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Steamtyme

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Quote from: philipma1957 on August 31, 2017, 12:32:21 AM

tired now and doing a setup on a ryzen 1800x

but the attic may work .

how much head room in it?

does it have a spot to put in a gable fan ?

I have a barn install for a solar array that would work if you could copy what I did.

I will look for link

https://bitcointalksearch.org/topic/solar-array-starting-to-look-good-1369207

photos of heat wind tunnel

https://bitcointalksearch.org/topic/m.18962287

I have more photos I will post later

I was checking through your photos, and was wondering, are your exhaust fans constantly running, or do you have them set on a temperature switch for on/off operation. I'm looking into different designs for next spring and didn't want to forget to ask?

At the moment I am looking into the best way to rig my avalon exhaust to my furnace return air intake in the basement. My plan is to widen my return air intake in the basement and mount my miners within a few feet, and restrict the main air intakes on my main level by half or so. I might just have to run a few feet of ducting wide enough to accommodate the airflow to within a foot of the miner exhaust. I figure by running my furnace fan constantly instead of on/off with the thermostat, I can keep a steadier heat in the house and that will be the most efficient use of the miner heat. The 4 miner set up will equal about 20% of my furnace at full capacity, so with steady fan circulation this will greatly offset my power consumption costs, as I'm going to need it anyways.

Winter is coming.

philipma1957

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tired now and doing a setup on a ryzen 1800x

but the attic may work .

how much head room in it?

does it have a spot to put in a gable fan ?

I have a barn install for a solar array that would work if you could copy what I did.

I will look for link

https://bitcointalksearch.org/topic/solar-array-starting-to-look-good-1369207

photos of heat wind tunnel

https://bitcointalksearch.org/topic/m.18962287

I have more photos I will post later

Didley1JT

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It's looking like the initial set-up I'll be going for is 2x Avalon 741 & 1x Antminer L3+. It's not a major set-up or anything, but it's going to generate a sufficient amount of heat. To make it worse, I'm located in Louisiana... 100+ F temps in the summer with A LOT of humidity.

I'd appreciate your suggestions on how to manage the heat and airflow. I'll be installing a 220V line for whatever space in which the miners end up unless you guys feel that is unnecessary.

Noise is a concern (wife and 4 kids), but I'm not opposed to installing sound insulation if necessary.

I'm an engineer and am not afraid of doing any of the work myself (except for any electrical).

Options:

House is large, has AC, and has room to store the miners within a closet or within an enclosure in the utility room. Note: Utility RM shares boundary with garage and is immediately adjacent to breaker panel (opposite side of wall). It also has access to the existing dryer vent, which goes directly outside of the house. Possibly a very bad idea given the high fire-risk of dryer lint.
I have an attic with a lot of available space to set up the miners. Note: likely not an option due to how hot the ambient temperature in the attic is during the summer.
Double car garage with about 40% free space available. Garage is also where the breaker panel is. Garage gets very hot if no air is circulating. If placed in garage, it should probably go inside an insulated enclosure.

Energy cost is about .10 USD kWh. Any additional fans/blowers will need to be very efficient with as low a power requirement possible.

If you have any other ideas (other than snarky comments about me not living in the swamp...), I'd love to hear them! Thank you, all.

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