Title: Electrical questions Post by: Nighthawkz on January 27, 2015, 01:40:07 PM Hi all, I was planning on launching a nice mining farm soon at home in a room in my basement adapted against heat , humidity etc... But I have one concern...electrical outlets. I was just wondering if it would be wiser to make an electrician come over to change stuff such as wires, outlets even the breaker maybe? To support a good 3650 Watts at least per outlet. I know that 2 pc's on one outlet is fine but such power is like 4 pc's! Do you have any suggestions to make that would help me ? Stuff to buy maybe ? Btw I live in North America
Thanks for your help !!!! :) Title: Re: Electrical questions Post by: medUSA on January 27, 2015, 01:48:11 PM wondering if it would be wiser to make an electrician come over to change stuff such as wires, outlets even the breaker maybe? To support a good 3650 Watts at least per outlet. 3640W is about 30 to 40 amps per outlet. I think you might need special outlets to handle 30 amps. It would be best to at least consult an electrician. Don't skim on safety. Title: Re: Electrical questions Post by: Nighthawkz on January 27, 2015, 02:00:45 PM Surely, I don't want to live stressed out because a fire could start! Thanks for your reply!!
Title: Re: Electrical questions Post by: MCHouston on January 27, 2015, 08:36:01 PM If your not comfortable hire an electrician.
Also the biggest advice I can give you, run your outlets at 240V this decreases then thickness of wire needed, the amount of amps and the heat generated given a set amount of watts. Example: 20A @ 240V = 4800W if you run 120V you would need 40A for the same wattage and much more expensive installation. Good luck. Title: Re: Electrical questions Post by: notlist3d on January 28, 2015, 12:54:49 AM If your not comfortable hire an electrician. Also the biggest advice I can give you, run your outlets at 240V this decreases then thickness of wire needed, the amount of amps and the heat generated given a set amount of watts. Example: 20A @ 240V = 4800W if you run 120V you would need 40A for the same wattage and much more expensive installation. Good luck. If you have hesitation's get a electrician. Make sure you have enough cooling (exhaust the heat out). How many miners and which miners are you planning on? Title: Re: Electrical questions Post by: Nighthawkz on January 29, 2015, 02:35:19 PM Thanks for all your replies. For sure I will hire an electrician to check things out. Luckily I know one personally. I was planning on getting SP35 YUKON miners.But for now the amount is unknown since I would get the electricity business done first. Thanks!
Title: Re: Electrical questions Post by: notlist3d on January 29, 2015, 06:31:55 PM Thanks for all your replies. For sure I will hire an electrician to check things out. Luckily I know one personally. I was planning on getting SP35 YUKON miners.But for now the amount is unknown since I would get the electricity business done first. Thanks! SP-20's are easier if you have 110. If you have 220's then the SP35 is very nice. Title: Re: Electrical questions Post by: Nighthawkz on January 29, 2015, 07:32:47 PM Sure :) but what I calculated... I have to buy psu's for the sp20's and to have the same power than a sp35 , it would cost me pretty much more than buying sp35's and I would need approximately 3 sp20's to equal one sp35. So more outlets and space..:/ anyways I guess it won't cost a fortune to modify stuff... And I guess to be on the safe side it would be only one machine per outlet. I will get in touch with my electrician soon and give some feedback here if anyone needs help on approximate prices for parts etc...
Title: Re: Electrical questions Post by: aurel57 on February 07, 2015, 12:29:08 PM Sure :) but what I calculated... I have to buy psu's for the sp20's and to have the same power than a sp35 , it would cost me pretty much more than buying sp35's and I would need approximately 3 sp20's to equal one sp35. So more outlets and space..:/ anyways I guess it won't cost a fortune to modify stuff... And I guess to be on the safe side it would be only one machine per outlet. I will get in touch with my electrician soon and give some feedback here if anyone needs help on approximate prices for parts etc... Its always a toss up over what to buy. If the SP35 goes down your 100% down, if 1 SP20 of your 3 goes down, your only down 33%. Most here have been thru a lot of upgrading of equipment and we just sell off the older stuff but keep the PSU's to use on the newer stuff. So I like buying good quality PSU's and am still using the same one I had used on my BFL 60GH Single, then on my S1 and then S3 and now use it on my S5 miner. Title: Re: Electrical questions Post by: philipma1957 on February 07, 2015, 07:39:32 PM Sure :) but what I calculated... I have to buy psu's for the sp20's and to have the same power than a sp35 , it would cost me pretty much more than buying sp35's and I would need approximately 3 sp20's to equal one sp35. So more outlets and space..:/ anyways I guess it won't cost a fortune to modify stuff... And I guess to be on the safe side it would be only one machine per outlet. I will get in touch with my electrician soon and give some feedback here if anyone needs help on approximate prices for parts etc... 3x sp20's = 1195 http://www.spondoolies-tech.com/products/sp20-nano-farm-batch-1 1x sp35 = 2235 http://www.spondoolies-tech.com/products/sp35-yukon-power-shipping-from-stock 3 evga 1300 g2 's = 510 http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16817438011&cm_re=evga_1300_g2-_-17-438-011-_-Product so 1195 + 510 = 1705 vs 2235 3 sp20's run easy 3600 gh they can clock to 4500gh they sell easier on ebay. Title: Re: Electrical questions Post by: Nighthawkz on February 09, 2015, 08:39:24 PM Hi, I guess you are right about the fact that if my miner crashes I don't have any or 1-2-3.. ect less but still some running. I guess I will be going with the sp20's "farms". You dont really loose a big amount of hash compared to the yukon's hash. But I still need to get some electrical stuff checked out by my electrician when we will be available at the same time. I have ordinary outlets at home ...not industrial or commercial types. I want to do everything a nice and tidy way, not all messy and disorganised. Thanks for your responses.
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