Nice looking space you built there, hopefully keep the dust bunnies down. I'm going to have that music in my head all weekend lol. I love the looks of your immersion testing, I haven't heard of it being more practical to use for anyone, but have always found it neat.
The only critique I would have is you do still risk exhaust heat being sucked around to the miner intake. You should build a wall down the middle of the rack to create the cold isle on the intake side, and the warm aisle on the miner exhaust side. I'm not sure about your seasonal temps but you might have some issues down the line on warm days with the exhaust air if he fans aren't powerful enough. Congrats though on the build out.
Dust bunnies are being a huge issue during the summer with all these dandelions and poplars around.
And the music... I heard that song a few weeks ago and it's still playing in the head
I made immersion system just to test how it works. It all cost me about $700 to build.
Now, knowing how to build such thing, I can cut the costs by 1/3 maybe.
The idea is to seal the barrel, blocking the dust, pollen, puff, and even mice sometimes
from accessing the miner.
Next - I can increase speed, producing more hashrate per unit of equipment.
And since it will stay cool most of the time, maybe it makes sense to even purchase used miners. The one in the barrel right now was purchased for ~$140 together with power supply and it has a stable performance at 15.5th/s while being in 80 degrees C mineral oil.
And regarding the wall: The one you see near the miners is not a regular wall, those are the air filters. The whole wall is built with the used air filters (which can be exchanged when they get dirty). And another wall has exhaust fans.
However, you are right about the temperatures, so while I was making this video today, there were few more larger fans installed (the largest we could find working with 220V). Maybe next time we will just bring 360V wire and install some really powerful fans.
But during the winter, when the temps go down to -30C I have to shut down the fans and seal the holes; otherwise hashrate drops. The best ambient temperature is somewhere around 15-20 degrees.
Can you draw up some charts related to how much you spent and what kind of output you will get from this along with what would be your operational cost over the next few years?
I want to set up a mine of my own somewhere and I need more real world data about the breakeven duration and if it is feasible and if I can afford it.
Obviously, we all have to factor in the upcoming halving event.
Hello,
Sure, I made a table for you:
https://i.ibb.co/P5d2H2j/Capture.jpgIt seems like there is little sense in putting serious funds towards such venture, unless BTC price will raise dramatically following the halving event (which I hope will be the case), or unless you've got some sort of a "special" deal on electricity price
I have been mining for a few years now and experience has been positive so far. Meaning that I'm not at loss
)
: Does anyone have any idea about economics of cloud mining? If I was to make something available for cloud rent, why would I do that? The only reason for doing so seems to be the lack of funds to purchase equipment myself, or to spread the risk onto others. But there might be other insights I am not aware of?