Maintenance of rig capacitors - page 2.

smoolae

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Capacitors can go bad indeed, but like it has been already stated here, caps are influenced by heat and also physical damage. Capacitors, when from good a good manufacturer, can be really durable even when used 24/7 under high stress and heat environment.

I personally almost broke one of the caps when pulling off a heatsink from my R9 290. Pulled the heatsink off but a corner of it somehow managed to hit one capacitor so that one of the leads almost separated. Was really surprised and startled but just pushed the lead inside again. And voila, everything was working

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Good caps are pretty durable.

nc50lc

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Quote from: vodafone228 on July 18, 2018, 02:49:01 AM

Well he is running a IT company and 3 rental mining farms. So I thought he knows what he is talking about..... or maybe not.

I got a feeling that "that" idea wasn't your friend's idea. Seems like I've misunderstood the OP.

vodafone228

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Well he is running a IT company and 3 rental mining farms. So I thought he knows what he is talking about..... or maybe not.

nc50lc

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You~~r friend~~ probably fetched that idea from the internet where facts can turn into rumors.

Mechanical disks like HDDs are the ones that's better off running 24/7 than periodically shutting down and turning on, not Capacitors.
Heat is the major risk to your rig's capacitors' life, so turning them off during a hot climate or low/improper ventilating condition is better than running them 24/7.
Under good room temperature and proper voltages, there's no point on shutting it down to maximize your profit, just don't forget to do a maintenance.

fanatic26_

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You should be fine shutting your rigs off and turning them on. While yes technically 24/7 operation is ideal due to no power on surges etc these are just basic computer parts. They are meant to be turned off and on, you should have no issue. It sounds like your friend just had some bad luck.

vodafone228

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I have heard that capacitors (especially for mining rigs) are better off running at 24/7 , as opposed to on/off, or prolong idle time. I have a friend burning one of the capacitors in his mining rig mobo after switching it off for a week. I am about to go for a 2 weeks family trip, I won't be using my rig to mine with an empty house. Is there anything I can do when I come back and start mining again?

I am thinking to just turn it on for an hour without mining, then under clocking it and do some easy algo to warm up?

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