im curious at what the input voltage range supported will be.
I have a bit of a 12V battery system at home with a max operating voltage of 14V... typically floating at 13.9... would this be acceptable?
I'm still in for pods in the future. They are gonna my little solar powered munchers.
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Loving the POD miners.
I first had a 2PAC which I got off ebay. I overclocked it, but the fan I had pointed at it failed which then caused my 2PAC to be fried.
I then contacted Sidehack and purchased 2 x Terminus. Initially I had problems with one of my pods only seeing 5 chips, but I reflowed it and now I have 2 pods running very reliably at stock 200MHz. When I try to overclock they seem to restart, so I am guessing they might need a better 12V power supply.
I am also looking forward to the new announcement.
Keep up the good work Sidehack
I first had a 2PAC which I got off ebay. I overclocked it, but the fan I had pointed at it failed which then caused my 2PAC to be fried.
I then contacted Sidehack and purchased 2 x Terminus. Initially I had problems with one of my pods only seeing 5 chips, but I reflowed it and now I have 2 pods running very reliably at stock 200MHz. When I try to overclock they seem to restart, so I am guessing they might need a better 12V power supply.
I am also looking forward to the new announcement.
Keep up the good work Sidehack
No, they had too many reliability issues so I shut 'er down to work out whatever kinks were causing problems. I'll have a new and vastly superior model in a few months though.
Looking forward to the product announcement.
My pod is still banging away at 275MHz (119 Gh/s,) so not all were bad.
No, they had too many reliability issues so I shut 'er down to work out whatever kinks were causing problems. I'll have a new and vastly superior model in a few months though.
Good thanks for the update.
No, they had too many reliability issues so I shut 'er down to work out whatever kinks were causing problems. I'll have a new and vastly superior model in a few months though.
The guy "organizing" that group buy vacated Canada middle of last year, and I believe it was for Bitfury stuff that doesn't yet exist. Far as I'm concerned, it's defunct and irrelevant.
That's true. Im unfortunately not anymore in Canada. 
Good job Sidehack really nice product.
Do you still have some available ?
(if by 2 you mean 4)
I am new here so don't know about pod miners. Can anyone explain me about it?
This is what they looked like, they are being redesigned last I read.
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Basically four usb miners put together to hash more and easier.
I am new here so don't know about pod miners. Can anyone explain me about it?
2Pacs have sold between $30 and $40, mostly dependent on the rise of chip prices due to the ridiculous price bubble some months back.
Shipping from US to Germany adds some.
Import tax adds ~20%
Shipping from Germany to
adds some.Bitshopper also runs his own website and any advertising, which have costs. And if the store is his job, he has to keep food on the table. And also provides his own customer service, which is value-added and therefore not free.
It's pretty standard for the price of something to double every time it changes hands. Middlemen love profit. My uncle (runs an aluminum die-casting plant) told me a story once of some aftermarket auto parts they contracted $1.35 per unit to manufacture, and the shelf price by the time it got packaged and put in a store was $40.
With bitshopper there are no extra middlemen, so you'd expect about one price doubling. And that's about what you're seeing. When he's manufacturing them for himself, the price will probably be more reasonable.
Anyways, back on topic?
if I recall right you sold around $20+shipping?
how much is tracked snail mail shipping in the US for such small/lightweight parcel? $10?
On the bitshopper site it's ~€80 which equals about $93.50 but has shipping included I believe.
I don't think regular mail shipping with tracking will cost €40+.
I can't see it as I can't order a 2PAC as it's sold out (as usual).
So there's a big price gap somewhere.
Is this mainly import taxes then?
how much is tracked snail mail shipping in the US for such small/lightweight parcel? $10?
On the bitshopper site it's ~€80 which equals about $93.50 but has shipping included I believe.
I don't think regular mail shipping with tracking will cost €40+.
I can't see it as I can't order a 2PAC as it's sold out (as usual).
So there's a big price gap somewhere.
Is this mainly import taxes then?
Well if they're manufactured there, you won't have the added import tax of stuff coming from the US. And bitshopper's cost will be actual cost rather than my sale price plus the cost of international shipping.
US resellers don't have any VAT and they still at least double my sale price.
US resellers don't have any VAT and they still at least double my sale price.
too bad the pod has some issues altho I read here by several people it's running for for months so it's maybe freqency depending?
and don't get me wrong...
I appreciate everything you've done so far and also the idea to split things up to get back some more free/family time.
If it is good for us europeans? I don't know if I look at price differences. (us price x4 for the 2PAC?)
But it's not your concern anymore then
and don't get me wrong...
I appreciate everything you've done so far and also the idea to split things up to get back some more free/family time.
If it is good for us europeans? I don't know if I look at price differences. (us price x4 for the 2PAC?)
But it's not your concern anymore then
The pods are not as reliable as I had hoped so I've stopped production on them. The only new ones rolling out now are replacements for warranty failures. It's mostly issues with a change or two to the manufacturing process that have since been addressed and won't be a problem anymore.
The Europe market is Bitshopper's. If he has no news, maybe it's because he sold everything already.
Good news is, I believe he intends to license the new stuff and manufacture for himself (like with the original Compac) so his supply of goods will be independent of my manufacturing schedule. It's also good because that keeps Europe money in the Europe economy instead of sending it to me in the US. I like that philosophy, which is why I do everything locally instead of outsourcing.
Also the next pod, at least from me, will come in a case and have much better cooling than the R808. Those little fans kinda sucked. There's room for improvement so improvement will be made.
The Europe market is Bitshopper's. If he has no news, maybe it's because he sold everything already.
Good news is, I believe he intends to license the new stuff and manufacture for himself (like with the original Compac) so his supply of goods will be independent of my manufacturing schedule. It's also good because that keeps Europe money in the Europe economy instead of sending it to me in the US. I like that philosophy, which is why I do everything locally instead of outsourcing.
Also the next pod, at least from me, will come in a case and have much better cooling than the R808. Those little fans kinda sucked. There's room for improvement so improvement will be made.
Naw, because then y'all will get excited and I'll never unload the last batch of 2Pacs because everyone will want to wait for the new stuff. But I really want to unload the last batch of 2Pacs.
quite normal I guess. why pay for a 2Pac the same price or even more on bitshopper than what you ask for the pod that's a lot faster?
there also has been no news for months about the availability nor price for us euros for the pod.
I doubt anyone cares for the case as it will be removed anyway for better cooling.
He probably used a laser thermometer. You can't check the temps in CGminer, but I believe there is an auto shutdown at 80c to restart at 70c.
There is at least one running steady.
That's great you got 275Mhz. Mine is running 200Mhz reliably. The included fans keep the heatsink temps under 100 f. I also have a small external fan to keep them cool. Higher freq is nice, but 200 Mhz was what I was expecting to run them at as a minimum. I find the latest build of cgminer buggy and takes up a lot of CPU for some reason, so I've resorted to using last year's version.
What do you use to check the temperature?
Naw, because then y'all will get excited and I'll never unload the last batch of 2Pacs because everyone will want to wait for the new stuff. But I really want to unload the last batch of 2Pacs.
Where to buy them in europe and how many do you have left?
you can check in bitshopper
Naw, because then y'all will get excited and I'll never unload the last batch of 2Pacs because everyone will want to wait for the new stuff. But I really want to unload the last batch of 2Pacs.
Where to buy them in europe and how many do you have left?
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