Hi, I'm new so I apologize if my questions might not make sense. I’m in the process of building a new home (Canada) and I'm hoping for your help in determining the best outlets to ask the builder to add. Electrical load won’t be an issue, because my area is newer with higher amp service.
Based on Antminer S19’s 20amp requirement, I should be able to expand up to 4 units on my property. However I am a beginner and plan to only start with 1 unit. I want mine in the basement in the winter for the free heat and then move it to the garage in the summer.
For the garage outlet, I will have a NEMA 14-50R, that one day I will use for an electric car. For the finished basement, I was thinking of putting another 14-50R, that can also used for an electric stove. I don’t think I will actually need a stove in the future, but thought it would be useful if I resell the house.
Questions:
1. It seems with the 14-50 receptacle, they generally don’t make any PDUs for it. The only way I found that I could power the Antminer’s C13/14 plugs is buying from an ebay seller’s specific mining power hub(
https://www.ebay.com/itm/294256300465?hash=item44830ad1b1:g:LcoAAOSwyo1hR~MD). Not sure how safe it, scared to burn my home down. Are there other solutions that I am overlooking?
2. When it comes to PDUs, I think most are built for L6-30R? (Not sure). Maybe for my basement I should actually install the L6-30R? The downside I don’t think I can reuse the L6-30 for other purposes? I was also thinking another route is going with the 14-50 and running an ACWorks adaptor to L6-30, but I wonder if that introduces another fire risk?
3. What should I be doing for surge protection, what device would I need and where does it sit between, the outlet, PDU, and miner?
4. Should I ask to ask to add a CAT6 in my garage so I directly plug ethernet into the S19 or just go with wifi extenders from my living room, which I think could also be useful for my future wifi cameras.
Thank you!
