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[Cranky4u]

I cobble together old garden solar panels and am in the middle of converting some old ceiling fans to low power generators (~150W each). Pump everything through a small battery bank in a 400W UPS which powers the following solo mining gear (for as long as the juice is available);
1. Celeron dual core laptop
2. Jally 7GHs
3. R-box 32GHs

Using the UPS I have soft start up / shut down and the system runs about 8~14 hours per day.

I normally pool mine with this set-up but am looking to solo mine now that the returns are so low for pools.

I am on the scrounge for any old low power miners people have lying around. e.g. USB stick miners. As these only use a few Watts each, I can slowly expand the gear whilst adding more 'solar garden lights' to compensate.

[Borisz]

I cobble together old garden solar panels and am in the middle of converting some old ceiling fans to low power generators (~150W each). Pump everything through a small battery bank in a 400W UPS which powers the following solo mining gear (for as long as the juice is available);
1. Celeron dual core laptop
2. Jally 7GHs
3. R-box 32GHs

Using the UPS I have soft start up / shut down and the system runs about 8~14 hours per day.

I normally pool mine with this set-up but am looking to solo mine now that the returns are so low for pools.

I am on the scrounge for any old low power miners people have lying around. e.g. USB stick miners. As these only use a few Watts each, I can slowly expand the gear whilst adding more 'solar garden lights' to compensate.

Nice setup/Idea!

Have you considered using e.g. a Raspberry Pi instead of a laptop? You might get a little more time out of it, energy wise. Also watch the battery bank, if you always deplete it to 0% (based on a daily operation of 8-14h a day this happens) then it will degrade faster. I guess for a small project it's OK.

I have a Block Erupter lying around which I'm not using at the moment, but I'm planning to put it "back in business" soon and let it have some fun. Might as well try to make a similar project as you.

[aTg]

Someone in the thread ever found a block in solo?

[sobe-it]

Someone in the thread ever found a block in solo?

I haven't yet but its only been a week for me. Had the one hit in 6.6 billion, other than that is been usually in the double digit million.

[notbatman]

Use free energy to power your miner before "they" block out the sun, I found 4.8kW for under $45 on ebay for eg.

http://www.ebay.com/itm/70W-40PCS-3x6-solar-cells-kit-DIY-solar-panel-tabbing-bus-wire-flux-pen-/281055368126?tfrom=350715712623&tpos=top&ttype=price&talgo=undefined

I've been advised to wire straight 12V for everything.

[Slark]

Mining solo is good when you are hipster, masochist or dumb person. Mining with outdated equipment is like being extremely retarded and stupid. If you want to mine purchase some high end ASIC or buy some cloud mining contract and you will be fine.

[notbatman]

Mine for real yo!

[Borisz]

Use free energy to power your miner before "they" block out the sun, I found 4.8kW for under $45 on ebay for eg.

http://www.ebay.com/itm/70W-40PCS-3x6-solar-cells-kit-DIY-solar-panel-tabbing-bus-wire-flux-pen-/281055368126?tfrom=350715712623&tpos=top&ttype=price&talgo=undefined

I've been advised to wire straight 12V for everything.

I think those DIY cells are 70W in total, for 45$. (40 pieces of 1.8 Watt peak cells.) Would be fun though to connect all of them manually.

Mining solo is good when you are hipster, masochist or dumb person. Mining with outdated equipment is like being extremely retarded and stupid. If you want to mine purchase some high end ASIC or buy some cloud mining contract and you will be fine.

Because those pay back well...
I think this thread is more for hobbyists than for profit-seeking people who want to invest 5000$ in a single piece of equipment.

[notbatman]

Use free energy to power your miner before "they" block out the sun, I found 4.8kW for under $45 on ebay for eg.

http://www.ebay.com/itm/70W-40PCS-3x6-solar-cells-kit-DIY-solar-panel-tabbing-bus-wire-flux-pen-/281055368126?tfrom=350715712623&tpos=top&ttype=price&talgo=undefined

I've been advised to wire straight 12V for everything.

I think those DIY cells are 70W in total, for 45$. (40 pieces of 1.8 Watt peak cells.) Would be fun though to connect all of them manually.

Mining solo is good when you are hipster, masochist or dumb person. Mining with outdated equipment is like being extremely retarded and stupid. If you want to mine purchase some high end ASIC or buy some cloud mining contract and you will be fine.

Because those pay back well...
I think this thread is more for hobbyists than for profit-seeking people who want to invest 5000$ in a single piece of equipment.

Perhaps you're correct the price does seem suspiciously low, I just saw 70W and timesd it by 40 lol. In any case I've been told the DIY solar kits can be cost effective.

I paid for one of those $5k machines in November of last year, it still hasn't arrived and has been obsolete for months now even if it does get shipped.

[Borisz]

I paid for one of those $5k machines in November of last year, it still hasn't arrived and has been obsolete for months now even if it does get shipped.

That's the thing. It would probably pay back, maybe even make a profit IF it arrived when it was supposed to. After reading all the stories of 6+ months late delivery, that hashing power just lost 70% value. Unfortunate truth

[notbatman]

I paid for one of those $5k machines in November of last year, it still hasn't arrived and has been obsolete for months now even if it does get shipped.

That's the thing. It would probably pay back, maybe even make a profit IF it arrived when it was supposed to. After reading all the stories of 6+ months late delivery, that hashing power just lost 70% value. Unfortunate truth

Maybe? I'm out at least 25 BTC if that's all that I had mined @ 2Th/s since late February.

[Borisz]

I paid for one of those $5k machines in November of last year, it still hasn't arrived and has been obsolete for months now even if it does get shipped.

That's the thing. It would probably pay back, maybe even make a profit IF it arrived when it was supposed to. After reading all the stories of 6+ months late delivery, that hashing power just lost 70% value. Unfortunate truth

Maybe? I'm out at least 25 BTC if that's all that I had mined @ 2Th/s since late February.

Sorry about that.

I personally wanted t buy one of those Butterfly Lab Jalapenos (5GH/s) when ASIC mining started to pick up. Initially they sold it for cheap prices and I calculated nice profit on it. I decided however not to buy (was unsure about investment). And judging on how fast the difficulty grew, I would have been pushed out of mining fast enough.

[wunkbone]

I paid for one of those $5k machines in November of last year, it still hasn't arrived and has been obsolete for months now even if it does get shipped.

That's the thing. It would probably pay back, maybe even make a profit IF it arrived when it was supposed to. After reading all the stories of 6+ months late delivery, that hashing power just lost 70% value. Unfortunate truth

This is why it is best to opt for a refund instead of opting to receive the miners from a company under conservative-ship. If you choose to receive the miners then you must essentially gamble and solo mine hoping that you will find a block in a much shorter then expected time

[SBradford]

Forget it mate, it's a waste of time. Just buy some coins and hold.