when I first started mining, I thought I could mine off of my pc, so I tried VTC for 3 days, I can safely say I never mad enough for the light bulb in my office let alone my computer PSU...lol
now I have 2 rigs and from day one been mining noble, switched to another coin for now to sell to give some buy support to noble. but I think my mining days are going to be cut in half soon, I think I will only be able to mine at night because of the heat. once I see a good return then I will put in an ac unit, until then, I am being noble and keeping the faith. going long!!! never interested in short games.
mike
i'm planning on moving to our new basement, to help with the cooling. i'm only pulling around 1 to 1.4 mhs. but i'm using older equipment, and generating a fair amount of heat. but i'm offsetting it with a homemade solar array.
some cells from ebay, an old glass panel, an old 1000 watt inverter, an old deep cycle baterry, $ charge controller from ebay, solder, glue gun, wood from an old pallet ( from behind walmart), and a $ 1.50 diode. most of which i scavenged, so i spent about $ 70 for a 500 watt solar array.
next project is to make a wind turbine using a broken vacuum cleaner, some pvc pipe and some 2 liter bottles.
Some pictures of that would be awesome
i'll work on the pics as i get a digital camera, however as for details....
1 DC motor,,,,, in this case 1000 watt ( this is important because at every step in the process it becomes less and less efficiant [ just going to an inverter will drop the total output by 20%] and make sure the bearings are in good shape)
an external casing for the motor ( in this case a cut up vinegar bottle [ 1 gal])
2 rubber bushings ( to help with keeping the motor clean, by limiting the space around the central shaft of the motor [ the part of the motor that is connected to the brushes via belt while the vacuum is operational]
3 six way pvc fittings ( two ports vertical and 4 horizontal)
13 three way pvc fittings
20 four way pvc fittings
36 two liter bottles
also... assorted pvc pipe and fittings to step down the diameter of the pipe to get as close to the diameter of the central shaft as possible.
start the central shaft with a 6 port fitting at the base, run the pipe up to the 6 way fitting approx 18 inches from the base, then run pipe to the second 6 port fitting approx 36 inches from the base. using pipe extend out from the central shaft approx 22 inches from all ports extending from the central shaft ( make sure that they are all the same size to maintain balance). place 4 way fittings on the ends of each pipe and connect the fittings with pipe on each side after cutting the pipe and adding another 4 way fitting in the middle. ( it should start to look like a windmill from holland [ sorry the netherlands]). so now you have a central shaft, with 4 mast arms branching out and each arm ( fan) has 5 four way fittings on the outer edge. you should now be able to attach your 2 liter bottles to the open ports of all 5 four way fittings and it should add up to 9 per mast arm. do this 4 times and you have your wind catcher ( you can cut the bottles if you like to increase the amount of force generated and cut down on the weight, but you must remember to cut them the EXACT same way and make sure that they are the exact same weight or else it will become unbalanced).
now for the base... find some pvc pipe that fits as tightly to your central motor shaft as possible, then using a knife, file, fittings or whatever else you would like to use, step it up to the size of the fitting that is at the base of your wind catcher.
also for some added stability as well as the ability to put it up and break it down quickly i would recommend drilling holes in each joint to be able to place a set pin, instead of using glue.
also the wiring is the same for a solar array, run the line side through a directional diode to a charge controller, from the charge controller to a battery, from the battery to an inverter, the inverter to whatever you want to power.