Topic: Placing machines outside on cold winter? -20 - page 5. (Read 16794 times)
Thanks for posting the pics! Now I can see the cables you were talking about. Man, they look horrible, but since you said everything's normal now maybe that's ok, idk.
So apart from the cables everything's fine? I'm glad if it is so. Good luck on mining!
On the night a bit of the "homeMAde" cable is still warm, the other day when 4x pcie were passing trough 1x copper wire , it got RED HOT, and started to burn stuff and melting plastic haha, no dmg too done i got it in time
.Man, please stop using those "homemade" cables! This is not a joke. That's good that you got there in time before fire started, but don't you think that was a sign for you to stop using those cables.
You better pay some cash for the good cables then take such risks. I'm not alone here who is telling this to you so you are warned.
Hey, it is okey now whit cables.
I had made some miss wiring, was passing 300a trough 1 cabler for 2x pcie. i have 4 rails and was using 3.
Now each connection got 1x rail and cables are actually not hot anymore and passing 150a by each cable.
The cable is HOME wiring , fat Copper Wires so was kinda dissapointed when this happened.'
Now it's working fine i will upload pics of the sp20.
Please do upload those pictures once you get a chance. I have been very curious what it looks like after you described cables.
If you have a chance please take picture of wiring to it.
It will be dangerous for the equipment. I strongly recommend not to do so.
On the night a bit of the "homeMAde" cable is still warm, the other day when 4x pcie were passing trough 1x copper wire , it got RED HOT, and started to burn stuff and melting plastic haha, no dmg too done i got it in time
.Man, please stop using those "homemade" cables! This is not a joke. That's good that you got there in time before fire started, but don't you think that was a sign for you to stop using those cables.
You better pay some cash for the good cables then take such risks. I'm not alone here who is telling this to you so you are warned.
Hey, it is okey now whit cables.
I had made some miss wiring, was passing 300a trough 1 cabler for 2x pcie. i have 4 rails and was using 3.
Now each connection got 1x rail and cables are actually not hot anymore and passing 150a by each cable.
The cable is HOME wiring , fat Copper Wires so was kinda dissapointed when this happened.'
Now it's working fine i will upload pics of the sp20.
On the night a bit of the "homeMAde" cable is still warm, the other day when 4x pcie were passing trough 1x copper wire , it got RED HOT, and started to burn stuff and melting plastic haha, no dmg too done i got it in time
.Man, please stop using those "homemade" cables! This is not a joke. That's good that you got there in time before fire started, but don't you think that was a sign for you to stop using those cables.
You better pay some cash for the good cables then take such risks. I'm not alone here who is telling this to you so you are warned.
I feel the urge to bring this up again:
saving space from pic
This happend to me, use the right gauge!
saving space from pic
This happend to me, use the right gauge!
Exactly it is scary what electricity can do if not set up proper. Using crap wire, or cheaper wire. Cheaper equipment can cause very bad things.
For OP to seem say "haha" around all those bad things is scary. I don't think he realizes that it can burn down buildings... scary. Get a good smoke detector if your messing with stuff like that.
I feel the urge to bring this up again:
This happend to me, use the right gauge!
This happend to me, use the right gauge!
Are there more pictures of that happening? I had not seen the first one thank you for posting it. Different view was interesting.
But yea like I mentioned earlier stop.... honest OP you will thank us. Heating up and burning stuff is no joke, it's honestly dangerous.
Just browsing google image search, found these as well, there may be more out there:
On the night a bit of the "homeMAde" cable is still warm, the other day when 4x pcie were passing trough 1x copper wire , it got RED HOT, and started to burn stuff and melting plastic haha, no dmg too done i got it in time
.You need to use some real wires and size them appropriately. Nothing should be so hot that you cannot touch it. Something red hot is way way way into the danger zone, you'll end up burning down your neighborhood.
Are there more pictures of that happening? I had not seen the first one thank you for posting it. Different view was interesting.
But yea like I mentioned earlier stop.... honest OP you will thank us. Heating up and burning stuff is no joke, it's honestly dangerous.
On the night a bit of the "homeMAde" cable is still warm, the other day when 4x pcie were passing trough 1x copper wire , it got RED HOT, and started to burn stuff and melting plastic haha, no dmg too done i got it in time
.You need to use some real wires and size them appropriately. Nothing should be so hot that you cannot touch it. Something red hot is way way way into the danger zone, you'll end up burning down your neighborhood.
^^Absolutely. With 1300W we are talking about at least 100 amps, so you should use 4 AWG or 35mm2 for your wiring.
I will put pictures later tonite.
I have sp20 outside, but temps as said before are not so low yet. maybe 0c at night as lowest and around 15c daily.
Fan at 100% still only have the miner on 1650GH/s , asic temps are fine too 2x at 100c and rest 85c.
It is pulling around 1300W from the wall and 2 wires are hot , some plastic melted and burned a week ago, tought was running 2x pcie from 1x wire.
Now each pci-e have it own wire , tought 2x are still running hot but not to a melting point.
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I have sp20 outside, but temps as said before are not so low yet. maybe 0c at night as lowest and around 15c daily.
Fan at 100% still only have the miner on 1650GH/s , asic temps are fine too 2x at 100c and rest 85c.
It is pulling around 1300W from the wall and 2 wires are hot , some plastic melted and burned a week ago, tought was running 2x pcie from 1x wire.
Now each pci-e have it own wire , tought 2x are still running hot but not to a melting point.
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I look forward to seeing the pictures! I have been curious what this project will turn into.
On the wires are you saying at 0c they are still hot? In 0c the wires should not be hot. What PSU are you using? Also are you using a extension cord?
Yeal ill be updating.
Just had so much crap outside i need to get everything clean to make some room.
sp20 is currently on a server psu. DPS-2000BB , i self made the wires whit home wiring , they are fat Copper cables and should not be so hot actually.
On the night a bit of the "homeMAde" cable is still warm, the other day when 4x pcie were passing trough 1x copper wire , it got RED HOT, and started to burn stuff and melting plastic haha, no dmg too done i got it in time
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I HIGHLY suggest stopping using them and look into better cables. The hot cable is not good. 4 PCIE cables going through 1 wire? Can you take a picture of it.
Please show what your doing on 4 though 1 cable as this sounds like something I have not seen before. Not to mention dangerous.
I will put pictures later tonite.
I have sp20 outside, but temps as said before are not so low yet. maybe 0c at night as lowest and around 15c daily.
Fan at 100% still only have the miner on 1650GH/s , asic temps are fine too 2x at 100c and rest 85c.
It is pulling around 1300W from the wall and 2 wires are hot , some plastic melted and burned a week ago, tought was running 2x pcie from 1x wire.
Now each pci-e have it own wire , tought 2x are still running hot but not to a melting point.
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I have sp20 outside, but temps as said before are not so low yet. maybe 0c at night as lowest and around 15c daily.
Fan at 100% still only have the miner on 1650GH/s , asic temps are fine too 2x at 100c and rest 85c.
It is pulling around 1300W from the wall and 2 wires are hot , some plastic melted and burned a week ago, tought was running 2x pcie from 1x wire.
Now each pci-e have it own wire , tought 2x are still running hot but not to a melting point.
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I look forward to seeing the pictures! I have been curious what this project will turn into.
On the wires are you saying at 0c they are still hot? In 0c the wires should not be hot. What PSU are you using? Also are you using a extension cord?
Yeal ill be updating.
Just had so much crap outside i need to get everything clean to make some room.
sp20 is currently on a server psu. DPS-2000BB , i self made the wires whit home wiring , they are fat Copper cables and should not be so hot actually.
On the night a bit of the "homeMAde" cable is still warm, the other day when 4x pcie were passing trough 1x copper wire , it got RED HOT, and started to burn stuff and melting plastic haha, no dmg too done i got it in time
.the s5s will sit on a rm1000 together, i am not comfortable to put all the machines on the Server psu and make it fully load.
The burnage happened at half load.
right now i am configuring and making everything clean , have alot of IT work to do from school so kinda prioritizing but ill keep update as much as i can.
Weather is still warm, it got even warmer, but should drop any soon, it should start to snow in some weeks.
I will put pictures later tonite.
I have sp20 outside, but temps as said before are not so low yet. maybe 0c at night as lowest and around 15c daily.
Fan at 100% still only have the miner on 1650GH/s , asic temps are fine too 2x at 100c and rest 85c.
It is pulling around 1300W from the wall and 2 wires are hot , some plastic melted and burned a week ago, tought was running 2x pcie from 1x wire.
Now each pci-e have it own wire , tought 2x are still running hot but not to a melting point.
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I have sp20 outside, but temps as said before are not so low yet. maybe 0c at night as lowest and around 15c daily.
Fan at 100% still only have the miner on 1650GH/s , asic temps are fine too 2x at 100c and rest 85c.
It is pulling around 1300W from the wall and 2 wires are hot , some plastic melted and burned a week ago, tought was running 2x pcie from 1x wire.
Now each pci-e have it own wire , tought 2x are still running hot but not to a melting point.
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I look forward to seeing the pictures! I have been curious what this project will turn into.
On the wires are you saying at 0c they are still hot? In 0c the wires should not be hot. What PSU are you using? Also are you using a extension cord?
I will put pictures later tonite.
I have not built a box yet. still considering the materials to be used.
I have sp20 outside, but temps as said before are not so low yet. maybe 0c at night as lowest and around 15c daily.
Fan at 100% still only have the miner on 1650GH/s , asic temps are fine too 2x at 100c and rest 85c.
It is pulling around 1300W from the wall and 2 wires are hot , some plastic melted and burned a week ago, tought was running 2x pcie from 1x wire.
Now each pci-e have it own wire , tought 2x are still running hot but not to a melting point.
Still waiting for colder temps to start something atleast.
I just can't seem to overclock the sp20 it keeps just adjusting automatic even if the temps are low.
Bringing home some S5 miners, will see tonithgt how they perform outside.
I have not built a box yet. still considering the materials to be used.
I have sp20 outside, but temps as said before are not so low yet. maybe 0c at night as lowest and around 15c daily.
Fan at 100% still only have the miner on 1650GH/s , asic temps are fine too 2x at 100c and rest 85c.
It is pulling around 1300W from the wall and 2 wires are hot , some plastic melted and burned a week ago, tought was running 2x pcie from 1x wire.
Now each pci-e have it own wire , tought 2x are still running hot but not to a melting point.
Still waiting for colder temps to start something atleast.
I just can't seem to overclock the sp20 it keeps just adjusting automatic even if the temps are low.
Bringing home some S5 miners, will see tonithgt how they perform outside.
As long as the miner stays on so it generates heat, does not get wet, has air circulation and stays clean I would think it will do fine.
I might be concerned about the wiring getting to brittle if it gets really cold.
I might be concerned about the wiring getting to brittle if it gets really cold.
+1 but maybe you can help the wires by making sure you connect it only with one cable instead of two (not sure every miner has this option but most miners you can use a stronger PSU and then put only one connection so a lot of power goes thru this one connection and warms itself up...) also if you overclock the hashrate the heat inside should suffice to keep the cables warm...
AS long as you keep the air flowing and do not allow water to reach the miner I think you will be fine. This is around February and early march of this year and if I were you I would go for it.
This is the really hard part I forsee. OP talks about a box outside in -20. The miner will heat the inside of the box. I think getting airflow outside without allowing moisture is going to be a really uphill battle.
I honestly hope OP does it as I have not seen it done outside in -20. But I sure would start off with a cheap miner nothing nicer then a S3 in that box. I'm afraid moisture will make it the box of death for a miner.
The box might get a li ttle heat, but the idea is to have the fulls fully blowing to get the hot air pushed outside.
I am running one outside atm, and it's 100% cool inside, but the temps are still warm
Can you take some pictures? Is the one outside in a box like you mentioned?
Also what kind of miner did you put out there?
Yes, please. I'd like to see some pictures too. How's your progress?
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but the temps are still warm
You mean the temps outside? So no -20 yet?
AS long as you keep the air flowing and do not allow water to reach the miner I think you will be fine. This is around February and early march of this year and if I were you I would go for it.
This is the really hard part I forsee. OP talks about a box outside in -20. The miner will heat the inside of the box. I think getting airflow outside without allowing moisture is going to be a really uphill battle.
I honestly hope OP does it as I have not seen it done outside in -20. But I sure would start off with a cheap miner nothing nicer then a S3 in that box. I'm afraid moisture will make it the box of death for a miner.
The box might get a li ttle heat, but the idea is to have the fulls fully blowing to get the hot air pushed outside.
I am running one outside atm, and it's 100% cool inside, but the temps are still warm
Can you take some pictures? Is the one outside in a box like you mentioned?
Also what kind of miner did you put out there?
AS long as you keep the air flowing and do not allow water to reach the miner I think you will be fine. This is around February and early march of this year and if I were you I would go for it.
This is the really hard part I forsee. OP talks about a box outside in -20. The miner will heat the inside of the box. I think getting airflow outside without allowing moisture is going to be a really uphill battle.
I honestly hope OP does it as I have not seen it done outside in -20. But I sure would start off with a cheap miner nothing nicer then a S3 in that box. I'm afraid moisture will make it the box of death for a miner.
The box might get a li ttle heat, but the idea is to have the fulls fully blowing to get the hot air pushed outside.
I am running one outside atm, and it's 100% cool inside, but the temps are still warm
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