We have the solar array setup giving very cheap power. And we could supply a platinum or gold power supply to run it. At five cents a kwatt. The gear would cost 7 cents an hour to run since it should use 1.4 kwatts
I keep seeing you reference your solar array and your very cheap power, but how have you allowed for the cost of the solar array itself? Was the solar array hardware donated? If you can sell power back to the grid at 5 cents, this is not the true picture since it doesn't account for the capital investment.
Sorry this is a bit off topic, been meaning to ask this question since you mention your solar array A LOT.
Solar incentives vary state to,state.
The projected roi for,the, array is 4 to 5 years. This is with New Jersey incentives.
Buysolar has a solar install business and did his install at a much lower price then a normal person can do,so.
It is also much bigger then a home owner install. 275 x 500 watt panels about 137000 watts peak.
I believe his price was close to 140,000 . Without NJ incentives this would never work.
I also think a homeowner would pay 40 to 50 percent more.
Say 195 to 210k.
To get back to the idea of doing some group buy of an s-9 or two I found from Kano's thread the s-9
May be forced to only mine on antpool.
If this,is the case I am not mining the s-9s in a group buy. I will self mine them. As I do not care to send hash to antpool.