Anyone Farming Bitcoin in their Garage or outdoor Shed?

[nhando]

Found these Vents for the Garage.  Wonder if they're sufficient if I use 1 Vornado type fan to push the hot air out of 1 of the vent while the other vent draws in cooler air.  If this works then perhaps I may not need a shed but I'm not sure if they're big enough to reduce the heat from 5000 watts.

https://windeevent.com/

http://www.amazon.com/Vornado-293-Heavy-Duty-Shop-Circulator/dp/B0013LNKIY/ref=sr_1_7?s=home-garden&srs=2603405011&ie=UTF8&qid=1450417274&sr=1-7&keywords=vornado

[dmwardjr]

Found these Vents for the Garage.  Wonder if they're sufficient if I use 1 Vornado type fan to push the hot air out of 1 of the vent while the other vent draws in cooler air.  If this works then perhaps I may not need a shed but I'm not sure if they're big enough to reduce the heat from 5000 watts.

https://windeevent.com/

http://www.amazon.com/Vornado-293-Heavy-Duty-Shop-Circulator/dp/B0013LNKIY/ref=sr_1_7?s=home-garden&srs=2603405011&ie=UTF8&qid=1450417274&sr=1-7&keywords=vornado

I like it.  Sounds like a good option.  Try one first.  If you think you need another one to install, you can always do it later.

[nhando]

Thanks DMwardjr / David.  S7 is coming tomorrow, very excited.  However 240V power supply is not ready yet so I will have to try and use the EVGA G2 with my extra Dual PCI-E Cable ( I have a couple more than what the PSU shipped with) and see if that will do the trick.  The 2 x 2000Watt PSU arrived and is very compact.  The fans and break out boards are arriving tomorrow.  Really like how this is shaping up thanks to all your advice.

Bought FAN since it was ver 2300CFM to test how it can push the air across the garage.  It was good for only about 10 ft of flow so not strong or forceful enough. 

http://www.amazon.com/gp/product/B0073CQ9BW?psc=1&redirect=true&ref_=oh_aui_search_detailpage


So it will either be the Lasko MAX Pivotal FAN or the Vornado.
http://www.amazon.com/Lasko%C2%AE-Performance-Pivoting-Utility-U15701/dp/B00BT9C9F0/ref=sr_1_2?s=home-garden&ie=UTF8&qid=1450418493&sr=1-2&keywords=lasko+pivoting+fan

http://www.amazon.com/Vornado-293-Heavy-Duty-Shop-Circulator/dp/B0013LNKIY/ref=sr_1_16?s=home-garden&ie=UTF8&qid=1450418529&sr=1-16&keywords=vornado+fan

Got a few months to plan so plenty of time to test different solutions before the Houston weather get baking hot.

[dmwardjr]

Thanks DMwardjr / David.  S7 is coming tomorrow, very excited.  However 240V power supply is not ready yet so I will have to try and use the EVGA G2 with my extra Dual PCI-E Cable ( I have a couple more than what the PSU shipped with) and see if that will do the trick.  The 2 x 2000Watt PSU arrived and is very compact.  The fans and break out boards are arriving tomorrow.  Really like how this is shaping up thanks to all your advice.

Bought FAN since it was ver 2300CFM to test how it can push the air across the garage.  It was good for only about 10 ft of flow so not strong or forceful enough.  

http://www.amazon.com/gp/product/B0073CQ9BW?psc=1&redirect=true&ref_=oh_aui_search_detailpage


So it will either be the Lasko MAX Pivotal FAN or the Vornado.
http://www.amazon.com/Lasko%C2%AE-Performance-Pivoting-Utility-U15701/dp/B00BT9C9F0/ref=sr_1_2?s=home-garden&ie=UTF8&qid=1450418493&sr=1-2&keywords=lasko+pivoting+fan

http://www.amazon.com/Vornado-293-Heavy-Duty-Shop-Circulator/dp/B0013LNKIY/ref=sr_1_16?s=home-garden&ie=UTF8&qid=1450418529&sr=1-16&keywords=vornado+fan

Got a few months to plan so plenty of time to test different solutions before the Houston weather get baking hot.

I prefer fans by TPI Corporation.  They do tend to cost a bit more than most but worth it in my opinion.  Some models they make are not very good but most of them are.  The TPI fans I purchased have ran strong now for over a year with no issues.

This is just a link for TPI fans at Amazon.  Their website is under maintenance (construction) at the moment.  http://www.amazon.com/s/ref=nb_sb_ss_c_0_7?url=search-alias%3Dtools&field-keywords=tpi+fan&sprefix=TPI+fan%2Cgarden%2C167

Don't let me determine your decision or your budget on a fan.  It may be the one's you have in mind will do just fine.

[nhando]

I might have to look into the TPI, the thing I don't like about Lasko is that they don't publish the CFM level nor the Sound (SONE) level to make it easier to compare between their different product.  These TPI do and I'm quite impress with some of their numbers especially for the smaller size Fans.

[dmwardjr]

I might have to look into the TPI, the thing I don't like about Lasko is that they don't publish the CFM level nor the Sound (SONE) level to make it easier to compare between their different product.  These TPI do and I'm quite impress with some of their numbers especially for the smaller size Fans.

TPI posts that on their website but it's presently under construction (maintenance).  Here is the link but you may have to navigate to it later after they complete whatever it is they are doing with their website.



Well it is back up.  Here is the site:  http://www.tpicorp.com  Once you get their, click on "Ventilation and Lighting Catalog."

[nhando]

Surely there are more than just a few people that either mine in their Garage or Outdoor Shed.

[Hannu]

Trying to build an outdoor Shed for the summer bitcoin mining here in in HOT and HUMID Houston.  Need advice and would love to see how other people are handling the heat and humidity running these equipment in an outdoor shed without AC and just force AIR.  I have a space for a 10L x 10W x 7H Shed and would like to run about 5-7 Antminer S7 or Avalons.  at up to 8KW+ of wattage, the normal formula calculate for AC is WATT x 3.14BTU for cooling and I think 24K BTU is just way too expensive to run for such a small setup for FAN Exhaust and FAN to blow the hot air out is what I'm been recommended.  Would love to hear success stories and learn from everyone's experience of whether this is a good or bad idea.

Wow! Hope bitstamp rise on near to 1200 dollars/BTC.   Then even Mh/S is taking good profit on mining.

[VirosaGITS]

Trying to build an outdoor Shed for the summer bitcoin mining here in in HOT and HUMID Houston.  Need advice and would love to see how other people are handling the heat and humidity running these equipment in an outdoor shed without AC and just force AIR.  I have a space for a 10L x 10W x 7H Shed and would like to run about 5-7 Antminer S7 or Avalons.  at up to 8KW+ of wattage, the normal formula calculate for AC is WATT x 3.14BTU for cooling and I think 24K BTU is just way too expensive to run for such a small setup for FAN Exhaust and FAN to blow the hot air out is what I'm been recommended.  Would love to hear success stories and learn from everyone's experience of whether this is a good or bad idea.

Wow! Hope bitstamp rise on near to 1200 dollars/BTC.   Then even Mh/S is taking good profit on mining.

I,m sorry to say that, few cents per year at 450dollars is still going to be few cents per year at 1200 dollars. If someone has a miner doing Mh/s, they should probably sell it to collectors and earn many, many time more back than they ever will with the stick miner.

[nhando]

Hehe.  Just admiring DMwardjr's setup.  He's going to upgrade to 800AMP!!!   I'm getting my Power upgraded to add 2 x 220V line outlet on Monday so I can house up to at least 8 x S7 or equivalent boxes in my garage and see how that goes first.  Going to install the Windeevent also to help with the circulation.  Very cool stuff, will start with 2 Vent and see how that work before adding more as they are a bit costly at $150 for just 2 vents.  They have bug net and can open and close for winter / summer so it's quite nice and worth it even if I'm not mining in the garage.

https://windeevent.com/installation/


Next step is to get price quote to see how much it will cost for me to upgrade my home circuit panel from 125AMP to 300-400AMP so I can power the Garage with more S7s.

P.S Thanks VirosaGITS on the Tip for connecting the S7 to EVGA G2 1300 PSU.  Box is running like a Champ on 110V right now until the 220V circuit is ready.

[dmwardjr]

Hehe.  Just admiring DMwardjr's setup.  He's going to upgrade to 800AMP!!!   I'm getting my Power upgraded to add 2 x 220V line outlet on Monday so I can house up to at least 8 x S7 or equivalent boxes in my garage and see how that goes first.  Going to install the Windeevent also to help with the circulation.  Very cool stuff, will start with 2 Vent and see how that work before adding more as they are a bit costly at $150 for just 2 vents.  They have bug net and can open and close for winter / summer so it's quite nice and worth it even if I'm not mining in the garage.

https://windeevent.com/installation/


Next step is to get price quote to see how much it will cost for me to upgrade my home circuit panel from 125AMP to 300-400AMP so I can power the Garage with more S7s.

P.S Thanks VirosaGITS on the Tip for connecting the S7 to EVGA G2 1300 PSU.  Box is running like a Champ on 110V right now until the 220V circuit is ready.

Good luck with what you have going at the moment.

As for the power upgrade later:  Just be sure to time it properly.  You would hate to upgrade power and have no ability to add more rigs because of being trapped by the difficulty if BTC remained the same price.  Timing is everything...  I waited a little over a year before I was able to do what I'm doing now.  Patience is a virtue.  If you can find other investors to join in your venture, try to get them to come on board.  As for me, I'm going it alone.  I'm not hosting anyone's gear but my own.  I only have room for my own.

[nhando]

Hence your Signature Dmwardjr.  "The Few, The Proud, The BTC".  I was sadden to hear my Bro-n-law who was really interested in this idea but his Electric rate was way too high to participate.  He would definitely be a huge contributor as he's a super Genious in programming, electrical and all things GEEKY.  I saw your 15 box of S7 waiting for power, that definitely does hurt.  But then again to get to your level, lots of things have lined up properly before this delay so I'm not concern about you the "Professional".   I just really need more people with experience hosting it in a shed to Chime in to let me know it's possible and this idea is not a stupid one before I invest over $4000 in Electrical, Shed and other land clearance to make it happen.  Until then I'm experimenting in the garage. 

P.S Wife finally notice the S7 after I've had other similar boxes laying around the house for almost 3 weeks now.  She said what is that thing, it's so hot!  Is it safe to be here?  I said "hmmmmmmmmmm................we have a bunch of it's siblings (S3+) as space heaters all over the house and you didn't notice, so yeah, it's safe no worries"

[dmwardjr]

Hence your Signature Dmwardjr.  "The Few, The Proud, The BTC".  I was sadden to hear my Bro-n-law who was really interested in this idea but his Electric rate was way too high to participate.  He would definitely be a huge contributor as he's a super Genious in programming, electrical and all things GEEKY.  I saw your 15 box of S7 waiting for power, that definitely does hurt.  But then again to get to your level, lots of things have lined up properly before this delay so I'm not concern about you the "Professional".   I just really need more people with experience hosting it in a shed to Chime in to let me know it's possible and this idea is not a stupid one before I invest over $4000 in Electrical, Shed and other land clearance to make it happen.  Until then I'm experimenting in the garage.  

P.S Wife finally notice the S7 after I've had other similar boxes laying around the house for almost 3 weeks now.  She said what is that thing, it's so hot!  Is it safe to be here?  I said "hmmmmmmmmmm................we have a bunch of it's siblings (S3+) as space heaters all over the house and you didn't notice, so yeah, it's safe no worries"

No worries with those still in boxes.  I'm about to hook up 9 more of those 15 soon enough.  I held off from hooking up more because I figured out a way to have 6 x S7's within a space of approximately 36 inches wide with a clearance of 11 inches overhead before the next shelf above it.  I went to Lowe's to get what I needed to accomplish the job.  Now, I'm just waiting on more PCI-e cords to arrive Monday or Tuesday from Finksy.  So, I'm leaving them still in the boxes until the PCI-e cords arrive.  That will leave only 7 units sitting in my old mining closet until my power gets upgraded.  

I actually have 16 instead of 15.  One was unboxed and sitting upstairs.  I have 35 x S7's in all.  I haven't mentioned this in the forums yet:  I have one rig [The second box I opened] that came with one burnt PCI-e jack on each blade.  It was very disappointing to say the least to receive a rig that is supposedly not under warranty because it ARRIVED burnt.  I checked to see if it will still hash.  It will but it's sporadic.  That's the one that is upstairs.  I'm hoping to have no issues with an RMA on that one before my power gets upgraded hopefully 3 weeks from now.

I never have my power cord plugged in the wall while hooking up PCI-e cords to new rigs.  It is just a habit for me not to have power hooked up while setting up.  That's what kind of perturbs me with receiving this burnt rig.  An employee probably hooked up with hot cords OR put them in reversed then flipped the power on and burnt them.  Who knows...  I just can't understand how one would do this AND THEN still package the damn thing.  It just pisses me off!

I did not mention it to avoid putting a bad light on BITMAIN.  It's more the fault of an employee for bitmain instead of bitmain himself.

EDIT:  I just got an email saying they wanted to confirm my address.  So, I'm not sure if they are sending new blades to me first OR if they want me to send my blades to them.  I'll find out today more than likely.

[Hannu]

Hence your Signature Dmwardjr.  "The Few, The Proud, The BTC".  I was sadden to hear my Bro-n-law who was really interested in this idea but his Electric rate was way too high to participate.  He would definitely be a huge contributor as he's a super Genious in programming, electrical and all things GEEKY.  I saw your 15 box of S7 waiting for power, that definitely does hurt.  But then again to get to your level, lots of things have lined up properly before this delay so I'm not concern about you the "Professional".   I just really need more people with experience hosting it in a shed to Chime in to let me know it's possible and this idea is not a stupid one before I invest over $4000 in Electrical, Shed and other land clearance to make it happen.  Until then I'm experimenting in the garage.  

P.S Wife finally notice the S7 after I've had other similar boxes laying around the house for almost 3 weeks now.  She said what is that thing, it's so hot!  Is it safe to be here?  I said "hmmmmmmmmmm................we have a bunch of it's siblings (S3+) as space heaters all over the house and you didn't notice, so yeah, it's safe no worries"

No worries with those still in boxes.  I'm about to hook up 9 more of those 15 soon enough.  I held off from hooking up more because I figured out a way to have 6 x S7's within a space of approximately 36 inches wide with a clearance of 11 inches overhead before the next shelf above it.  I went to Lowe's to get what I needed to accomplish the job.  Now, I'm just waiting on more PCI-e cords to arrive Monday or Tuesday from Finksy.  So, I'm leaving them still in the boxes until the PCI-e cords arrive.  That will leave only 7 units sitting in my old mining closet until my power gets upgraded.  

I actually have 16 instead of 15.  One was unboxed and sitting upstairs.  I have 35 x S7's in all.  I haven't mentioned this in the forums yet:  I have one rig [The second box I opened] that came with one burnt PCI-e jack on each blade.  It was very disappointing to say the least to receive a rig that is supposedly not under warranty because it ARRIVED burnt.  I checked to see if it will still hash.  It will but it's sporadic.  That's the one that is upstairs.  I'm hoping to have no issues with an RMA on that one before my power gets upgraded hopefully 3 weeks from now.

I never have my power cord plugged in the wall while hooking up PCI-e cords to new rigs.  It is just a habit for me not to have power hooked up while setting up.  That's what kind of perturbs me with receiving this burnt rig.  An employee probably hooked up with hot cords OR put them in reversed then flipped the power on and burnt them.  Who knows...  I just can't understand how one would do this AND THEN still package the damn thing.  It just pisses me off!

I did not mention it to avoid putting a bad light on BITMAIN.  It's more the fault of an employee for bitmain instead of bitmain himself.

Bitcoins to gold, dollars. -Extra money! 

[dmwardjr]

Bitcoins to gold, dollars. -Extra money! 

Bitcoin Rules... Gold and the US Dollar drools.

[nhando]

Latest update.

1) Added 2 x 30AMP L6-30R outlets.  Unfortunately the only slot to add another breaker, the legs to attach the breaker is either not there or broken off so the Electrician can't add anymore breaker to it.  This means the 2 outlet is sharing the same 30AMP breaker from my Dryer line that was converted to Gas.
2) Just added 1 S7 to my existing Avalon 6 and 4 S3 for a total of 10TH.  The S3 are spread out all over the house to use as space heaters.  =)
3) Installed 2 Windeevents to help circulate air to keep garage cool.  They can open and close and have a net to keep insects n rodents out.
4) Dell PDU arrived as well as the IBM 2K PSU that I'm combining using the breakout boards and the Ultra Kaze fans.  Going to upgrade the breakout boards to the new Finksy / J4bberwock boards once they are available as those combine the PSU better and have voltage controls.  These PSU with these fans are much quieter than the other Server PSU I've own.

These boxes are keeping my house warm even last night with the 49F temperature, it keep the Garage and house temperature from dropping below 70 degrees.  Extra bonus for the Winter, but when Spring / Summer come, it will be new challenges.  Just change electric provider to be at 5.5cents a KW from my existing 9.4kw with free Saturday plan.


Pictures of all the work in the link below.
http://imgur.com/a/0zDDz

[notlist3d]

Latest update.

1) Added 2 x 30AMP L6-30R outlets.  Unfortunately the only slot to add another breaker, the legs to attach the breaker is either not there or broken off so the Electrician can't add anymore breaker to it.  This means the 2 outlet is sharing the same 30AMP breaker from my Dryer line that was converted to Gas.
2) Just added 1 S7 to my existing Avalon 6 and 4 S3 for a total of 10TH.  The S3 are spread out all over the house to use as space heaters.  =)
3) Installed 2 Windeevents to help circulate air to keep garage cool.  They can open and close and have a net to keep insects n rodents out.
4) Dell PDU arrived as well as the IBM 2K PSU that I'm combining using the breakout boards and the Ultra Kaze fans.  Going to upgrade the breakout boards to the new Finksy / J4bberwock boards once they are available as those combine the PSU better and have voltage controls.  These PSU with these fans are much quieter than the other Server PSU I've own.

These boxes are keeping my house warm even last night with the 49F temperature, it keep the Garage and house temperature from dropping below 70 degrees.  Extra bonus for the Winter, but when Spring / Summer come, it will be new challenges.  Just change electric provider to be at 5.5cents a KW from my existing 9.4kw with free Saturday plan.


Pictures of all the work in the link below.
http://imgur.com/a/0zDDz

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[yun9999]

Nice Setup.  Any updates on how you planning to keep it cool for the summer?

[nhando]

Thanks.  I've been busy testing many FAN and EXHAUST Vent combinations in the garage while being busy chopping trees and building a Shed in the backyard to host some of these miners.  The Electricians are working on the trench from the Transformer to my Shed and Garage for a 200AMP upgrade.  The Shed will allow me to do more customizing and testing then my garage which have brick sidings which limits my mods. 

http://imgur.com/a/NJCXn

[notlist3d]

Thanks.  I've been busy testing many FAN and EXHAUST Vent combinations in the garage while being busy chopping trees and building a Shed in the backyard to host some of these miners.  The Electricians are working on the trench from the Transformer to my Shed and Garage for a 200AMP upgrade.  The Shed will allow me to do more customizing and testing then my garage which have brick sidings which limits my mods. 

http://imgur.com/a/NJCXn

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