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Topic: Help! Mining is killing my lightbulbs - page 2. (Read 1747 times)

legendary
Activity: 2450
Merit: 1002
November 23, 2015, 08:31:37 PM
#13
For everyone that replied.

I tried different brands of light bulbs. The cheap dollar store ones and Phillips/GE they all last the same amount.

I am pulling around only 1000Watts or so.

LED is very expensive and if mining kills those LEDs then its going to get very expensive.

Besides buying expensive surge protectors, is there any software method to fix this?



I just mentioned a software method.... lower the clocks / volts of the miners! Dont draw as much power.
legendary
Activity: 3808
Merit: 1723
November 23, 2015, 08:20:51 PM
#12
For everyone that replied.

I tried different brands of light bulbs. The cheap dollar store ones and Phillips/GE they all last the same amount.

I am pulling around only 1000Watts or so.

LED is very expensive and if mining kills those LEDs then its going to get very expensive.

Besides buying expensive surge protectors, is there any software method to fix this?

legendary
Activity: 2450
Merit: 1002
November 23, 2015, 08:11:12 PM
#11
Yeah, I remember when I had my 15A / 120v circuits at near full load, the lights(on same circuit) would brighten briefly during block changes. LOL! Ultimately I had to spread them out on different circuits ... so I didnt get "new block found on network" reminders. HAHA!

Its kinda like turning a hairdryer on and off ... those things easily put a circuit near max and the surge of current they pull when u start them is what causes dimming.
legendary
Activity: 1456
Merit: 1000
November 23, 2015, 08:03:26 PM
#10
The other solution is underclocking/undervolting your miners so they dont put such a large power draw on that circuit.

OP how much watts are you putting on each circuit? Also what volt and amp are the circuit breakers?   I just have never had issues with light bulbs makes me wonder if your pushing wiring or breaker really hard.

Have you tried anything new like the LED lightbulbs? Might be worth a shot trying one and see how it does compared to the CCFL if they keep dying.
legendary
Activity: 2450
Merit: 1002
November 23, 2015, 07:56:46 PM
#9
The other solution is underclocking/undervolting your miners so they dont put such a large power draw on that circuit.
legendary
Activity: 1274
Merit: 1000
November 23, 2015, 05:19:43 PM
#8
one other thing you might try is buy one of the higher end lightbulbs if the surge protector doesn't work, it may just be cheap lightbulbs, i know you don't want to hear that but it could be that sadly .some of those low enrgry  lightbulbs are made cheap and burn out faster then the more costly ones. but try the surge protector first if it keeps blowing, it might just be cheap made lightbulbs Tongue(.
legendary
Activity: 1274
Merit: 1000
November 23, 2015, 04:42:51 PM
#7
what version of softwre miner are using if bfg


try to put  


BFGMiner:
stratum+tcp://pool url.com:port_num/#xnsub   (mind the slash '/' before #xnsub) all version of BFG beyond 4.7 support it


CGMIiner may or may not .

one version might not, one may

but with cgminer use it the same but no / is needed

CGMINER:
stratum+tcp://poolurl:port_num#xnsub (no slash '/' before #xnsub)

if your version of CG doesn't support it, if CGMINER IS the software you have, it just won't work


that should help stop the discount if your not doing it all ready . You are anlt coin mining the way it sounds ? .

On my Jupiters I am running bfgminer version 3.8.1
On my S2 I am running CGminer version 3.12.0
S3 running an unknown version.

I am not mining altcoins just F2Pool.

try it any way it helps with any disconnect i remember one time  i rented a miner the guy was having disconnect issue, i was only doing one coin with that miner, I asked him to try that it worked , his DC stopped but it may be a power issue you power is dirty so to speak or keeps dropping due to power company issues, check there site to see if they are having any kind of issue some times the power company's are and report it on there site . or get a new surge protector I'm  sure you have one now with all that gear. make sure the PSU or PSU's are ok .


NM #xnsub won't just noticed your versions of  bfg try to update it to  5.4.1 maybe then try ? . i really can't say what version of CGMINer other then start with cgminer4.8.0 on i think they put in support then but took it out at the latest CG MINER or it's there but you have to patch it in .


BFG has a nice walk thu in the ASIC read me on how to update the Jupiter or Neptune to the last version .
legendary
Activity: 3808
Merit: 1723
November 23, 2015, 04:25:11 PM
#6
Move miners to a different breaker(circuit).....

not an option.
legendary
Activity: 2450
Merit: 1002
November 23, 2015, 04:20:58 PM
#5
Move miners to a different breaker(circuit).....
legendary
Activity: 3808
Merit: 1723
November 23, 2015, 04:11:18 PM
#4
what version of softwre miner are using if bfg


try to put  


BFGMiner:
stratum+tcp://pool url.com:port_num/#xnsub   (mind the slash '/' before #xnsub) all version of BFG beyond 4.7 support it


CGMIiner may or may not .

one version might not, one may

but with cgminer use it the same but no / is needed

CGMINER:
stratum+tcp://poolurl:port_num#xnsub (no slash '/' before #xnsub)

if your version of CG doesn't support it, if CGMINER IS the software you have, it just won't work


that should help stop the discount if your not doing it all ready . You are anlt coin mining the way it sounds ? .

On my Jupiters I am running bfgminer version 3.8.1
On my S2 I am running CGminer version 3.12.0
S3 running an unknown version.

I am not mining altcoins just F2Pool.
legendary
Activity: 1274
Merit: 1000
November 23, 2015, 04:03:45 PM
#3
what version of softwre miner are using if bfg


try to put  


BFGMiner:
stratum+tcp://pool url.com:port_num/#xnsub   (mind the slash '/' before #xnsub) all version of BFG beyond 4.7 support it


CGMIiner may or may not .

one version might not, one may

but with cgminer use it the same but no / is needed

CGMINER:
stratum+tcp://poolurl:port_num#xnsub (no slash '/' before #xnsub)

if your version of CG doesn't support it, if CGMINER IS the software you have, it just won't work


that should help stop the discount if your not doing it all ready . You are anlt coin mining the way it sounds ? .
newbie
Activity: 36
Merit: 0
November 23, 2015, 03:56:33 PM
#2
install a surge suppressor between you miners and the wall outlet it stops power "noise" from traveling both directions.  Not a $10 power strip, but a real surge suppressor.
legendary
Activity: 3808
Merit: 1723
November 23, 2015, 03:52:23 PM
#1
Ever since I started mining, I noticed that many lightbulbs started burning out faster. This was on the breakers which shared the outlets with the miners and the light switch.

This wasn't a problem last year where in Canada the 60W incandescent light bulbs were still legal and cost about 10 cents each. Now going to Home Depot and the absolute cheapest light bulbs are the CCFL and they cost about $3 each. Also the "flood light" type bulbs are expensive also at about $4 each.

I noticed that this is due to

"Abandoning stale searches to restart"

this happens every few minutes where the miner shut off mining for a second and then restarts.


Was wondering is there anyway to prevent this from happening? Maybe doing shared mining between 2 pools?





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