I have honestly, but due to my operation being small and budgetary reasons, its not an option at the moment unfortunately. Thanks for the link though, those look like great suggestions.

S9 and L3+, PSU are APW3++ on the s9 and APW7 on the L3+.
I have the S9 running on Hiveos and underclocked to about 960W and the L3+ on AsicFW.io underclocked to 670W. I also have the auto-shutdown enabled on both of them. I hope this will at least reduce the risks some.

I wish I can get some sort of backup, unfortunately I can't. My only solution is to figure another location with better voltage. How "short" of life span would you give the PSU or the Miners?

Hello,

I'm running a small ASIC operation where I live, and unfortunately we have consistent power outage daily that last for a few hours. And sometimes the voltage drop to 180V for a part of the day instead of the standard 220V.

My question is, will this affect the ASICs long term? I have had them running for a month now, and nothing major happened, except couple of fans failure (which I believe because of their quality).

True, I'm aware if the L7, is your concern on the difficulty increase or that the L3 prices might go down in once the L7 hits the market?

I'm not looking for large farm, just a couple or miners or so and maybe build slowly as I go.

Definitely valid points, as for the scammers in general I made sure to contact a seller with good reviews, trade assurance and even looked online outside alibaba and found couple of people who ordered successfully from them. Doesn't eliminate the risk but minimizes it for sure.

I find Aliexpress very expensive, reaching ebay level or prices asked.

Hi, I have been eyeing an L3 for a while now, and found "New L3+ for around 1k".

My question is: Are there really new L3 in the market now or its just a gimmick to get me to pay more than "Used" one?

Because used one goes for a lot less than this but they "can't" guarantee how long it will work for, while the new has a 6 months warranty.

Thanks <3