Topic: Uses of waste mining heat? - page 2. (Read 6372 times)
I have three open air rigs that have five gpu's each. I have a window style exhaust fan in front of each one that sucks air from the rigs and blows it out of my office , this has worked quite well to heat my entire downstairs of my house so far this fall
It would require a lot of work but you could use a heat exchange to pre-heat water for hot water heater. Every watt of thermal energy you dump into the hot water heater is a watt you don't need to spend money for. Obviously this requires water cooling. The "warm" air exhausted from GPU is simply hot concentrated enough to be of any use. Removing that heat by water makes the waste heat more "usable".
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Yeah, that thread was the one that got me thinking about this topic, I was going to add a link to it, but you beat me to it
When I was mining, it would have been nice if I could use the mining heat to heat the hot tub.
The hot tub is only feet away, and consumes electricity on its own just to keep the water warm. What a waste! I could have water cooled rigs and free mining (the hot tub pays for it) if only I wanted to spend some time engineering some plumbing and frankensteining twelve video cards.
The hot tub is only feet away, and consumes electricity on its own just to keep the water warm. What a waste! I could have water cooled rigs and free mining (the hot tub pays for it) if only I wanted to spend some time engineering some plumbing and frankensteining twelve video cards.
Thinking is good.... and apparently comfortable.
Wouldn't a thermal couple work for you. Its a little waste in efficiency but provides multiple uses other than the tub.
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When I was mining, it would have been nice if I could use the mining heat to heat the hot tub.
The hot tub is only feet away, and consumes electricity on its own just to keep the water warm. What a waste! I could have water cooled rigs and free mining (the hot tub pays for it) if only I wanted to spend some time engineering some plumbing and frankensteining twelve video cards.
The hot tub is only feet away, and consumes electricity on its own just to keep the water warm. What a waste! I could have water cooled rigs and free mining (the hot tub pays for it) if only I wanted to spend some time engineering some plumbing and frankensteining twelve video cards.
Help bread dough to rise.
Pipe the heat into an adjoining room, and add moisture to create a sauna.
Put rigs in a greenhouse and grow tomatoes year-round.
Not a lot of realistic uses, sorry.
Pipe the heat into an adjoining room, and add moisture to create a sauna.
Put rigs in a greenhouse and grow tomatoes year-round.
Not a lot of realistic uses, sorry.
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Does anybody use the heat from their mining rig for anything useful (other than heating the space in which the rig sits)?
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