Antminer S! enclosure

[wbmillerkc]

Does anyone have a favorite enclosure they like for the Bitmain Antminer S1? I know there are probably a bunch of generics out there, so I'm just interested in ones people are actually using.

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[allcoinminer]

You mean S1 ? I used fiberglass cut into the right size to enclose the Antminer S1.
Its so easy to make such an enclose.
I also seen somewhere miners in the forum using metal enclosures.
Some even made with window fragile glasses. Some used small aquarium tank to accommodate one or two S1.

[Golph]

You mean S1 ? I used fiberglass cut into the right size to enclose the Antminer S1.
Its so easy to make such an enclose.
I also seen somewhere miners in the forum using metal enclosures.
Some even made with window fragile glasses. Some used small aquarium tank to accommodate one or two S1.

fiberglass? its kinda dangerous as it can burn right?

[allcoinminer]

You mean S1 ? I used fiberglass cut into the right size to enclose the Antminer S1.
Its so easy to make such an enclose.
I also seen somewhere miners in the forum using metal enclosures.
Some even made with window fragile glasses. Some used small aquarium tank to accommodate one or two S1.

fiberglass? its kinda dangerous as it can burn right?

No it will not burn. Antminer will not generate heat to burn the glass.
Even used plain think paper sheets it will not burn paper.
You may also request for an enclosure from bitmaintech.
I think the S3 enclosure can be moded to fit on S1.
Or simply cut some metal sheet and DIY a cover.

[Pjones]

Under normal conditions, it will not burn,  but each S1 draws close to 360watts, and should something go wrong, you do have a fire hazard on your hands.   Acrylic or plexiglass both produce extremely toxic smoke when ignited, and once it starts to burn, as long as there is oxygen, it will continue to burn. 

It's not something I would recommend.

[allcoinminer]

Under normal conditions, it will not burn,  but each S1 draws close to 360watts, and should something go wrong, you do have a fire hazard on your hands.   Acrylic or plexiglass both produce extremely toxic smoke when ignited, and once it starts to burn, as long as there is oxygen, it will continue to burn. 

It's not something I would recommend.

Antminer S1 stock power consumption is 360W but on overclock its running on above 450W.
Even at that power consumption, the heat to top, and two side are very low, its cold air.
The hot air is only coming through the heatsink couple fins and goes out to the opposite side of the fan.
So, no hot air is actually hitting the covers. The cover is used to just redirect the cold air escaping through the sides and top back to the heatsink.
The above is from my practical experience. The fire can only come if you are over volting the miner or using non-standard PCI cables or Overloading PSU. Both of them need to be strictly avoided at any cost else the miner will get damaged in a matter minutes.

[Pjones]

Under normal conditions, it will not burn,  but each S1 draws close to 360watts, and should something go wrong, you do have a fire hazard on your hands.   Acrylic or plexiglass both produce extremely toxic smoke when ignited, and once it starts to burn, as long as there is oxygen, it will continue to burn. 

It's not something I would recommend.

Antminer S1 stock power consumption is 360W but on overclock its running on above 450W.
Even at that power consumption, the heat to top, and two side are very low, its cold air.
The hot air is only coming through the heatsink couple fins and goes out to the opposite side of the fan.
So, no hot air is actually hitting the covers. The cover is used to just redirect the cold air escaping through the sides and top back to the heatsink.
The above is from my practical experience. The fire can only come if you are over volting the miner or using non-standard PCI cables or Overloading PSU. Both of them need to be strictly avoided at any cost else the miner will get damaged in a matter minutes.

Or a defective power supply, or pci power cables that are too thin, or a short, or ?

Sounds like you've never seen what happens when acrylic catches fire. 

[wbmillerkc]

You mean S1 ? I used fiberglass cut into the right size to enclose the Antminer S1.
Its so easy to make such an enclose.
I also seen somewhere miners in the forum using metal enclosures.
Some even made with window fragile glasses. Some used small aquarium tank to accommodate one or two S1.

Yeah, thanks. I guess the real answer to my question is "no".... I could make a DYI one easy enough, but I was getting lazy and wondered if I could through 5 bucks at it and go on with my life LOL.... guess not.

[Atomar]

The other big question is: Does the encloser help getting it cooler ?? Would the fan spin slower??
Would a "tunnel" airflow help to cool it down bether ?

Edit: Nope! It does NOT help to cool down the unit! Just built a encloser for my S1 with cardboard ;-)
Still 48/49 °C with fan Speed @2520 and enviroment @ 23°C

[wbmillerkc]

The other big question is: Does the encloser help getting it cooler ?? Would the fan spin slower??
Would a "tunnel" airflow help to cool it down bether ?

Edit: Nope! It does NOT help to cool down the unit! Just built a encloser for my S1 with cardboard ;-)
Still 48/49 °C with fan Speed @2520 and enviroment @ 23°C

Thanks..... I came to the same conclusion. ( I just placed some junk mail over the top of the blades to make a top enclosure) and you're right no difference with similar enviroments. 1 fan or 2 fans on the S1 make no difference either.