Where is everyone getting their wall meters?

noobieone

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Quote from: Steamtyme on October 06, 2019, 07:43:28 PM

In short no. Most other countries I believe run 220/240 at the residential level, as opposed to bringing it down to 110/120. With fewer plug differences so that's why you find the Kill-a-watt style devices so readily available. What I did to allow for growth and density, was go with 30 amp 240V circuits to a PDU then to my miners. If you want to spend a lot of extra coin you can buy some pretty fancy PDU's but they're not necessary. That's very similar to what my first couple miners ran off, so there's nothing wrong with the circuit as is, for most miners. You can always upgrade down the road.

Here's another that can be helpful when starting out. First time/Small miner reference for getting started.

Thank you. I have 240V 30A breakers. 10/2 WG wire to a solo 20 amp plug for each miner (This is the actual plug I use.)

I have thought about wiring my receptacles with foreign receptacles and purchasing new cables just to get the meters. I'm still not swayed to do that and will continue to clamp around.

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Quote from: Steamtyme on October 06, 2019, 07:43:28 PM

In short no. Most other countries I believe run 220/240 at the residential level, as opposed to bringing it down to 110/120. With fewer plug differences so that's why you find the Kill-a-watt style devices so readily available. What I did to allow for growth and density, was go with 30 amp 240V circuits to a PDU then to my miners. If you want to spend a lot of extra coin you can buy some pretty fancy PDU's but they're not necessary. That's very similar to what my first couple miners ran off, so there's nothing wrong with the circuit as is, for most miners. You can always upgrade down the road.

Most of the world runs 230v @50hz, most importantly, China. And for the most part (except places like China or the UK) they use the Europlug or one of the variants. They all share the two poles, its just ground they just couldn't decide together how to do it, lol. Another chunk of the world uses what America used 50 years ago, or the same they use now, depending on country. Japan uses 100v. Lets not talk about Japan :3

You can probably find meters easily for European use, and then you would need to use adapters. The adapters themselves might be too weak if not chosen carefully, or you could make your own buying plugs and cables.

Steamtyme

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In short no. Most other countries I believe run 220/240 at the residential level, as opposed to bringing it down to 110/120. With fewer plug differences so that's why you find the Kill-a-watt style devices so readily available. What I did to allow for growth and density, was go with 30 amp 240V circuits to a PDU then to my miners. If you want to spend a lot of extra coin you can buy some pretty fancy PDU's but they're not necessary. That's very similar to what my first couple miners ran off, so there's nothing wrong with the circuit as is, for most miners. You can always upgrade down the road.

Here's another that can be helpful when starting out. First time/Small miner reference for getting started.

wndsnb

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Also not plug and play, but this is what I use.

https://www.ekmmetering.com/products/120-240-volt-pass-through-kwh-meter

noobieone

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Quote from: Steamtyme on October 06, 2019, 07:09:09 PM

I couldn't find anything that was going to work as a plug and play option. So eventually I got fed up and made my own. It's not pretty but it does the job. Wink

220/240V North America power meter - DIY Under 60$ CAD

Thank you. I now know I'm not crazy for not finding one.

Followup questions: Am I a dummy for using the above listed wall plug? I'm in the USA. Is there are better way of doing this where I can have access to tools the rest of the world seemingly has at their fingertips?

In the mean time, I will be reading your thread.

Steamtyme

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I couldn't find anything that was going to work as a plug and play option. So eventually I got fed up and made my own. It's not pretty but it does the job. Wink

220/240V North America power meter - DIY Under 60$ CAD

noobieone

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I have this type of plug for 240v, https://www.amazon.com/gp/product/B000U3I1S0, and I have not found a meter to I can plug into the wall showing what my miners are actually pulling. I have to go back to the breaker box and clamp around (not something I am found of doing).

Any recommendations?

Many thanks in advance.

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