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JLM

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Quote from: celticbhoy on July 05, 2013, 12:54:25 PM

Quote from: Eivol on July 05, 2013, 10:21:18 AM

Anyone looking into this, please get in touch.

Looks like the ASIC Miners may make this easier. I don't get much sun in the UK and the electricity is pricier than USA.
I am looking at a charge controllers and panels and have plans to use a Open UPS from a place called mini-box.
Anyone already using PiMiner?

Cheers,
EE

Don't think it would be viable in the uk, solar panels themselves are expensive.

And sun iradiation is low... eolic is better. Full time and works during night.

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There's no reason not to do this. On the other hand there's nothing terribly motivating it either.
If you consider that power costs are a more general problem that you can solve with solar who cares if you're powering mining, your fridge, lighting, etc.

If pricing in the UK is an issue, just going into solar would help your costs anyways, that is if it were less expensive/you had more sun. Maybe a backyard generator, I think those do something like 500 watts depending. Or as a completely different alternative, just invest in one of the many securities that are for mining that include somebody else's (presumably less expensive) electricity. There are several on btct.

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Quote from: Eivol on July 05, 2013, 10:21:18 AM

Anyone looking into this, please get in touch.

Looks like the ASIC Miners may make this easier. I don't get much sun in the UK and the electricity is pricier than USA.
I am looking at a charge controllers and panels and have plans to use a Open UPS from a place called mini-box.
Anyone already using PiMiner?

Cheers,
EE

Don't think it would be viable in the uk, solar panels themselves are expensive.

JLM

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Quote from: Eivol on July 05, 2013, 10:21:18 AM

Anyone looking into this, please get in touch.

Looks like the ASIC Miners may make this easier. I don't get much sun in the UK and the electricity is pricier than USA.
I am looking at a charge controllers and panels and have plans to use a Open UPS from a place called mini-box.
Anyone already using PiMiner?

Cheers,
EE

Piminer: https://bitcointalksearch.org/topic/piminer-diy-mining-controllermonitor-with-raspberry-pi-v11-241504
Solar power: it is good, but remenber; if power go low could "cut" mining. Try eolic + solar + depth cycle batteries. Maybe could work...

Eivol

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Anyone looking into this, please get in touch.

Looks like the ASIC Miners may make this easier. I don't get much sun in the UK and the electricity is pricier than USA.
I am looking at a charge controllers and panels and have plans to use a Open UPS from a place called mini-box.
Anyone already using PiMiner?

Cheers,
EE

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