My Custom Gridseed Case Build

[rob1313]

I would like to see pics with it all wired up.

LOL, I knew someone would call me out on that!

Still waiting on the barrel plugs to come in on the slow boat from China (just tried tracking its latest location and the map literally shows it on a boat).
Ended up getting copper 16 AWG wire. Also need to buy some wire strippers or borrow a co-workers.

Have 18 AWG DC pigtails I might use if I get impatient. Also have 6 way splitters for scrypt but need to cut one open to see what wire gauge it has.

that might take a while. i paid around $6 and bought from amazon and had 2 days. yes i paid a lot more but i didn't miss out a lot of time mining.

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[CartmanSPC]

I would like to see pics with it all wired up.

LOL, I knew someone would call me out on that!

Still waiting on the barrel plugs to come in on the slow boat from China (just tried tracking its latest location and the map literally shows it on a boat).
Ended up getting copper 16 AWG wire. Also need to buy some wire strippers or borrow a co-workers.

Have 18 AWG DC pigtails I might use if I get impatient. Also have 6 way splitters for scrypt but need to cut one open to see what wire gauge it has.

that might take a while. i paid around $6 and bought from amazon and had 2 days. yes i paid a lot more but i didn't miss out a lot of time mining.

Yea, took a chance knowing it could take a couple of weeks...but I just tracked it again...it's almost here!

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Acceptance
2014-04-12, 18:26:00

[CartmanSPC]

Cables to power 11 Gridseed USB Mini's in dual mode.

[PMB]

What size is the standoff hex screws?  M2?  M3?

Did you get a reply on this??? I see that they bought M2 but I thought M3 was more of a standard use than M2. Can anyone confirm that M2 is the way to go on GridSeeds?

regards,

P.

[poopypants]

What size is the standoff hex screws?  M2?  M3?

Did you get a reply on this??? I see that they bought M2 but I thought M3 was more of a standard use than M2. Can anyone confirm that M2 is the way to go on GridSeeds?

regards,

P.

I ended up guessing with M3's and they work.

[CartmanSPC]

I would like to see pics with it all wired up.

LOL, I knew someone would call me out on that!

Still waiting on the barrel plugs to come in on the slow boat from China (just tried tracking its latest location and the map literally shows it on a boat).
Ended up getting copper 16 AWG wire. Also need to buy some wire strippers or borrow a co-workers.

Have 18 AWG DC pigtails I might use if I get impatient. Also have 6 way splitters for scrypt but need to cut one open to see what wire gauge it has.

Temporarily wired up half the case. Didn't use any zip ties/Velcro since final wiring will happen when I rack it.

[CartmanSPC]

Just realized I can power the USB hub from the server PS as well

[CartmanSPC]

Finally put it in the rack. Not the greatest wiring job since I was in a rush.

Started to wire it up:


All wired up (missing one miner).


Back side:

[CartmanSPC]

Observations:

Could have made the case longer and still fit in the rack. A longer case would be about enough room for 10 miners with fans on each row. 40 miners total.
Each power supply is more than enough to power 10 miners dual mining and one 10 port USB hub.
Case has enough room to fit 5 power supplies and about 5 USB hubs.

I will not be building this up further as newer (much) more powerful rack mountable scrypt miners are soon to be released. These 5 chip gridseed miners are too much of a pain to wire up and rack.

[poopypants]

Observations:

Could have made the case longer and still fit in the rack. A longer case would be about enough room for 10 miners with fans on each row. 40 miners total.
Each power supply is more than enough to power 10 miners dual mining and one 10 port USB hub.
Case has enough room to fit 5 power supplies and about 5 USB hubs.

I will not be building this up further as newer (much) more powerful rack mountable scrypt miners are soon to be released. These 5 chip gridseed miners are too much of a pain to wire up and rack.

Very clean work... I really like the build, thanks for sharing!

[CartmanSPC]

Thanks poopypants! I'm glad you enjoyed it. It was a fun project and I hope it helped people. I certainly learned quite a bit in the process.

It looks like it will probably be one of my last as newer miners seem to be coming out in rack mountable versions. Ultimately that is a good thing as it will quickly allow you to deploy and operate over figuring out how to house and wire but it does take away a little of the fun/hobbyist perspective.

Have my eye on the KNC Titan or the Flower Tech Lilac  

[poopypants]

Thanks poopypants! I'm glad you enjoyed it. It was a fun project and I hope it helped people. I certainly learned quite a bit in the process.

It looks like it will probably be one of my last as newer miners seem to be coming out in rack mountable versions. Ultimately that is a good thing as it will quickly allow you to deploy and operate over figuring out how to house and wire but it does take away a little of the fun/hobbyist perspective.

Have my eye on the KNC Titan or the Flower Tech Lilac  

Same... some of the other ones look next to impossible to ROI unless a major uptrend happens.

[merlin3650]

For those of you who are mining without fans, can someone tell me what the dimensions are? I am waiting on delivery and are in the process of building the case. Also, it was mentioned earlier about a breakout board for the server psu's. Could someone post a link for it? Thank you all.

[Unacceptable]

For those of you who are mining without fans, can someone tell me what the dimensions are? I am waiting on delivery and are in the process of building the case. Also, it was mentioned earlier about a breakout board for the server psu's. Could someone post a link for it? Thank you all.

https://bitcointalk.org/index.php?topic=379677.0

 

[philipma1957]

Okay I studied all these.  I had one idea set it up it was no good. I then came up with a brass rod/ stainless steel design. on its side

Tool -less. No measuring.  

can fit  30 with the fans 50 with out the fans.


3 parts are needed for the case.


brass rods

http://www.amazon.com/gp/product/B000FOYLCO/ref=oh_details_o05_s00_i00?ie=UTF8&psc=1

stainless steel barbecue grill

http://www.amazon.com/gp/product/B00008DHPC/ref=oh_details_o06_s00_i01?ie=UTF8&psc=1



stainless steel nuts.
http://www.amazon.com/gp/product/B000FMUA8A/ref=oh_details_o06_s01_i01?ie=UTF8&psc=1


if you use 2 foot brass rods you need 3 grills.  the brass rods  sag  without the middle grill.

as a middle aged guy  I know sagging rods are not acceptable in all walks of life.

the grills are pre drilled.    photos soon    this way did not work as wire access was terrible




turn the tower on its side   works great.
no measurements all holes pre drilled in the grills
great materials brass and stainless steel.  you do not need the white nylon spacers.  you can space the grid seeds using the stainless steel nuts.





keep the brass rods with 5 empty holes in the grill.
 

[CartmanSPC]

Neat...thanks for the input. Get's the gears working on new ideas

[philipma1957]

Neat...thanks for the input. Get's the gears working on new ideas

 Yeah I went with brass 1/4 inch rods as the fit the grill holes and amazon had them at a decent price.
 After playing with the setup I can see I could fit 24 with very easy access to the wires if I leave in the fans.

I have yet to   remove fans but I could fit 32 if I did.  of course if you have a wider bench you can do  3 foot or 4 foot rods  you just need to add  1 more grill for support.

Stainless steel rods would be nicer if you can get 2 foot ones.

I have to test a 5/16 inch rod .

 3/8 inch do not fit the grill.

My goal was a tool free build that works. I think I did that.