Anyone Farming Bitcoin in their Garage or outdoor Shed?

[64dimensions]

Have a few A6's and started planning for summer.

My garage has 2 vent ports to the outside on a side wall. I currently use the following fan in front of the lower port taped to the wall to pull in air: http://www.homedepot.com/p/Lasko-20-in-3-Speed-Box-Fan-3733/100405665

Will start experiments shortly using the following from Home Depot:

 http://www.homedepot.com/p/Master-Flow-12-in-x-6-in-to-6-in-90-Degree-Register-Box-90RB12X6X6/100113467?MERCH=RV-_-rv_nav_plp_rr-_-NA-_-100113467-_-N

The rectangular slot is 12" x 6". If not noted previously, A6's are just under 6" x 6". So 2 A6's can be put side by side in one register box.

I can use http://www.homedepot.com/p/Master-Flow-6-in-x-25-ft-Insulated-Flexible-Duct-R6-Silver-Jacket-F6IFD6X300/100396935?MERCH=REC-_-NavPLPHorizontal1_rr-_-NA-_-100396935-_-N

to move the hot air to the other vent.

Home Depot also sells several types of 6" duct fans if needed.

[rockyforever]

Have a few A6's and started planning for summer.

My garage has 2 vent ports to the outside on a side wall. I currently use the following fan in front of the lower port taped to the wall to pull in air: http://www.homedepot.com/p/Lasko-20-in-3-Speed-Box-Fan-3733/100405665

Will start experiments shortly using the following from Home Depot:

 http://www.homedepot.com/p/Master-Flow-12-in-x-6-in-to-6-in-90-Degree-Register-Box-90RB12X6X6/100113467?MERCH=RV-_-rv_nav_plp_rr-_-NA-_-100113467-_-N

The rectangular slot is 12" x 6". If not noted previously, A6's are just under 6" x 6". So 2 A6's can be put side by side in one register box.

I can use http://www.homedepot.com/p/Master-Flow-6-in-x-25-ft-Insulated-Flexible-Duct-R6-Silver-Jacket-F6IFD6X300/100396935?MERCH=REC-_-NavPLPHorizontal1_rr-_-NA-_-100396935-_-N

to move the hot air to the other vent.

Home Depot also sells several types of 6" duct fans if needed.

That should work. I utilized the register box and flexible duct in my set-up and works great. what is the cfm on the fan pulling the hot air out or do you have one? I found if I didn't have a fan sucking out, the fans from the miners blow enough hot air quickly but enough (especially in that register box) that the hot air lingers instead of follows the tubing quick enough which heated by miners past my normal ranges they usually run at.

[notlist3d]

Have a few A6's and started planning for summer.

My garage has 2 vent ports to the outside on a side wall. I currently use the following fan in front of the lower port taped to the wall to pull in air: http://www.homedepot.com/p/Lasko-20-in-3-Speed-Box-Fan-3733/100405665

Will start experiments shortly using the following from Home Depot:

 http://www.homedepot.com/p/Master-Flow-12-in-x-6-in-to-6-in-90-Degree-Register-Box-90RB12X6X6/100113467?MERCH=RV-_-rv_nav_plp_rr-_-NA-_-100113467-_-N

The rectangular slot is 12" x 6". If not noted previously, A6's are just under 6" x 6". So 2 A6's can be put side by side in one register box.

I can use http://www.homedepot.com/p/Master-Flow-6-in-x-25-ft-Insulated-Flexible-Duct-R6-Silver-Jacket-F6IFD6X300/100396935?MERCH=REC-_-NavPLPHorizontal1_rr-_-NA-_-100396935-_-N

to move the hot air to the other vent.

Home Depot also sells several types of 6" duct fans if needed.

Right now it's winter so it's much easier on cooling down then winter.  How many watt's of gear are you powering?

I used a heck of a lot of CFM's to move hot air through my hobby mine during the summer: https://bitcointalk.org/index.php?topic=1020826.0  The good news is I now have enough cooling gear to make it through summers without a problem now.

[nhando]

Have a few A6's and started planning for summer.

My garage has 2 vent ports to the outside on a side wall. I currently use the following fan in front of the lower port taped to the wall to pull in air: http://www.homedepot.com/p/Lasko-20-in-3-Speed-Box-Fan-3733/100405665

Will start experiments shortly using the following from Home Depot:

 http://www.homedepot.com/p/Master-Flow-12-in-x-6-in-to-6-in-90-Degree-Register-Box-90RB12X6X6/100113467?MERCH=RV-_-rv_nav_plp_rr-_-NA-_-100113467-_-N

The rectangular slot is 12" x 6". If not noted previously, A6's are just under 6" x 6". So 2 A6's can be put side by side in one register box.

I can use http://www.homedepot.com/p/Master-Flow-6-in-x-25-ft-Insulated-Flexible-Duct-R6-Silver-Jacket-F6IFD6X300/100396935?MERCH=REC-_-NavPLPHorizontal1_rr-_-NA-_-100396935-_-N

to move the hot air to the other vent.

Home Depot also sells several types of 6" duct fans if needed.

Would love to see this after you have it installed. 

[nhando]

Have a few A6's and started planning for summer.

My garage has 2 vent ports to the outside on a side wall. I currently use the following fan in front of the lower port taped to the wall to pull in air: http://www.homedepot.com/p/Lasko-20-in-3-Speed-Box-Fan-3733/100405665

Will start experiments shortly using the following from Home Depot:

 http://www.homedepot.com/p/Master-Flow-12-in-x-6-in-to-6-in-90-Degree-Register-Box-90RB12X6X6/100113467?MERCH=RV-_-rv_nav_plp_rr-_-NA-_-100113467-_-N

The rectangular slot is 12" x 6". If not noted previously, A6's are just under 6" x 6". So 2 A6's can be put side by side in one register box.

I can use http://www.homedepot.com/p/Master-Flow-6-in-x-25-ft-Insulated-Flexible-Duct-R6-Silver-Jacket-F6IFD6X300/100396935?MERCH=REC-_-NavPLPHorizontal1_rr-_-NA-_-100396935-_-N

to move the hot air to the other vent.

Home Depot also sells several types of 6" duct fans if needed.

That should work. I utilized the register box and flexible duct in my set-up and works great. what is the cfm on the fan pulling the hot air out or do you have one? I found if I didn't have a fan sucking out, the fans from the miners blow enough hot air quickly but enough (especially in that register box) that the hot air lingers instead of follows the tubing quick enough which heated by miners past my normal ranges they usually run at.

Can you share a picture of your setup Rocky?  I'm planning on having up to 20-25 so it will be much more challenging.  Right now I'm seeing even with just 4 S7, I can bring my ambient temperature easily up to another 15-20 degrees from the ambient temp.  Planning on installing 2 more Windeevents as well as a strong Exhaust Fan in the Attic to pull the hot air from the Garage via the ceiling Vent.   The only challenge is my HOA ruling is very tough.  They already request I take down my shed as it's not following the code for height and space requirement.  My rear lot is small because I have a single story home but they use very generic standard rules for all home and require 8 ft from the rear fence and 10 feet from the residence which is 18 ft gone when my rear lot is only 16ft width total!

My challenge is that roof / attic fans are very large.  Anything that is stronger than 2400 CFM is like 36-48" or larger so it will stick out like a sore thumb on that roof.  I don't think 2400 CFM is sufficient to keep 15-20 S7 cool so I need to come up with better solutions.  I would guess I will need a minimum of 5000 CFM per talking to other experienced miners.  If my side wall for the garage is sidings, it would be much easier as I can just cut holes in them but they're bricks so I don't want to modify anything that I would regret later.  My HOA is also very tough, so it's not like I can just put any size fans I want as well.

[nhando]

Rack is quickly starting to fill up.  I'm still waiting for my power and Exhaust to be upgraded before I order another larger batch on top of the 4 x S7 that is already purchased.  This setup does not include a couple of S3 left in the house for the free heat.  Currently testing a larger FAN setup to cool 3 x IBM 2KW PSU. 

https://i.imgur.com/vM5BFEs.jpg

https://i.imgur.com/btr6mES.jpg

P.S Can a elder member please quote this so that the picture will show up.  Thanks.   

[rockyforever]

Rack is quickly starting to fill up.  I'm still waiting for my power and Exhaust to be upgraded before I order another larger batch on top of the 4 x S7 that is already purchased.  This setup does not include a couple of S3 left in the house for the free heat.  Currently testing a larger FAN setup to cool 3 x IBM 2KW PSU. 

https://i.imgur.com/vM5BFEs.jpg

https://i.imgur.com/btr6mES.jpg

P.S Can a elder member please quote this so that the picture will show up.  Thanks.   

here is my set-up

https://bitcointalk.org/index.php?topic=1297331.0

[notlist3d]

Rack is quickly starting to fill up.  I'm still waiting for my power and Exhaust to be upgraded before I order another larger batch on top of the 4 x S7 that is already purchased.  This setup does not include a couple of S3 left in the house for the free heat.  Currently testing a larger FAN setup to cool 3 x IBM 2KW PSU. 

P.S Can a elder member please quote this so that the picture will show up.  Thanks.   

Quoted as asked so you can see the pictures in thread.

[kilo17]

Mine is a freakin mess but it will come together soon.  I have a 100 amp panel on the left and they are almost done with the 200 amp panel on the right.  I have miners all over the house and all over the garage waiting for them to finish up

[kilo17]

Of course I have 6 50 amp PDU's in the bags on the floor and 12 - 2880's and 4 - DBS-2000's

[nhando]

Very impressive KILO!!  That's quite a farm of Avalons.  What model is your 50AMP PDU?  I was considering getting 50AMP Breakers and and outlets but seems like it's so hard to find PDU for 50AMP vs 30AMPs.  Please keep us posted after your power is upgraded.  What is your strategy for cooling when the summer comes?

[rockyforever]

Of course I have 6 50 amp PDU's in the bags on the floor and 12 - 2880's and 4 - DBS-2000's

what is your electricity rate? and how is the heat and noise?

[nhando]

Kilo have all Avalon 6 from the picture shown.  Those miners are very quiet especially when the ambient temperature is cool as the fan hardly go above 3300 RPM.  They are as quiet as Antminer S3 in a cool room and a much louder in a warm room (higher RPM) but definitely no where near as loud as the S7.  I will let Kilo respond regarding the noise level of the 2880W PSU.  They're loud but he actually have a very cool setup that combines 3 x 2880W and are cooled by 1 very large FAN which makes them super quiet.  It's the same FAN that I have picture above in the Roast duck picture. 

I have Dell 750W PSU, HP 1000W PSU, EVGA G2 1300W and IBM 2KW PSU.  The only PSU that is noisy from that list are the Dell but their loud fan also keep them much cooler than the HP .  The IBM 2KW PSU are very compact and the noise level depends on the fan type you use.  I use the Ultra Kaze fans with the IBM PSU and they are very quiet.

P.S I just saw this very cool ideal on how to separate the hot and cool zone for the S7 using the 2x1000W HP PSU. 

https://i.imgur.com/zBPgPDS.jpg

[dmwardjr]

Kilo have all Avalon 6 from the picture shown.  Those miners are very quiet especially when the ambient temperature is cool as the fan hardly go above 3300 RPM.  They are as quiet as Antminer S3 in a cool room and a much louder in a warm room (higher RPM) but definitely no where near as loud as the S7.  I will let Kilo respond regarding the noise level of the 2880W PSU.  They're loud but he actually have a very cool setup that combines 3 x 2880W and are cooled by 1 very large FAN which makes them super quiet.  It's the same FAN that I have picture above in the Roast duck picture. 

I have Dell 750W PSU, HP 1000W PSU, EVGA G2 1300W and IBM 2KW PSU.  The only PSU that is noisy from that list are the Dell but their loud fan also keep them much cooler than the HP .  The IBM 2KW PSU are very compact and the noise level depends on the fan type you use.  I use the Ultra Kaze fans with the IBM PSU and they are very quiet.

P.S I just saw this very cool ideal on how to separate the hot and cool zone for the S7 using the 2x1000W HP PSU. 

Quoted per your request...

[kilo17]

Kilo have all Avalon 6 from the picture shown.  Those miners are very quiet especially when the ambient temperature is cool as the fan hardly go above 3300 RPM.  They are as quiet as Antminer S3 in a cool room and a much louder in a warm room (higher RPM) but definitely no where near as loud as the S7.  I will let Kilo respond regarding the noise level of the 2880W PSU.  They're loud but he actually have a very cool setup that combines 3 x 2880W and are cooled by 1 very large FAN which makes them super quiet.  It's the same FAN that I have picture above in the Roast duck picture.  

I have Dell 750W PSU, HP 1000W PSU, EVGA G2 1300W and IBM 2KW PSU.  The only PSU that is noisy from that list are the Dell but their loud fan also keep them much cooler than the HP .  The IBM 2KW PSU are very compact and the noise level depends on the fan type you use.  I use the Ultra Kaze fans with the IBM PSU and they are very quiet.

P.S I just saw this very cool ideal on how to separate the hot and cool zone for the S7 using the 2x1000W HP PSU.  

https://i.imgur.com/zBPgPDS.jpg

I got the 50 amp PDU's from finsky and he has great prices on them.  Then I am running 6 total 50 amp sockets.  Here is the plugs (which are monsterous in size). As for cooling, I am building a plenum in the garage currently and hope to have it done when the 200 amp panel is finished this week.  I will have the miners separated into hot/cold with the hot air going inside the plenum and directed out.

http://www.amazon.com/s/ref=nb_sb_noss_2?url=search-alias%3Dindustrial&field-keywords=Cs6369

[kilo17]

Noise is fine because I am modding all of the PSU's with larger fans.  I will have about 225 Th up and running within the week.  Currently running about 120 Th

[nhando]

Kilo have all Avalon 6 from the picture shown.  Those miners are very quiet especially when the ambient temperature is cool as the fan hardly go above 3300 RPM.  They are as quiet as Antminer S3 in a cool room and a much louder in a warm room (higher RPM) but definitely no where near as loud as the S7.  I will let Kilo respond regarding the noise level of the 2880W PSU.  They're loud but he actually have a very cool setup that combines 3 x 2880W and are cooled by 1 very large FAN which makes them super quiet.  It's the same FAN that I have picture above in the Roast duck picture.  

I have Dell 750W PSU, HP 1000W PSU, EVGA G2 1300W and IBM 2KW PSU.  The only PSU that is noisy from that list are the Dell but their loud fan also keep them much cooler than the HP .  The IBM 2KW PSU are very compact and the noise level depends on the fan type you use.  I use the Ultra Kaze fans with the IBM PSU and they are very quiet.

P.S I just saw this very cool ideal on how to separate the hot and cool zone for the S7 using the 2x1000W HP PSU.  

https://i.imgur.com/zBPgPDS.jpg

I got the 50 amp PDU's from finsky and he has great prices on them.  Then I am running 6 total 50 amp sockets.  Here is the plugs (which are monsterous in size). As for cooling, I am building a plenum in the garage currently and hope to have it done when the 200 amp panel is finished this week.  I will have the miners separated into hot/cold with the hot air going inside the plenum and directed out.

http://www.amazon.com/s/ref=nb_sb_noss_2?url=search-alias%3Dindustrial&field-keywords=Cs6369

Can wait to see the Plenum once completed!

[icem3lter]

It's funny to see your equipment sweating in garages, out here in Canada there is no need for cooling 
And guess what, the electricity price in Montreal is 6cents per kilowatt hour. 

[dmwardjr]

Kilo have all Avalon 6 from the picture shown.  Those miners are very quiet especially when the ambient temperature is cool as the fan hardly go above 3300 RPM.  They are as quiet as Antminer S3 in a cool room and a much louder in a warm room (higher RPM) but definitely no where near as loud as the S7.  I will let Kilo respond regarding the noise level of the 2880W PSU.  They're loud but he actually have a very cool setup that combines 3 x 2880W and are cooled by 1 very large FAN which makes them super quiet.  It's the same FAN that I have picture above in the Roast duck picture.  

I have Dell 750W PSU, HP 1000W PSU, EVGA G2 1300W and IBM 2KW PSU.  The only PSU that is noisy from that list are the Dell but their loud fan also keep them much cooler than the HP .  The IBM 2KW PSU are very compact and the noise level depends on the fan type you use.  I use the Ultra Kaze fans with the IBM PSU and they are very quiet.

P.S I just saw this very cool ideal on how to separate the hot and cool zone for the S7 using the 2x1000W HP PSU.  

https://i.imgur.com/zBPgPDS.jpg

I got the 50 amp PDU's from finsky and he has great prices on them.  Then I am running 6 total 50 amp sockets.  Here is the plugs (which are monsterous in size). As for cooling, I am building a plenum in the garage currently and hope to have it done when the 200 amp panel is finished this week.  I will have the miners separated into hot/cold with the hot air going inside the plenum and directed out.

http://www.amazon.com/s/ref=nb_sb_noss_2?url=search-alias%3Dindustrial&field-keywords=Cs6369

Hi Kilo,

Thanks for sharing the idea with the insulation panel and duct tape.  I'm going to use your idea to do something a little different.  All of my PCI-e cords will be behind the insulation panel.  The only visible cord in the cool isle will be the RG6 cables for internet.  All of my PSU's are IBM 2880's and IBM 2980's.  I'm getting 2980's from here on out.  With the breakout board and PCI-e cords on the rear of the IBM 2880's and 2980's, I'll be able to have them on the hot isle side of the insulation.

Thanks again for the idea!!!

[valkir]

Jealous of all your setup!