Wow i get that much hatred for telling people not to run an AC?
Just fucking wow, Open a damn window or turn a fan on.
I dug a trench in my lawn, Filled it with piping, and have geothermal cooling on my CRAPTACUTLAR $600 mining setup (piping cost included)
You dont need the damn AC on.
Topic: Mining in the refrigerator? (Read 10439 times)
Yes, geothermal cooling the sanest suggestion in this thread. Bury a water loop or an air duct i.e. make a trench with a maze of bricks to draw air through.
Peltier-cooling! Did you sleep through physics class? Peltier has at best 5% efficiency worse than AC = increase your power usage 20 fold.
Peltier-cooling! Did you sleep through physics class? Peltier has at best 5% efficiency worse than AC = increase your power usage 20 fold.
what is the ideal depth for geothermal cooling? Has anyone tried setting up a rig in the sewers?
mining in the refrigerator will make your GPU fan's freeze
>refrigerator>freeze
I'll assume you meant freezer.
As long as there is no moisture, and not so far below that the oil in the fan bearing freezes, it should be fine.
mining in the refrigerator will make your GPU fan's freeze
yeah, go the pro-planet, eco green route and just stand by your GPUs and just blow on them every once in a while 
I think anyone using an AC to run thier cards is a stupid fool and also one whom is killing the planet at uneccesary boosted speeds.
Just fucking underclock the cards when it's summer time, Dont turn your fucking AC on!
Just fucking underclock the cards when it's summer time, Dont turn your fucking AC on!
"Yes Masta..Right away, Masta..Ain't gonna be no bacon on the salad, Masta...no bacon..oh no no no."
That's all I could think about as you try to tell a bunch of people on the internet what to do...
In my mining room the windows are open +1c outside keeps it cool............. The hottest GPU r 68c @full load
I close 1 window when there gets colder in winter
I close 1 window when there gets colder in winter
also one whom is killing the planet
Stopped reading right there...
I think anyone using an AC to run thier cards is a stupid fool and also one whom is killing the planet at uneccesary boosted speeds.
Just fucking underclock the cards when it's summer time, Dont turn your fucking AC on!
Just fucking underclock the cards when it's summer time, Dont turn your fucking AC on!
Move to the refrigerator.
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You may want to use some of these Peltier units :
http://www.conrad-uk.com/ce/en/product/182620/HighTech-Peltier-element-QuickCool-Max-heating-power-270-W
http://www.conrad-uk.com/ce/en/product/182620/HighTech-Peltier-element-QuickCool-Max-heating-power-270-W
This
I would think Peltier would be the only way to get sub-zero or very cold (Celsius) temps for long term & stable usage. Its was a pain(worth it tho
) to get proper insulation, power supply and temp management on my CPU using TEC. Trying to cool GPU's with phase-change, Refrigeration, or TEC would consume so many resources it seems pointless from a profitability standpoint at least. From a non-profitability standpoint having sub 0c temps is pretty awesome.
I mined in my basement and my cards were 62C with the fans at a very low level. Tada btw if you seriously mined in the fridge, where would you get power from? It's a sealed container.
btw if you seriously mined in the fridge, where would you get power from? It's a sealed container. ooo,How about a chest with "dry ice" 
Condensation may still be a factor
direct cooling with dry ice does need insulation. Boxing dry ice to create a low temps box would not, but would be extremely expensive to run 24/7. So does direct contact. Condensation may still be a factor
ooo,How about a chest with "dry ice"
Condensation may still be a factor
Condensation may still be a factor
This wouldn't make much of a difference because you would still be dumping the majority of the heat into the fridge/freezer.
My best idea would be to have a water cooled rig and have the reservoir in the fridge/freezer (obviously use anti-freeze if using a freezer). This would dramatically drop temps without killing the fridge/freezer. This would eliminate most of the condensation problems.
You gotta remember, colder is not better. IIRC, the optimal ambient temp/humidity even in a data center is 68F/45%. Run those AC's at 68F, and you're good.
That is not true. Computers run better and better the colder they are. I have a competition PC with a tri-head cascade running -95c on the CPU and both GPUs. The only problem is condensation which starts at roughly 10c CORE temperatures at normal ambient. If the ambient and core temperatures have a low temperature delta, it can be as low as you want. You can easily fight condensation with proper hardware insulation (easily for ezExperienced people though).
Although. That is very inneffective for mining. Any cooling assisted by a compressor (direct cooling, ac, water chilling) will be extremely inneficient energy wise once below high heat thresholds (is ambient over roughly 35c)
Actually if you dig a hole in the ground and go down a couple of feet it's like 50 degrees year-round (at least at my latitude).
Just stick the whole thing in a metal box and bury it with the cables coming out of the ground. That's free!
its called geothermy, and its more than a couple feet. But other than that it is an extremely economical way to cool a PC (and a house obviously). But simply burrying something would be ineffective. You need to have a circulation over a great area so the process is usually done with something similar to a well. Although the running cost is extremely cheap, the initial cost for a geothermic setup is roughly 30k Just stick the whole thing in a metal box and bury it with the cables coming out of the ground. That's free!
Actually if you dig a hole in the ground and go down a couple of feet it's like 50 degrees year-round (at least at my latitude).
Just stick the whole thing in a metal box and bury it with the cables coming out of the ground. That's free!
No, that's a horrible idea... The soil would work as insulation. Everything would burn out within a few days. You would need air tunnels underground to pull the air out, cool it, and send it back. Simply burying a mining rig won't work. Just stick the whole thing in a metal box and bury it with the cables coming out of the ground. That's free!
Actually if you dig a hole in the ground and go down a couple of feet it's like 50 degrees year-round (at least at my latitude).
Just stick the whole thing in a metal box and bury it with the cables coming out of the ground. That's free!
Just stick the whole thing in a metal box and bury it with the cables coming out of the ground. That's free!
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