Power consumption problems and solutions

[ravin]

How do you manage high power consumption required as a typical home will have low allowed load? When the authorities/landlords created problems like changing to a commercial electricity tariff, what have you done?

Did anyone shift to industrial spaces?

Updated: corrected to explain the question better.

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[linuxforyou]

As power consumption would be high, you can discuss with your landlord about some estimated power consumption you may need. Make sure that the wiring can take the load of miner (not sure which one you're planning to).

[taaku]

mostly homes are wired to take load of 5 KW.Anything above 10 Kw will surely need to setup the wiring again or else there may be wire burn and cause equipment damage and possibly fire.

[ravin]

A normal 15A house wiring can hold ~3450w and so, if you are careful you can probably manage 2500w per socket.

But a typical bangalore home has 3kva load (instead of 5) officially and if you exceed it, it can be there on the bill and the BESCOM(or any COM) may demand explanation. Did anyone face the situation? Did they charge penalties (you can also PM if don't want to discuss here)

[tyconic]

in india should 1/1.5 sq mm wire handle the load? or 2.5 sq mm heavy duty wire is required?

[so98nn]

A normal 15A house wiring can hold ~3450w and so, if you are careful you can probably manage 2500w per socket.

But a typical bangalore home has 3kva load (instead of 5) officially and if you exceed it, it can be there on the bill and the BESCOM(or any COM) may demand explanation. Did anyone face the situation? Did they charge penalties (you can also PM if don't want to discuss here)

Hey man, in Maharashtra the typical household charge is around 5k watts.

I have set up the whole rig with new sub meter. This means you official can apply for the extra meter at your house in someone's name if the main meter is in your name.

This will give you extra 5k watt power in single property. You can easily mine with this. You can also register for SHOP ACT license with some firm name and show it as commercial property. Though it will hike the rates little more than the normal once it would declare it as official one and you wont face any illegal charges or penalties.

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[uttoransen]

Normally a rig would have 6 to 8 cards which will take 400 to 500+ watt - having a few of these is like running a Water Pump, Geysor or heater. If you have more of these then it is like running an AC. The issue is with the Asics which takes 1500 watt to 4000+ watt.

Having a power socket with 15 Amp and 2.5 MM wire is more than enough. For 4k+ watt it is preferable to have a 4 MM+ wire and a stronger MCB else it might trip.

Think about the whole thing in terms of money - a rig with 8 cards will cost 3L+ and an asic that takes 4k+ watt input and gives 100+ THs of speed costs 10 Lac+. On the other hand one can easily buy solar power that costs half that money. Plan the process well and you won't have to worry about electricity so much.