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August 20, 2025, 02:43:37 AM
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Someone told me to disconnect the power cord to cool it down. Can I unplug it? Huh Huh
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August 20, 2025, 03:36:05 AM
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Yes. Why would you think you can't unplug it?
More to the point will to be to find out *why* it is overheating. The most common reason is one of the fans not working. Use the code tag # to paste the logs here so folks can maybe see where the problem is.

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August 20, 2025, 05:36:52 AM
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Yes. Why would you think you can't unplug it?
More to the point will to be to find out *why* it is overheating. The most common reason is one of the fans not working. Use the code tag # to paste the logs here so folks can maybe see where the problem is.
Wouldn't a direct power outage harm the mining machine? Shouldn't I shut down the machine first and then turn off the power?
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Yes. Why would you think you can't unplug it?
More to the point will to be to find out *why* it is overheating. The most common reason is one of the fans not working. Use the code tag # to paste the logs here so folks can maybe see where the problem is.
Wouldn't a direct power outage harm the mining machine? Shouldn't I shut down the machine first and then turn off the power?

Pull the fucking plug out one two three.


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August 22, 2025, 02:21:21 PM
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Wouldn't a direct power outage harm the mining machine? Shouldn't I shut down the machine first and then turn off the power?

I don't think you can shut down the unit. You can turn the unit into idle mode, but there's no button or command that you can use to shut down this unit.
So your only option is to unplug it directly.
Since this unit is 3.6k watts, having a 25A safety switch or circuit breaker is a good option for turning off the unit.

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September 26, 2025, 09:41:05 PM
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I owned and sold thousands of mining gears from nearly all known brands, do you know how many of those had an on/off button? ZERO.

You either unplug the cable or shut the breaker down, there is no otherway and no harm in the process anway, however, if your gear is overheating then you have a problem to fix.

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September 27, 2025, 01:25:54 AM
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^^ Exactly.
Yes, *technically*, repeatedly cycling power is to be avoided as miners are designed to be ran 24x7x365 at a fairly high chip temp. Shutting them off long enough for them to cool down to ambient temp and then restarting & getting back to operating temps DOES add stress to solder joints each time it happens. We are talking chip temps that are around 20-30 deg C above ambient. With that kind of temp swing materials expand & contract causing the stress and yes, the damage does add up when it happens a lot.

That said, shutting down to troubleshoot is not an issue. Fixing the problem is much more important.

I will add that if the controller allows you to stop mining for doing a controlled cool down with the fans running (Avalons and the ePIC controller board do) then yes, that is better than just killing power because there is no chip temp spike.

Oh, and all Avalons' since the A10 do have a power on-off switch on their PSU but it just kills the power - no controlled cool down when using the switch.

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September 27, 2025, 07:18:09 PM
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Correct.  What i meant by no harm is that cutting the power on miners isn't the same as doing it on a PC or other electronics that most people are familiar with, where you need a soft shutdown of software so you don't break a driver or the BIOS itself.

Speaking of real life scnerio, I had dozen whatsminers running in a place with daily power outages, up to 3 times a day (normal is once daily) for over 2 years and not a single issue, on the other hand, Antminers 17 series that had terrible solder were dying like shit, even a simple reboot would rekt it.

So ya, long story short, cycling power is bad, but your gear won't die if you do that 10 or 20 times unless it is shit, what could break is the plug itself, you try to unplug-plug a C13 cable like 20 times and you will start to notice that it isnt as tight anymore, which is why I alway recommend using a breaker or a PDU which has a lot higher cycles before it breaks.

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November 24, 2025, 09:17:41 PM
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I'm a bit late to the party - however I was surprised to see WRONG answers from very knowledgeable and experienced forum users here.

IF and that's a BIG IF, it was an S21, S19, S17, S9 etc - or ANY single phase miner, pulling the power chord out whilst powered up is absolutely fine.

The T21 however, is 3-phase and the connectors are awful. You should NEVER pull out a live power chord on a T21, unless you fancy burning your hand and blowing crap up.

Why you ask? Because the connectors are not designed to be pulled 'live', and it's possible the neutral connection can disconnect before the live connections. I learned this the hard way. Yes I burned my fingers, yes I blew up a power cable, and yes I blew the PSU to bits. The connecting pins in these awful connectors are loose-fitting, and if the neutral happens to disconnect just a fraction of a second before the live connectors, you can expect a VERY loud bang and lots of smoke...
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November 24, 2025, 09:29:40 PM
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I'm a bit late to the party - however I was surprised to see WRONG answers from very knowledgeable and experienced forum users here.

IF and that's a BIG IF, it was an S21, S19, S17, S9 etc - or ANY single phase miner, pulling the power chord out whilst powered up is absolutely fine.

The T21 however, is 3-phase and the connectors are awful. You should NEVER pull out a live power chord on a T21, unless you fancy burning your hand and blowing crap up.

Why you ask? Because the connectors are not designed to be pulled 'live', and it's possible the neutral connection can disconnect before the live connections. I learned this the hard way. Yes I burned my fingers, yes I blew up a power cable, and yes I blew the PSU to bits. The connecting pins in these awful connectors are loose-fitting, and if the neutral happens to disconnect just a fraction of a second before the live connectors, you can expect a VERY loud bang and lots of smoke...

actually I have mine all modded to s19 psi's so while it is fine for me to do it,  you are correct  that those crap 3 phase psu cable are terrible. do not do it.

here is a video of a modded t21 with an s19 psu.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=KR9NQyfi2wk


and here is a modded t21 maybe a s19sp with 120 volt psu I have some of each


https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7f3ov4JnzXA&t=1s


these can be unplugged with zero issues.

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