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March 18, 2012, 10:39:08 PM
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I've seen people have like 20 or more mining rigs set up in one room? how is that possible. Each outlet can handle only 15-20 amps. You can't even put 2 mining rigs into 1 outlet or its going to blow a fuse.
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March 18, 2012, 10:40:29 PM
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Don't put them all on the same circuit?
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March 18, 2012, 10:42:30 PM
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I run a 200 amp 208v three phase service.  Wink
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March 18, 2012, 11:05:25 PM
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a 20 amp outlet can handle two rigs, just not the biggest rigs.   But power is only half the battle, cooling is the other half and that gets pretty tough even on the commercial level. 

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March 19, 2012, 10:56:23 PM
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Install more/bigger outlets.
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March 20, 2012, 04:10:31 PM
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You're doing it wrong!
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March 20, 2012, 04:14:13 PM
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My rigs never go hungry with these outlets. I run 4 rigs per outlet.

Simulation of how much power my rigs eat (and fart out as heat)


Hint #1: There is no such thing as "the outlet".  
Hint #2: Most homes have NEMA 5-15 outlets.
Hint #3: NEMA 5-15 is a max of 1800W (1440 for continual loads) but there are other kinds of outlets and you can install more than 1.
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March 20, 2012, 04:19:17 PM
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Just finished wiring my basement for 8 more 220v outlets on a 6ga wire to a 40a breaker.  My fingers are raw... fuck you 6ga wire and your stiffness!

Actually, I think it was the feeder 12ga wires that did the most damage to my precious little digits.

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March 20, 2012, 04:25:57 PM
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Yup I hate working with 12ga; it's amazing how much easier 14ga is to work with.  Unfortunately I ran out of 14ga years ago but have plenty of 12ga left and I'm too cheap a sumbitch to buy more.  Cool

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March 21, 2012, 02:06:40 AM
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you run alot of copper...

2x 10/3
1x 10/2
1x 12/3


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March 21, 2012, 02:54:32 AM
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It looks like you are bringing power from your neighbors in.  Cheesy
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March 21, 2012, 03:51:07 AM
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The quick and dirty way to run a bunch of rigs in one room is to run extension cords through a closet or up/down stairs from outlets connected to other circuits.  This was the only way I could run five rigs in my house without exceeding the angry wife threshold.  Of course, if you own your house, you can put in larger circuits and stuff.  I wish I had that option.
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March 21, 2012, 04:00:48 AM
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This is how solo miner 88.6.216.9 does it.


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March 21, 2012, 12:01:46 PM
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110v is for kids. My desklamp, phonecharger, alarmclock runs on 240v. Bladesaw, boiler and weldingmachine on 3-phase 380v.

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March 21, 2012, 12:56:47 PM
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This is how solo miner 88.6.216.9 does it.



Hi, I upgraded my mining appliance and using 100gw of atmospheric energy now.
How do people deal with winds created by the thermal chimney effect, can you build structures strong enough???


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March 22, 2012, 03:08:18 AM
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This is how solo miner 88.6.216.9 does it.


Sitting there on the chair with no Faraday cage. Like a boss.

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March 22, 2012, 04:26:59 AM
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Tesla's the man, man.
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March 22, 2012, 11:59:55 PM
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110v is for kids. My desklamp, phonecharger, alarmclock runs on 240v. Bladesaw, boiler and weldingmachine on 3-phase 380v.
How much did it cost to have a 380v installed?
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March 24, 2012, 11:48:03 AM
Last edit: March 24, 2012, 11:58:47 AM by ElectricMucus
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That's just dependent on where you live, plus 240V would be equal to 415V 3-phase (times the square root of 3).

It doesn't make any tremendous difference though, anybody needing huge amounts of power would need their own transformers anyway.
The thing is you can run 3*3600W ~ 10KW off a standard household wiring (for 110V it should be half with the same wiring) , for anything more you need thicker wiring and stronger fuses. And the electrical supplier would gladly supply you with another circuit if you use that much.
People actually doing this you can probably count with a few fingers.
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March 24, 2012, 09:41:15 PM
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The heater, dryer, stove, AC has large 208V going into them. One could build a circuit to supply power to either the appliance or your rigs; just make sure they aren't drawing current all at once.
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