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legendary
Activity: 1988
Merit: 1007
February 17, 2014, 06:12:20 PM
#63
Too costly.  Spend 2k$ on farm +10k$ on batteries and panels. You'll have to run this for years to get you money back. (IF you will get them back ever).
By the way, at my location - sun and the wind will not be enought to power any device for a half of a year.

It's like this with any solar system. They are expected to take 12-14 years to pay off in most cases. But they last for almost twice that (or more), so the long term benefits are great. The short term are not.

In the US, you can also get tax rebates, though, that cover like 30% of the cost of your panels and installation. But again, the cost is great; you do this for the long haul, not to earn back your money in a year. If it were that simple, every house in the world would already have solar panels.
newbie
Activity: 8
Merit: 0
February 12, 2014, 10:40:05 AM
#62
Thanks for the info! definitely looking into it
member
Activity: 82
Merit: 10
Too costly.  Spend 2k$ on farm +10k$ on batteries and panels. You'll have to run this for years to get you money back. (IF you will get them back ever).
By the way, at my location - sun and the wind will not be enought to power any device for a half of a year.
cp1
hero member
Activity: 616
Merit: 500
Stop using branwallets
December 31, 2013, 08:23:34 PM
#60
If you're just running miners keep everything dc.  Use dc to dc converter to get 12 or 5 volts.
newbie
Activity: 45
Merit: 0
December 31, 2013, 07:57:07 PM
#59
Hey Now.

Just found your thread. Seeing as how I live in Florida, I thought it might be a sensible idea

All I want to do is place a couple of 13v solar panels on my roof and run them to my Miners.

So far from the research that I've done, I'm gonna need an DC->AC converter, line conditioner and Deep Cycle 12V battery for charging if I'm gonna run 24/7.

Anyone tried this yet?

~ hayduke
hero member
Activity: 938
Merit: 501
December 05, 2013, 07:53:32 PM
#58
I am wondering, if over the time since I posted the original thread people have build solar-powered mining-systems on their own?  Smiley
I just found your thread and I'm still reading it but I plan to move my devices (not only miners) on my home to solar, I live in a city with sun 7 days a week. Thanks for this wonderful information and I hope to get it a real thing and not only a plan on my to-do list Cheesy
newbie
Activity: 11
Merit: 0
December 05, 2013, 07:04:22 PM
#57
I like the general consensus that fossil fuels are as infinite and bountiful as bit ion,all you guys will all be running rigs on reuseables in a generation,unless of course old money and it's chokehold are required to power your currency,bit coin miners are very glib about power whilst stroking their testacles(or clitorus) about their perceived wealth.
Could the original poster get in touch,some of us have vision,posted a solar question recently plenty of views,not an ounce of advice,let's talk dude Wink
member
Activity: 65
Merit: 11
December 03, 2013, 04:51:19 AM
#56
I am wondering, if over the time since I posted the original thread people have build solar-powered mining-systems on their own?  Smiley
hero member
Activity: 526
Merit: 500
November 07, 2013, 09:22:42 PM
#55
Nice, but I think the ROI would be better without using solar, can always go to country which electricity is really cheap...
member
Activity: 117
Merit: 10
November 07, 2013, 02:36:04 PM
#54
what's the ROI?
member
Activity: 68
Merit: 10
September 19, 2013, 07:18:24 PM
#53
Very good post and very useful instructions. Keep up the great work.   Grin
member
Activity: 65
Merit: 11
September 08, 2013, 05:10:56 AM
#52
Good. But you will require special battery to follow up.
Your method is not strong enough as you still need thengrid.

Im running this for a couple of months already... Wink
sr. member
Activity: 462
Merit: 250
Firing it up
Good. But you will require special battery to follow up.

Your method is not strong enough as you still need thengrid.
sr. member
Activity: 574
Merit: 250
Oh man kudos.  And even more for the small stuff Smiley nice to see someone useing a pico psu. Anyhow this is impressive. I never got quite this deep. I'm thinking I need to. I have some breakout cells that will charge a 12v battery during the day and supply a good night and a morning of reserve power. I also have a windmill I picked up for $600 that I can pull enough juice from to run lighting and charge devices with. Together it could substain two people comfortable. That is ofcourse making sure shits OFF.


Blah I'm tired.  Mostly wanted to watch this post but we see how far that went
hero member
Activity: 546
Merit: 500
I just finished my setup using this adjustable stepdown-converter for solar-powering my usb-hub and this converter for solar-powering my raspberry.

[img]http://ecx.images-amazon.com/images/I/41QFsBHeCcL._SX342_.jpg[img]

[img]http://i.ebayimg.com/t/KIS3R33S-DC-DC-7-24V-to-5V-3A-USB-Power-Converter-Buck-Module-/00/s/NDY2WDcxNg==/z/x9oAAMXQCtlROcPy/$(KGrHqJ,!q4FE1DPDNBEBROcP)2(7!~~60_12.JPG[img]

Running three Block Erupter USB-Miners along with the raspberry and the hub I am running at 0.8A.
Pretty cool! Smiley

You've obviously gone to a lot of work for all this, I'd love to see some pics of what you came up with in the end. Like panels/battery/charger etc. Maybe put it in the mining hardware pic thread (130+ pages thread)?
member
Activity: 65
Merit: 11
I just finished my setup using this adjustable stepdown-converter for solar-powering my usb-hub and this converter for solar-powering my raspberry.





Running three Block Erupter USB-Miners along with the raspberry and the hub I am running at 0.8A.
Pretty cool! Smiley
member
Activity: 65
Merit: 11
@tom_o:
As of right now I have heatsinked them both.
Besides: The LAN-chip is getting way hotter on a mining-setup like the one I am running.
CPU is probably idling most of the time (or at least running at low utilization).
sr. member
Activity: 308
Merit: 250
Just wondering if you realise you've only heatsinked the LAN chip on your pi - the CPU is actually hiding under the RAM chip!
member
Activity: 65
Merit: 11
I have just updated the initial posting at the beginning of this threat.
I had there an mistake with the premium solar panel. It was not 12Volt-compatible.
I have added a proper solar panel now.
member
Activity: 65
Merit: 11
Could you guys stop fullquoting everything, please?
Thanks in advance. Smiley
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