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Recommended low-power models ???

I recall some member state using solar panel (on small scale) usually leads to loss, due to cost of the solar panel and battery. Besides that, what is total watt of your solar panel? It'll affect model of ASIC we could recommend to you. What is your criteria of low-power?

Maybe look at what Gekkoscience offers, or the Bitaxe project. Or what any ASIC brand is producing but with using only a single hashboard. Like a single hashboard of S19 for example. Generally, you could focus your research on hobby/home mining.

And for next time, if there are any, you might try to be more precise and clear in your questions, could be nice.

Running a mining rig on a low model shouldn't end your worries, consider the inherent inefficiencies of inverters, which may vary, for some it's about 5-10% efficiency loss and for the advanced inverters, which is more expensive, could be 98% percent efficient in saving energy lost in converting DC to AC. However, miners are known to consume too much energy, getting a low model, may be far from what you want, some days can be cloudy, and batteries ain't cheap either.

I used some gamma 601. You mean, it can also convert it to solar mining? Is this cheaper? My current 601 has relatively weak power, at just 15W.

The question asked isn't about how profitable it will be but if it will work, the problem is when the some homes down what will the miner works on? The battery? Then make sure the backup can handle the load, that's all, but profit wise don't expect to make your money back anytime soon.

Some solar energy are been built purposely for mining farms so in general, you can build a solar system that's going to carry any Asic miners that you throw at it, but if your solar system is weak then go with smaller Bitcoin home miners.

Like I've said, the difficulty isn't when the sun is shining, you can mine with the Sun using several solar panels but when the sun is down you will have to rely on your backup, I found those gamma axe, BitAxe and Nano S3 easy to run on battery backup because they don't take alot of watts per hr.

I see, so what you mean is that solar energy is suitable for large-scale mining farms, right?

If you can afford it, why not?

If your Bitcoin miner requires 100 watt to run just set up a 250 watt solar panel and a 200ah 12v battery, you will be able to mine on a sunny day and still be able to mine when the sun is down till the next morning. It will take 15hrs of using 100watt from a 12v 200ah battery when draining 75% of the bank, which is required for long term safety of the battery, I've done this and it worked perfectly, there won't be a down time unless there is no sun in the next day.

So if you plan to run a BTC miner that need 1000watt you need to wired 2500 watt solar panel, the extra is just for running your machine and also topping the battery bank while on usage, but as the wattage increases you will have to spend more money on battery banks, and that's where mining on battery comes with pain. Some people prefers mining with sun only, once the sun is down they will shut down their machines.

With low power consumption, there is little chance of getting a good profit. Mining has long been an industrial production.
I agree that if you live in a very sunny country, then this is a good alternative, and you should make calculations, how profitable it is and how long the payback will be.

Should we judge based on the circumstances?

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Solar mining requires consideration of factors such as weather, location, and the high costs associated with solar panels, energy storage systems (such as lithium batteries), inverters, and other equipment. Therefore, solar mining is not suitable for most miners. Is that correct? Unless you are very wealthy or have a good environment.

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If I were you, I would use the experience of your fellow miners from your own country. It's not 2014 now. When I started, there were no mining OS, ready-made solutions, etc., and each miner solved problems on his own. Despite the fact that there are a lot of materials on YouTube and other mining communities that match your requests.