Yep, gotta love it ... for the 4th year in a row I'll be moving a few rigs into the office ... this year they will be 4-card 1080ti rigs - they are quiet and throw out quite a bit of heat.
... a heater that earns you money
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Yep, gotta love it ... for the 4th year in a row I'll be moving a few rigs into the office ... this year they will be 4-card 1080ti rigs - they are quiet and throw out quite a bit of heat.
... a heater that earns you money
Electricity (mining) is more expensive than natural gas for heating.
I wouldn't buy mining machines just for heating, but if you plan on mining anyway, it helps.
You would still have to figure out what to do with the extra heat once spring and summer come around.
I wouldn't buy mining machines just for heating, but if you plan on mining anyway, it helps.
You would still have to figure out what to do with the extra heat once spring and summer come around.
That is right. If in the very cold area, you can mine all year around.
Electricity (mining) is more expensive than natural gas for heating.
I wouldn't buy mining machines just for heating, but if you plan on mining anyway, it helps.
You would still have to figure out what to do with the extra heat once spring and summer come around.
I wouldn't buy mining machines just for heating, but if you plan on mining anyway, it helps.
You would still have to figure out what to do with the extra heat once spring and summer come around.
I have a friend that has 2kW of rigs in his house, and by his comments I understood that without a good forced airflow to keep the rigs far away from the bedrooms they simply dry too much the air.
Dry air? Is that harmful?
Why would the air dry from that little heat generated by computer components anyway?
It isn't. I live in the North East and have oil heat. The source of heat won't make the air any more or less dry. If it gets too dry all that is needed is a humidifier.
As a person who live in Southeast Asia, I really hope that would be winter. 
The heat that the mining rig produce will make our house literally like a sauna if didn't put properly.
When I return from work or anything the moment when I open the door can instantly get the sauna feel
The heat that the mining rig produce will make our house literally like a sauna if didn't put properly.
When I return from work or anything the moment when I open the door can instantly get the sauna feel
Winter is coming
You know nothing Jon Snow.
But seriously... While these rigs would perfectly heat your house, they have three main caveats:
- space
- noise
- ugliness
I wouldn't want to know what my wife would say if I started scattering mining rigs across our (already too small) house...
Yeah that would work. I know a few peopls that exhaust the hot air from the basement. Where they run hardware, push that air up through out the house. Well atleast to the main floor. Lol.
Im not sure if bringing up rigs or leaving in thr living room is a good idea.
Im not sure if bringing up rigs or leaving in thr living room is a good idea.
I have a friend that has 2kW of rigs in his house, and by his comments I understood that without a good forced airflow to keep the rigs far away from the bedrooms they simply dry too much the air.
Dry air? Is that harmful?
Why would the air dry from that little heat generated by computer components anyway?
To combat too dry of air, they do sell things call humidifiers which can be bought in sizes ranging from humidifying a single room to a whole house. Dry air will result from any heat source that doesn't provide some type of moisture, so mining rigs are no different in that regard. Also, on most furnaces you can run the fan alone without the heat being on, so you can take advantage of this feature to circulate the warm air throughout your house.
Thanks, I will check that out. I remember in the past there were (or maybe they still sell) some kind of boxes filled with water that you had to attach to radiators. Later I read that those things were no good because of mold forming. What do you think?
Where I live it's not allowed to build a house if it doesn't have a modern ventilation system with heat recovery, I think it's been like that for the last 15-20 years already.
Ventilation unit takes dirty warm air, runs it through a filter and heat exchanger. Waste air is then dumped outside and extracted heat used to warm fresh air which comes through a filter to the exhanger. Fresh warm air is then distributed around to house, efficiency is somewhere in the 80-90% range.
Silent, efficient and works too. There are options to integrate at least heat pump, solar and geothermal heating/ cooling.
Mining rigs can easily heat even a big house even if it's freezing cold outside.
Ventilation unit takes dirty warm air, runs it through a filter and heat exchanger. Waste air is then dumped outside and extracted heat used to warm fresh air which comes through a filter to the exhanger. Fresh warm air is then distributed around to house, efficiency is somewhere in the 80-90% range.
Silent, efficient and works too. There are options to integrate at least heat pump, solar and geothermal heating/ cooling.
Mining rigs can easily heat even a big house even if it's freezing cold outside.
I have a friend that has 2kW of rigs in his house, and by his comments I understood that without a good forced airflow to keep the rigs far away from the bedrooms they simply dry too much the air.
Dry air? Is that harmful?
Why would the air dry from that little heat generated by computer components anyway?
To combat too dry of air, they do sell things call humidifiers which can be bought in sizes ranging from humidifying a single room to a whole house. Dry air will result from any heat source that doesn't provide some type of moisture, so mining rigs are no different in that regard. Also, on most furnaces you can run the fan alone without the heat being on, so you can take advantage of this feature to circulate the warm air throughout your house.
Yes, there are bad effects, that you wouldn't want in your home. Just go to a server room and you know, what I mean. And you will have extra costs on air conditioning and so on.
Here is a thread where experienced members already calculated the heating effects.
https://bitcointalksearch.org/topic/heating-a-house-with-old-gpus-worth-it-320984
Here is a thread where experienced members already calculated the heating effects.
https://bitcointalksearch.org/topic/heating-a-house-with-old-gpus-worth-it-320984
I heated my condo last year with two A2 Terminators using six quiet fans in each. Never had to run the heat.
Bought a house this year and I plan to have an Antminer D3 and L3 exhaust into the furnace ductwork. The heat will passively drift into the house until the gas furnace circulates the hot exhaust along with the warm air.
There Is a humidifier tied to the furnace though pressure in the ducts will prevent water vapor from drifting back to the miners.
Could also use one to heat my garage.
Come spring I may patch them into a basement bathroom exhaust duct.
Near Chicago.
Bought a house this year and I plan to have an Antminer D3 and L3 exhaust into the furnace ductwork. The heat will passively drift into the house until the gas furnace circulates the hot exhaust along with the warm air.
There Is a humidifier tied to the furnace though pressure in the ducts will prevent water vapor from drifting back to the miners.
Could also use one to heat my garage.
Come spring I may patch them into a basement bathroom exhaust duct.
Near Chicago.
I have a friend that has 2kW of rigs in his house, and by his comments I understood that without a good forced airflow to keep the rigs far away from the bedrooms they simply dry too much the air.
Dry air? Is that harmful?
Why would the air dry from that little heat generated by computer components anyway?
i am actually keeping my window open on the mining room and still can't see any difference in the house temperature
It is possible to heat but it does depend on the size of room myself I would not want a rig in my room as I sleep. I have seen some setups where the rig has ducts to spread heat to other rooms.
There is definitely a lot of heat that comes of off GPU mining rigs, I don't know if it would be enough to heat an entire home but it would definitely be enough to supplement your heat and allow you to turn down the thermostat a couple of degrees. I have been running the a/c strong all summer with the heat and now that it's getting colder I can already tell the cards are keeping the place a bit warmer than it would normally be. So maybe the lower heating costs will absorb the extra money I spent on a/c all summer!!
Hello) I live in Novosibirsk, Russia! Now we have a cold night. In the afternoon + 5 ° C, and at night -2. My mines with a total capacity of 1,700 watts. stand on a glassed-in balcony. The temperature is now +30 ° C on the balcony, and on the street now + 1 ° C degrees Celsius. Waiting for the winter to see how they warm up the balcony (2 square meters)
Winter is coming and will again to grapple with the question of heating. Does anyone know whether it is possible to heat the room using GPU hardware. When working they produce a lot of heat. Is this enough heat to heat the house. I think it's a good idea to make money and not to pay for heating. What do you say? Anyone have experience?
GoT fan here! Saw the title of your thread and immediately realized that you were talking about mining.
I do believe that one GPU alone is enough to heat a single room especially if it is a properly closed room.
This will be the third Winter in a row I have exclusively used GPU mining to heat my house. I live in a cold climate where winters temperatures often drop below 0 °F (-17.78 °C) and even on "warm" days are normally under 32 °F (0 °C). So yes it is very doable and almost unavoidable, especially if you move a few rigs into your house.
I normally keep most of the rigs in either a shed out in the back yard or in my garage during warmer months, but in the Winter I probably have a dozen rigs scattered throughout the house and it keeps it quite cozy. In fact, I normally have to keep a few windows open even in the Winter to keep it from getting too warm inside. I would say the only time I do have to close most of the windows are the few times the outside temperatures drop down to below -30 °F (-34.44 °C).
So one 5-6 GPU rig will be able to heat most average sized rooms as effectively as a space heater, and depending on the size of your house you can easily heat the whole place with enough rigs.
I normally keep most of the rigs in either a shed out in the back yard or in my garage during warmer months, but in the Winter I probably have a dozen rigs scattered throughout the house and it keeps it quite cozy. In fact, I normally have to keep a few windows open even in the Winter to keep it from getting too warm inside. I would say the only time I do have to close most of the windows are the few times the outside temperatures drop down to below -30 °F (-34.44 °C).
So one 5-6 GPU rig will be able to heat most average sized rooms as effectively as a space heater, and depending on the size of your house you can easily heat the whole place with enough rigs.
Winter is coming and will again to grapple with the question of heating. Does anyone know whether it is possible to heat the room using GPU hardware. When working they produce a lot of heat. Is this enough heat to heat the house. I think it's a good idea to make money and not to pay for heating. What do you say? Anyone have experience?
Yes, it's surely possible to heat a room with a GPU mining rig. My humble 6-GPU 1060 rig actually makes my room almost unbearable to stay in during the day. Although my room is not that big, it is enough to fit a bed, study desk, a book shelf, and of course a gaming turned mining-rig (on a table).
The question i'd like to know is if we can afford to increase hashrates a little because of the decrease in temps.
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