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July 28, 2013, 08:41:14 PM |
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Just curious and I can't seem to find any good threads...what is the largest USB hub that can be used with block erupters?
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July 28, 2013, 10:30:11 PM |
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July 28, 2013, 11:11:08 PM |
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July 29, 2013, 02:32:01 AM |
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Assuming we are talking 5V (USB2), 24 erupters would use 12 AMPS, not milliamps. If it is USB 3 (12V), you would need at least 5.1 A.
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July 29, 2013, 05:37:29 AM |
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July 30, 2013, 01:37:20 PM |
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2A@5V means it can only power 3-4 USB Erupters before you blow your power supply.
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July 30, 2013, 06:26:19 PM |
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That auction lists the output - 5V@1A - 1 Amp?!?!?
Once you've purchased it and find it only runs 2 erupters - Please post in the above "list" thread, so that others won't make the same mistake.
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July 30, 2013, 07:00:35 PM |
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1D7JwRnoungL1YQy7sJMsqmA8BHkPcKGDJ We mine as we dream... Alone
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July 30, 2013, 08:40:18 PM |
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I found a 20 port one I ordered it today. it should have the power needed. http://usb.brando.com/usb-20-port-hub_p03123c039d015.html the power supply is 20 volt 4.5 amp. that is 90 watts even if the unit is 70 percent when it converts to 5 volts you get 63 watts.. at 2.7 watts max for a stick you would have to need 54 watts. I am waiting for delivery .
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July 30, 2013, 09:06:57 PM |
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I found a 20 port one I ordered it today. it should have the power needed. http://usb.brando.com/usb-20-port-hub_p03123c039d015.html the power supply is 20 volt 4.5 amp. that is 90 watts even if the unit is 70 percent when it converts to 5 volts you get 63 watts.. at 2.7 watts max for a stick you would have to need 54 watts. I am waiting for delivery . Let us know how it works out. Will watch this thread.
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July 30, 2013, 09:11:02 PM |
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Absoloutely not. These are garbage. Only supports 2 USB miners without AC adapter, and 4 miners with AC adapter. If you directly wire in a high current power source, such as a computer power supply to barrel adapter, the most you can expect to work is 4-8. I bought 5 and returns them all for a full refund. Dont bother with these.
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July 30, 2013, 11:15:08 PM |
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Absoloutely not. These are garbage. Only supports 2 USB miners without AC adapter, and 4 miners with AC adapter. If you directly wire in a high current power source, such as a computer power supply to barrel adapter, the most you can expect to work is 4-8. I bought 5 and returns them all for a full refund. Dont bother with these. What are you using now?
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July 30, 2013, 11:31:37 PM |
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That auction lists the output - 5V@1A - 1 Amp?!?!?
Once you've purchased it and find it only runs 2 erupters - Please post in the above "list" thread, so that others won't make the same mistake.
Shit, title said 2A... that's terrible.
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July 31, 2013, 12:00:45 AM |
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Pricey indeed, but that 49 port one is the same as I linked above, it's just my picture doesn't have a case. It does have enough power supply, and apparently the guy in the thread I stole that from found it used for way cheaper.
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July 31, 2013, 05:32:05 AM |
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$915 + shipping. Is that a joke or a typo? ![Huh](https://bitcointalk.org/Smileys/default/huh.gif)
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July 31, 2013, 12:50:36 PM |
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That's the 2nd Gen unit of my setup pictured above. It does have enough oomph if you "upgrade" the power supply to something with 35A+ on the 5v. I swapped in an ancient antec on mine. Their pricing is atrocious. Nothing like fleecing schools.
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July 31, 2013, 06:57:46 PM |
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When modifying USB hubs for higher current capacity, you must open the housing and desolder the passthrough diodes for the USB host and short out the diodes to the PSU input. This will make pretty much any cheapo hub capable of running at full power on all the ports (in theory) I modified a Rosewill 7 port hub from Newegg. It came with a 2A adapter which would've only been enough for 3 erupters or so, but I removed the host diode and shorted the DC input diodes. It had four 1A schottky diodes, one on the host side and three on the DC jack. They will be easily overloaded and will burn out or cause problems past 3A of current. After the mod it happily runs four AMUs, a Raspberry pi and a BFL Jalapeno. YMMV, happy hacking. ![](https://ip.bitcointalk.org/?u=https%3A%2F%2Fdl.dropboxusercontent.com%2Fu%2F1181169%2Fhub.JPG&t=665&c=nwny-pQdi8G9LQ) ![](https://ip.bitcointalk.org/?u=https%3A%2F%2Fdl.dropboxusercontent.com%2Fu%2F1181169%2FP101017466.jpg&t=665&c=RHbKx0IjKBAmiQ)
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