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Title: What about the "electrical ceiling" ? Post by: Anonymous on May 28, 2011, 12:43:14 PM How high can the difficulty go before people mining in their house can no longer add any more machines because of physical space restrictions and overloaded electrical systems stop your ability to keep up with difficulty increases ?
Title: Re: What about the "electrical ceiling" ? Post by: Sweft on May 28, 2011, 12:54:55 PM How high can the difficulty go before people mining in their house can no longer add any more machines because of physical space restrictions and overloaded electrical systems stop your ability to keep up with difficulty increases ? Most new homes have 150-200amps from the street. Of course this can be serviced by an electrical and the amperage increased though addition of new panels and the gauge of copper running from the street to the house. 150 amps at 120 volts will get you 18,000 watts. Most circuit breakers are 15 amps. To be safe each circuit breaker should support 1,800 watts at 15amps. You can buy higher amperage circuit breakers. But it doesn't seem very safe to run more than 1,800 watts on 1 circuit. Distribute your rigs if you can. Most rooms are usually on one circuit. With older homes there can be severe electrical limitations. It'd best to consult an electrician if you're having electrical problems. Title: Re: What about the "electrical ceiling" ? Post by: Raulo on May 28, 2011, 01:06:10 PM How high can the difficulty go before people mining in their house can no longer add any more machines because of physical space restrictions and overloaded electrical systems stop your ability to keep up with difficulty increases ? Then the following things will happen (or rather their combination): 1. Difficulty increase will slow or stop 2. Mining will go to professional centers 3. Mining will be spread among more people By the way, there is no need to "keep up with difficulty increase". Title: Re: What about the "electrical ceiling" ? Post by: warrensgun on May 28, 2011, 01:17:10 PM Just make friends with an electrician. If you have extra slots in your panel, then new breakers isn't that hard to do. Even upping your service with an extra 100amp panel isn't too bad depending on how much BTC are going for. But if you are using enough power to light up your current service, then it might be worth while.
Remember with a 200 amp service, you can have more than 200 amps in circuits - it's all about the overall use at any given time. Title: Re: What about the "electrical ceiling" ? Post by: bobR on May 28, 2011, 01:25:04 PM How high can the difficulty go before people mining in their house can no longer add any more machines because of physical space restrictions and overloaded electrical systems stop your ability to keep up with difficulty increases ? Most new homes have 150-200amps from the street. Of course this can be serviced by an electrical and the amperage increased though addition of new panels and the gauge of copper running from the street to the house. 150 amps at 120 volts will get you 18,000 watts. Most circuit breakers are 15 amps. To be safe each circuit breaker should support 1,800 watts at 15amps. You can buy higher amperage circuit breakers. But it doesn't seem very safe to run more than 1,800 watts on 1 circuit. Distribute your rigs if you can. Most rooms are usually on one circuit. With older homes there can be severe electrical limitations. It'd best to consult an electrician if you're having electrical problems. That's 150-200amps at 230 volts from the street for 36,000 watts @ 150amps 20 amp breakers are more normal for branch circuits and plugs newer homes will have at least a two circuits per room and one or 2 outlets on each wall two circuits are so if one breaker pops you still can have an active lamp 20 amp breakers will trip at 20amps thats a max number not for a constant load continuous load rating is considered 80% (16amps for a 20amp breaker) By all means consult an electician any existing wiring may or may not handle larger breakers Title: Re: What about the "electrical ceiling" ? Post by: Chucksta on May 28, 2011, 02:42:11 PM It's not the number of machines, it's the performance of the machines that you need to consider when looking to keep up with the difficulty level.
I could put a couple of hundred machines with 5870s in my house (including some in the sheds), but if the recent difficulty increase continues at the same rate (price about $8 per BTC), then no matter how many of those I have, they will all fail to cover the costs to run them in 1 month or so. |