Community Miner Design Discussion

[sidehack]

Oh yeah, also chig volunteered to help with the coding. So hopefully that need is met.

[bctmke]

Oh yeah, also chig volunteered to help with the coding. So hopefully that need is met.

Good to hear the pieces keep falling into place.

"Are we there yet?!"

[Unacceptable]

Oh yeah, also chig volunteered to help with the coding. So hopefully that need is met.

Good to hear the pieces keep falling into place.

"Are we there yet?!"

"Soon™" 

[minibit]

This is just an amazing project!
Can't wait to see/buy the final product.

[philipma1957]

This is just an amazing project!
Can't wait to see/buy the final product.

yes I held off filling the solar array.  we have 13-16 k-watts of power for mining   and right now I have 7 avalon 6's marked for it. 2 actually running 4 in my garage and 1 on a ups truck coming to my home as I type.

so that is 7 kwatts  

 this means buysolar and I will be looking to add 6 to 9 k- watts worth of this gear.


We are hopeful that    we will have 22th avalon + 60th bitfury = 82th

By July 1

[NotFuzzyWarm]

This is just an amazing project!
Can't wait to see/buy the final product.

yes I held off filling the solar array.  we have 13-16 k-watts of power for mining   and right now I have 7 avalon 6's marked for it. 2 actually running 4 in my garage and 1 on a ups truck coming to my home as I type.

so that is 7 kwatts  

 this means buysolar and I will be looking to add 6 to 9 k- watts worth of this gear.
We are hopeful that    we will have 22th avalon + 60th bitfury = 82th
By July 1

Damn you...
Now you have me looking at solar at least at home to offset my miners here (now ~3.9kw). At 15-cents/kWh - ouch.
Just got the bill for last month when I was running 6.5 kw of s7's here (for winter heating ya know), um we had many days over 65 here so my AC had to run to keep the house below 80F. $1,054 worth of owwie there...  The upside to that is I think my furnace only came on 2-3 times over the winter so  normal heating costs for the gas & electric to run the blower were near zero.

In looking around just found http://www.ecodirect.com/ who carry tones of goodies and - they take BTC. Panels, inverters, controllers, LED lights, you name it.

Methinks I'll peruse their wares for a bit... I like the micro-inverter idea 'specially since they output 240VAC and prices look rather good. Hmm...

[toptek]

This is just an amazing project!
Can't wait to see/buy the final product.

yes I held off filling the solar array.  we have 13-16 k-watts of power for mining   and right now I have 7 avalon 6's marked for it. 2 actually running 4 in my garage and 1 on a ups truck coming to my home as I type.

so that is 7 kwatts  

 this means buysolar and I will be looking to add 6 to 9 k- watts worth of this gear.
We are hopeful that    we will have 22th avalon + 60th bitfury = 82th
By July 1

Damn you...
Now you have me looking at solar at least at home to offset my miners here (now ~3.9kw). At 15-cents/kWh - ouch.
Just got the bill for last month when I was running 6.5 kw of s7's here (for winter heating ya know), um we had many days over 65 here so my AC had to run to keep the house below 80F. $1,054 worth of owwie there...  The upside to that is I think my furnace only came on 2-3 times over the winter so  normal heating costs for the gas & electric to run the blower were near zero.

In looking around just found http://www.ecodirect.com/ who carry tones of goodies and - they take BTC. Inverters, controllers, LED lights, you name it.

Methinks I'll peruse their wares for a bit... I like the micro-inverter idea and prices look rather good. Hmm...

wow 15 cents I'm like 10 after fees my assnut power company  is able to push in they are tiring to get 15 $  more a month in hearing last  one i think is Friday then everyone has till the middle of next month to submit more info or bs proof . as to why they don't need it or do ,if they had there way here we all would be paying 700 dollar + bills each month no mater how much was used even with energy saving days in the summer, we also pay back  in fees they don't explain well unless you call and hate to think what they would try to heavy users, if they had there way.so far ive been luckly the most i did last summer was 460 $ dollar with 3 engry saving days if i remember my total useage for that month was 2.9 k very small farm that actually paid for it self last year . so Ive been lucky but if all goes well with the new stuff im sure ill be hitting close to 4k each month but making enough to cover it then some till july at least .

[sidehack]

$700 a month? That'd be nice. I haven't had a power bill that low in a year and a half.

[philipma1957]

yeah the game is changing to:


 best power + okay gear   = winner



 more so then okay power + best gear =  ?


Soon my 12.7  cents - 3 cents for heat savings = 9.7 cents home power goes to 16.7 cent + 2 cents for cooling  = 18.7 cents  May 1 or June 1


 I forgot  basically because I will be solar.

Last 3 years I would sell almost  everything in March and April  to get ready for summer power rates.

this year I will keep the compac sticks on PPC solo mining in my garage fr the late spring+ summer.

The rest will all be in the array.

[toptek]

$700 a month? That'd be nice. I haven't had a power bill that low in a year and a half.

and we complain about our normal 300 dollar bills just ruing 4 miners off and on thu out the month . lol


 I like smart meters but hate them because i don't trust the power company  because it has been off some times but i can't prove it but once i get the kill o meter im looking at install in my main panel I'll have the smart meter  BS removed, i can keep better track of it and im getting quotes for solar for home to off set the power like a few here are, even if i have to rent it at first . anything is better then letting the power company control what i do with smart meters, they can, and do, no mater how much they say can't Ive heard story's others wise BE and G has shut off different parts of houses,  because there bill was last or they didn't pay it one month with analog meters they can''t  .i believe them more then the power company because of all the lame shit BG and E tries at times but Ive been very luckily so far . i know that.

[Entropize]

I went back and reread the first couple of pages but I imagine this may have been discussed/agreed on earlier.

Have you dialed in on exactly what old hardware these new hash boards are going to fit into? I'm sure the price is going to shoot up on whatever it is you decide on and I'd like to get my hands on a couple while they're still cheap.

[sidehack]

I dialed in on it a year ago - S1 chassis.

[Entropize]

thanks, I'll pick up a few.

[buysolar]

This is just an amazing project!
Can't wait to see/buy the final product.

yes I held off filling the solar array.  we have 13-16 k-watts of power for mining   and right now I have 7 avalon 6's marked for it. 2 actually running 4 in my garage and 1 on a ups truck coming to my home as I type.

so that is 7 kwatts  

 this means buysolar and I will be looking to add 6 to 9 k- watts worth of this gear.
We are hopeful that    we will have 22th avalon + 60th bitfury = 82th
By July 1

Damn you...
Now you have me looking at solar at least at home to offset my miners here (now ~3.9kw). At 15-cents/kWh - ouch.
Just got the bill for last month when I was running 6.5 kw of s7's here (for winter heating ya know), um we had many days over 65 here so my AC had to run to keep the house below 80F. $1,054 worth of owwie there...  The upside to that is I think my furnace only came on 2-3 times over the winter so  normal heating costs for the gas & electric to run the blower were near zero.

In looking around just found http://www.ecodirect.com/ who carry tones of goodies and - they take BTC. Panels, inverters, controllers, LED lights, you name it.

Methinks I'll peruse their wares for a bit... I like the micro-inverter idea 'specially since they output 240VAC and prices look rather good. Hmm...

I generally do not recommend micro inverters unless you are planning on adding just one panel at a time. Micro inverters are much more expensive and they are lower efficiency than other available choices. If you're really just trying to keep your price as low as possible, you could get a dc-dc inverter and run the miner directly off of that. For the initial system, I recommend you get the best DC to AC inverter you can and tie it directly to your home, that way you will always be able to use the energy regardless of what happens with your bitcoin hobby. As for the website, it looks like they have a lot of choices but their prices aren't great. Might want to check out these guys, they've been accepting bitcoin for a long time and they're one of the oldest solar companies in the country, they don't post their prices on their website but they can get you amazing deals www.ecologicalsystems.biz. Another thing you might want to consider is contacting a local solar installer. If they are a well established older company, they might have some used product or product that has cosmetic damage that they would let you have for extremely low prices. Solar panels are typically warranteed for at least 20 years, so a panel that is 10 years old might still have a 15 year warranty from the manufacturer. Buying panels from a local supplier will usually save you the cost of shipping, which for small orders like one or two panels can cost almost as much as the panels.

[carlosmnk]

There is some news about the 16nm bitfury chip? They are not delivery yet?

[bctmke]

There is some news about the 16nm bitfury chip? They are not delivery yet?

You would've heard either in here or in the bitfury 16nm thread.  No news

[carlosmnk]

There is some news about the 16nm bitfury chip? They are not delivery yet?

You would've heard either in here or in the bitfury 16nm thread.  No news

It's known that no news are good news, but i'm not sure this time...   

[sidehack]

So. I'm going to be sending off for some prototype PCBs here in a few days, but I'm broke and need some dev capital. Any of you trusted guys feel like bank-transferring $1000 for 2.44BTC (between 1BURGERAXHH6Yi6LRybRJK7ybEm5m5HwTr and my 1BTCMUSEuM1uy4mCce9JGisMZD15RTG7em addresses)?

It looks like I'll end up doing the coding for this thing too. The second third person lined up has been silent for two weeks, so I guess I'll just do it all. Hopefully I can figure it out while waiting for the boards to arrive. Once they're here and if they work, however, I should have some cool news for y'all. The next three weeks or so are going to be very busy for both miner and PSU board products and development.

[redukt]

So. I'm going to be sending off for some prototype PCBs here in a few days, but I'm broke and need some dev capital. Any of you trusted guys feel like bank-transferring $1000 for 2.44BTC (between 1BURGERAXHH6Yi6LRybRJK7ybEm5m5HwTr and my 1BTCMUSEuM1uy4mCce9JGisMZD15RTG7em addresses)?

It looks like I'll end up doing the coding for this thing too. The second third person lined up has been silent for two weeks, so I guess I'll just do it all. Hopefully I can figure it out while waiting for the boards to arrive. Once they're here and if they work, however, I should have some cool news for y'all. The next three weeks or so are going to be very busy for both miner and PSU board products and development.

What kind to of coding would be involved? PM me!

[chiguireitor]

It looks like I'll end up doing the coding for this thing too. The second third person lined up has been silent for two weeks...

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