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This isn't necessarily what the thread is about, but I've got an idea about heating/ventilation that I may be implementing when I start mining in October.
I plan to use two racks side by side (not back to back) to put the miners on. I'll put an insulated tarp on the back of the two racks and cut holes in it for the exhaust fans of the miners (should work better than drywall as BitcoinIntern suggested). From there I'll put two "poles" up vertical to each end of the rack, creating the frame for a small square "room". Then I'll fasten more of the insulated tarps from the pole to one end of the rack on each side, and then a tarp over the top. This should effectively create a small insulated room which you could then place an industrial portable AC in front of which would shoot cold air into the room for the miners to suck up.
It's difficult to picture but imagine a small room with a bunch of holes cut out of the back, and one hole cut out of the front to stick the AC output into. The exhaust of all of the miners can be ventilated out of the room without ever recirculating back into the miners intake, or heating the air up that the miners will be sucking in. I'm thinking that even if the room the miners were in is 100 degrees, with the insulated tarps and an industrial portable AC creating positive air pressure in the makeshift room, the miners should run as if it were only 70 degrees out, which would be extremely cost efficient. Another note, I wouldn't consider the AC and would simply use outside air as intake to the small room, but I live in Florida, so sucking in 90 degree air would be a bad idea. Let me know what you guys think.
I plan to use two racks side by side (not back to back) to put the miners on. I'll put an insulated tarp on the back of the two racks and cut holes in it for the exhaust fans of the miners (should work better than drywall as BitcoinIntern suggested). From there I'll put two "poles" up vertical to each end of the rack, creating the frame for a small square "room". Then I'll fasten more of the insulated tarps from the pole to one end of the rack on each side, and then a tarp over the top. This should effectively create a small insulated room which you could then place an industrial portable AC in front of which would shoot cold air into the room for the miners to suck up.
It's difficult to picture but imagine a small room with a bunch of holes cut out of the back, and one hole cut out of the front to stick the AC output into. The exhaust of all of the miners can be ventilated out of the room without ever recirculating back into the miners intake, or heating the air up that the miners will be sucking in. I'm thinking that even if the room the miners were in is 100 degrees, with the insulated tarps and an industrial portable AC creating positive air pressure in the makeshift room, the miners should run as if it were only 70 degrees out, which would be extremely cost efficient. Another note, I wouldn't consider the AC and would simply use outside air as intake to the small room, but I live in Florida, so sucking in 90 degree air would be a bad idea. Let me know what you guys think.
Tarps will surely be very easy to work with. But what if the Tarps catch fire due to excessive heat?
