Topic: so my electric bill came in - page 2. (Read 7848 times)
I can't imagine the cops face when busting in on what they think might be the pot bust of the year only to find a miner and his giant computer
You might get a front door to the face if you tried that and weren't quick enough. Plus they could seize anything in the house for 'inspection' if they wanted, I know people who've had PC's/mobiles taken for months as 'evidence'
this cop busting/raid thing is getting me a bit worried...
Invite them round then? How many kw are you pulling from the wall? Anything above 1-2kw constant is gonna look odd to the power company, and some are obliged to tell the police if something looks dodgy.
Just invite them round for a cuppa, explain your concerns and show them your 'servers'.
My main problem would only be the time of day. Raids tend to be in the morning time before six o clock around here.
So I'd be like "good morning officer, I was just going to Ned, how can I help you?"
If I mined with 5GH/s at my house in the Socialist Republic of Kalifornia, SCE would run me $720/month before AC costs. Considering it was 90F today and will be 95F tomorrow, it would probably be $1k with AC running 
$170 is damn cheaper than most everything (except free)
$170 is damn cheaper than most everything (except free)
You may get the police busting down the door expecting you to have been growing something inside the house...
I've got a total of 1 card may bump up to 2 at home the rest are at work where I don't pay for electricity
Without mining I used to hit $300-350 in the summer of Texas prices. After installing the 21SEER AC last year it never went over $150 ish Has anyone actually ever INVITED the police to his mining rig saying "Hey, I noticed some of my friends got busted out of bed for their electricity bills and so on, could I invite an officer to my place for some coffee so we don't waste valuable government money on me NOT growing marihuana?"
I have actually thought about doing that one day. If my elec bills would climb to a level that might be considered dangerous, I would walk over there and tell them "Hey, I know that police raids tend do happen at 5.30, and to prevent someone busting my door in while i am sleeping, would you want to have some coffee at my place after your shift to see that you don't have to raid me? I would love to see your time rather used on someone that hurts our country."
this cop busting/raid thing is getting me a bit worried...
Invite them round then? How many kw are you pulling from the wall? Anything above 1-2kw constant is gonna look odd to the power company, and some are obliged to tell the police if something looks dodgy.
Just invite them round for a cuppa, explain your concerns and show them your 'servers'.
never invite a cop into your home. someone may have left even a small bag of drugs at your place somewhere you don't know about, the cop may find it.
agreed
but for the record, i did have two cruisers pull up at 1 am to my house, probably sometime in january or feb? i live in a rural area that's incorporated into a small town (pop 2000 roughly), so those 2 policeman were the two that are always on duty on nights. so the whole police force pulled up (ok, they may have had someone extra working that night, hah)
appeared to be looking through my server window (it was like 30o outside or so and it had the fan in the window blasting in, etc).. so i opened the door and asked what the problem was, and apparently there was a 'chemical smell' wafting from my house, that they could smell from about 200 yds away (the main road)
but i forget myself when they're actually there and present, so, yeah, i invited them into the house. they saw my computers and left. took about a minute. though in hindsight, i wouldnt have let them in
I'd in fact have made them coffee.
this cop busting/raid thing is getting me a bit worried...
Damm thats one hell of a bill! HOpe you made some coin to pay for it!
If I mined with 5GH/s at my house in the Socialist Republic of Kalifornia, SCE would run me $720/month before AC costs. Considering it was 90F today and will be 95F tomorrow, it would probably be $1k with AC running
$170 is damn cheaper than most everything (except free)
$170 is damn cheaper than most everything (except free)
You may get the police busting down the door expecting you to have been growing something inside the house...
I've got a total of 1 card may bump up to 2 at home the rest are at work where I don't pay for electricity
Without mining I used to hit $300-350 in the summer of Texas prices. After installing the 21SEER AC last year it never went over $150 ish I'm from San Antonio, but live in Cali atm (military) I plan on moving back to Texas in the next couple of years. What's a 21SEER? is that a brand of AC?
I'm going to be looking into buying a house and want an efficient AC becasue I know how that Texas heat can be, thanks.
Lennox XC21 - Techincally 21 is for 1.5ton this one is either 18.5 or 19.5 (3.5ton). I can save more on long trips by turning it way up when we are gone and adjust 1h before returning on my phone
Thanks for the info!
never invite a cop into your home. someone may have left even a small bag of drugs at your place somewhere you don't know about, the cop may find it.
agreed
but for the record, i did have two cruisers pull up at 1 am to my house, probably sometime in january or feb? i live in a rural area that's incorporated into a small town (pop 2000 roughly), so those 2 policeman were the two that are always on duty on nights. so the whole police force pulled up (ok, they may have had someone extra working that night, hah)
appeared to be looking through my server window (it was like 30o outside or so and it had the fan in the window blasting in, etc).. so i opened the door and asked what the problem was, and apparently there was a 'chemical smell' wafting from my house, that they could smell from about 200 yds away (the main road)
but i forget myself when they're actually there and present, so, yeah, i invited them into the house. they saw my computers and left. took about a minute. though in hindsight, i wouldnt have let them in
never invite a cop into your home. someone may have left even a small bag of drugs at your place somewhere you don't know about, the cop may find it.
Everything is illegal if you don't trust them don't invite over. If the cop is a friend I wouldn't worry.
If I mined with 5GH/s at my house in the Socialist Republic of Kalifornia, SCE would run me $720/month before AC costs. Considering it was 90F today and will be 95F tomorrow, it would probably be $1k with AC running
$170 is damn cheaper than most everything (except free)
$170 is damn cheaper than most everything (except free)
You may get the police busting down the door expecting you to have been growing something inside the house...
I've got a total of 1 card may bump up to 2 at home the rest are at work where I don't pay for electricity
Without mining I used to hit $300-350 in the summer of Texas prices. After installing the 21SEER AC last year it never went over $150 ish I'm from San Antonio, but live in Cali atm (military) I plan on moving back to Texas in the next couple of years. What's a 21SEER? is that a brand of AC?
I'm going to be looking into buying a house and want an efficient AC becasue I know how that Texas heat can be, thanks.
Lennox XC21 - Techincally 21 is for 1.5ton this one is either 18.5 or 19.5 (3.5ton). I can save more on long trips by turning it way up when we are gone and adjust 1h before returning on my phone
If I mined with 5GH/s at my house in the Socialist Republic of Kalifornia, SCE would run me $720/month before AC costs. Considering it was 90F today and will be 95F tomorrow, it would probably be $1k with AC running
$170 is damn cheaper than most everything (except free)
$170 is damn cheaper than most everything (except free)
You may get the police busting down the door expecting you to have been growing something inside the house...
I've got a total of 1 card may bump up to 2 at home the rest are at work where I don't pay for electricity
Without mining I used to hit $300-350 in the summer of Texas prices. After installing the 21SEER AC last year it never went over $150 ish I'm from San Antonio, but live in Cali atm (military) I plan on moving back to Texas in the next couple of years. What's a 21SEER? is that a brand of AC?
I'm going to be looking into buying a house and want an efficient AC becasue I know how that Texas heat can be, thanks.
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never invite a cop into your home. someone may have left even a small bag of drugs at your place somewhere you don't know about, the cop may find it.
Fascinating idea. But let's just say this didn't happen and I would probably invite friends over here that carry a badge. Probably the better solution.
If I mined with 5GH/s at my house in the Socialist Republic of Kalifornia, SCE would run me $720/month before AC costs. Considering it was 90F today and will be 95F tomorrow, it would probably be $1k with AC running
$170 is damn cheaper than most everything (except free)
$170 is damn cheaper than most everything (except free)
You may get the police busting down the door expecting you to have been growing something inside the house...
I've got a total of 1 card may bump up to 2 at home the rest are at work where I don't pay for electricity
Without mining I used to hit $300-350 in the summer of Texas prices. After installing the 21SEER AC last year it never went over $150 ish Has anyone actually ever INVITED the police to his mining rig saying "Hey, I noticed some of my friends got busted out of bed for their electricity bills and so on, could I invite an officer to my place for some coffee so we don't waste valuable government money on me NOT growing marihuana?"
I have actually thought about doing that one day. If my elec bills would climb to a level that might be considered dangerous, I would walk over there and tell them "Hey, I know that police raids tend do happen at 5.30, and to prevent someone busting my door in while i am sleeping, would you want to have some coffee at my place after your shift to see that you don't have to raid me? I would love to see your time rather used on someone that hurts our country."
never invite a cop into your home. someone may have left even a small bag of drugs at your place somewhere you don't know about, the cop may find it.
If I mined with 5GH/s at my house in the Socialist Republic of Kalifornia, SCE would run me $720/month before AC costs. Considering it was 90F today and will be 95F tomorrow, it would probably be $1k with AC running
$170 is damn cheaper than most everything (except free)
$170 is damn cheaper than most everything (except free)
You may get the police busting down the door expecting you to have been growing something inside the house...
I've got a total of 1 card may bump up to 2 at home the rest are at work where I don't pay for electricity
Without mining I used to hit $300-350 in the summer of Texas prices. After installing the 21SEER AC last year it never went over $150 ish Has anyone actually ever INVITED the police to his mining rig saying "Hey, I noticed some of my friends got busted out of bed for their electricity bills and so on, could I invite an officer to my place for some coffee so we don't waste valuable government money on me NOT growing marihuana?"
I have actually thought about doing that one day. If my elec bills would climb to a level that might be considered dangerous, I would walk over there and tell them "Hey, I know that police raids tend do happen at 5.30, and to prevent someone busting my door in while i am sleeping, would you want to have some coffee at my place after your shift to see that you don't have to raid me? I would love to see your time rather used on someone that hurts our country."
If I mined with 5GH/s at my house in the Socialist Republic of Kalifornia, SCE would run me $720/month before AC costs. Considering it was 90F today and will be 95F tomorrow, it would probably be $1k with AC running
$170 is damn cheaper than most everything (except free)
$170 is damn cheaper than most everything (except free)
You may get the police busting down the door expecting you to have been growing something inside the house...
I've got a total of 1 card may bump up to 2 at home the rest are at work where I don't pay for electricity
Without mining I used to hit $300-350 in the summer of Texas prices. After installing the 21SEER AC last year it never went over $150 ish Hey guys, so my electric bill finally came in!
I had 5000 megahashes running for the entire month of April 2013.
March 2013 the electric bill was $180, April 2013 the electric bill was $360. Without factoring in heating differences in the weather and stuff like that, this eludes to a hardware mining overhead cost $170
is this good or bad, what are my kilowatt hours, and how would I calculate that?
mainly curious because I have sold off some of that cluster computer already, but plan to buy more hardware factoring in these variables
I had 5000 megahashes running for the entire month of April 2013.
March 2013 the electric bill was $180, April 2013 the electric bill was $360. Without factoring in heating differences in the weather and stuff like that, this eludes to a hardware mining overhead cost $170
is this good or bad, what are my kilowatt hours, and how would I calculate that?
mainly curious because I have sold off some of that cluster computer already, but plan to buy more hardware factoring in these variables
5GH/s with what equipment?
at current rate you have a profit of $700 per months, not bad
better get an apartment with free elec and mine the shit out of it
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