for 5 S1's & 3 vid cards my bill was $628-$250(regular bill per month)=$378.With BTC @ $425,just wasn't worth it............
two 50amp 220v main breakers, with the correct 50amp cables running to basement, two l6-30r plugs with 30amp pdus.
the pdus are about 3/4 their capacity each. shouldnt be stressing the 50amp 220v circuits.
this is basically like im running my furnace 24/7
the pdus are about 3/4 their capacity each. shouldnt be stressing the 50amp 220v circuits.
this is basically like im running my furnace 24/7
still seems to be working fine, i did hear a loud clicking noise when i was asleep that woke me up, still half asleep and dark house thought breaker went or something but must've been dreaming lol...
i have 25 ants running down there..... getting pretty warm in the basement... ive seen one ant hit 58c
i have 25 ants running down there..... getting pretty warm in the basement... ive seen one ant hit 58c
everything seems to be working fine, staying relatively cool.
power cables coming from the 220v are all cool to the touch. doesn't seem to be stressing it. PDUs are cool
power cables coming from the 220v are all cool to the touch. doesn't seem to be stressing it. PDUs are cool
Nice set up!
Please don't quote large images.
Also you can go here if you like mining set ups: https://bitcointalksearch.org/topic/--7216
Here's what I did with my setup. It's a little different situation because I have a 200A main breaker box with plenty of room.
Here is the new 60A 220V breaker added to my main box with a 6awg 3 conductor wire leading to my sub panel:
Here is my sub panel. I decided to go with 15A 110V breakers with a single breaker per 1000-1300W power supply. I used 14 awg nema13 power cords and cut them off to wire them directly to the breakers, thus saving money on recepticals, outlets, boxes, condutit, etc. I checked with a couple power guys and everything seems to still meet code.
Here is the box all covered up. The big 'breaker' with the white label is actually a whole home surge protector. I didn't want to waste my money on PDUs or individual surge protectors so this was a good solution for everything on the sub box.
Here's the whole cabinet. Obviously this is a little easier to do in a cage but could pretty easily be mounted on a wall next to your shelf-type setup.
Nice set up! Here is the new 60A 220V breaker added to my main box with a 6awg 3 conductor wire leading to my sub panel:
Here is my sub panel. I decided to go with 15A 110V breakers with a single breaker per 1000-1300W power supply. I used 14 awg nema13 power cords and cut them off to wire them directly to the breakers, thus saving money on recepticals, outlets, boxes, condutit, etc. I checked with a couple power guys and everything seems to still meet code.
Here is the box all covered up. The big 'breaker' with the white label is actually a whole home surge protector. I didn't want to waste my money on PDUs or individual surge protectors so this was a good solution for everything on the sub box.
Here's the whole cabinet. Obviously this is a little easier to do in a cage but could pretty easily be mounted on a wall next to your shelf-type setup.
At the panel they are, although on newer ones you have separate neutral and ground bus bars. The idea behind splitting the neutral and ground is that the neutral is a current carrying conductor, so if you have a longish run of cable (say 100ft) and you're loading a cable close to is rated voltage you can actually have a few volts drop across the neutral, and thus the chassis can be a few volts above ground. It also provides a secondary safety system is your neutral (or ground) gets damaged but your hot does not, in which case metal might become live.
Separating them is relatively new in homes though, so if yours is older you might not have any separate earth ground. In any case, since you don't actually use the neutral as a current carrying conductor, it's not really applicable to you. I'm honestly not sure what an inspector would ask you to do though, so just be careful.
Separating them is relatively new in homes though, so if yours is older you might not have any separate earth ground. In any case, since you don't actually use the neutral as a current carrying conductor, it's not really applicable to you. I'm honestly not sure what an inspector would ask you to do though, so just be careful.
This is what I have at home, and even the ground/neutral bars are different (house built in 1997), they are very well connected by a shunt there ..
https://bitcointalksearch.org/topic/m.8182756
From what I read newer appliances use 4 wire because they have some stuff inside that uses 110
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