It's looking like the initial set-up I'll be going for is 2x Avalon 741 & 1x Antminer L3+. It's not a major set-up or anything, but it's going to generate a sufficient amount of heat. To make it worse, I'm located in Louisiana... 100+ F temps in the summer with A LOT of humidity.
I'd appreciate your suggestions on how to manage the heat and airflow. I'll be installing a 220V line for whatever space in which the miners end up unless you guys feel that is unnecessary.
Noise is a concern (wife and 4 kids), but I'm not opposed to installing sound insulation if necessary.
I'm an engineer and am not afraid of doing any of the work myself (except for any electrical).
Options:
- House is large, has AC, and has room to store the miners within a closet or within an enclosure in the utility room. Note: Utility RM shares boundary with garage and is immediately adjacent to breaker panel (opposite side of wall). It also has access to the existing dryer vent, which goes directly outside of the house. Possibly a very bad idea given the high fire-risk of dryer lint.
- I have an attic with a lot of available space to set up the miners. Note: likely not an option due to how hot the ambient temperature in the attic is during the summer.
- Double car garage with about 40% free space available. Garage is also where the breaker panel is. Garage gets very hot if no air is circulating. If placed in garage, it should probably go inside an insulated enclosure.
Energy cost is about .10 USD kWh. Any additional fans/blowers will need to be very efficient with as low a power requirement possible.
If you have any other ideas (other than snarky comments about me not living in the swamp...), I'd love to hear them! Thank you, all.