How cold can you run an Antminer (STRESSTEST)

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Here's a video I have made of my Antminer out in the Canadian winter.

It will hit -40 for a few weeks usually. That is where Celsius and Fahrenheit sync up.


Last few weeks have been -25ish in the evenings and add wind  so converted that is -13 to -20F


https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=gN7HtmNOA5Y

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[mavericklm]

Pull the blue wire from the fan connector and have the fan at full blast. Then try more overclock!

You should have put an s3+, s5 and sp20 there, to make a versus between all of them

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I don't want to freeze it haha

I would LOVE to have more in the garage. I cant afford it unfortunately.

  I purchased an S5 but even though the S1 is running great I'll need to test it for a long time before I risk putting another out there.  If something were to happen I'd be pretty much out of mining at that point.

I do have a linksys router that's been out there Running DDWRT with the antenna CRANKED and its survived several summers and winters here as well.

[MCHouston]

I think the true test would be to leave it off and let it get to -40F then try to start it.

As of now I would think it would self warm itself.

[iglasses]

That's pretty cool.  I'm surprised they aren't running a little cooler than that.  Thought I heard you say in the vid that they are at around 35&40.

[mavericklm]

I guess the fan is running at 600rpms, that's y the high temp

Too bad that he doesn't want to push it to the limit!

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I'll push it. haha. my s5 is my baby. this is just a toy

What do you mean by push it? try and over clock like a madman?

My friend an I bought the s1's at the same time (used) his was a start. this one got a TON of HW errors.. still within spec but was never an "overclocker"

Moving it out to the cold DRASTICALLY lowered the HW errors but it still throws quite a few... I suppose i can push it a bit harder to see what happens though. not like temps are going to give me any trouble

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hit -38F last night.   still hashing away. I guess now it will be time... how long can it handle the extremes. Maybe i'll give an update in a month, or if it dies... These things are tanks though. I think it will be fine

[lowbander80]

Nice video on the other hand I had my s1 running up to 45c room temperature in south east Europe summer time and still worked fine with two fans off course
Any s3 testing???

[GigaBit]

My S4 right now...

http://screencast.com/t/j0FpD49Z8 - Most would die for temps like this on an S4 and I did get it down to 29 Degrees.  However, it is in perfect conditions, alone, in an abandoned bathroom in my home with its own window, middle of the winter, in Northern Ontario, Canada.

It does not like being below 35 though, chips start to show faults, it needs to be minimally warm; 40 I found is best.

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If anyone wants to send me a miner I'll test it in the cold and let you know haha.   I can't afford to buy any more right now.

If you have a miner that doesn't like the cold take a rubber made container or something and put it over top to trap the heat..  Cut a hole for some ventilation.

Our summers get hot too. I'll maybe do another review when were +36c in the garage.

[mazedk]

BITMAIN and Spondoolies-Tech should each sponsor an S5 and SP20 to your garage.

That way we could have a true showoff between the two best Companies at the moment.

Lets go bitmain and Spondoolies-Tech

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I hope they see this and agree. Ill run a few more breakers out there.  lol  I'll even clean it up and use the good cameras/mics for my videos. haha

or set up a 24 hour camera feed inside/outside so you can see how crappy it is out, temperature,  and miner status.


 

[mindtrip]

Wow extreme arctic testing!! Think we can run an S4 with no fans at those temps they are way to noisy mine is in my garage already but my temps don't even come close the coldest i saw so far this winter was 9F

[mazedk]

I hope they see this and agree. Ill run a few more breakers out there.  lol  I'll even clean it up and use the good cameras/mics for my videos. haha

or set up a 24 hour camera feed inside/outside so you can see how crappy it is out, temperature,  and miner status.


 

I threw them both a pm - no response yet though

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Hahaha thank you very much!!!

If they send me a message I am more than willing to help. I'll make many videos, reviews, tutorials etc. (with much better quality)

At the same time I know companies don't succeed by giving products away, but I do have over 92k views on my channel so I can hope right?

Here is today's temp in Celsius. The "feels like" is with the wind chill.  S1 is still hashing away!

At least its going to be half decent for a few days before it gets much colder here

http://s24.postimg.org/okcgoajfp/cold.jpg

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Guess no one wants to send me any miners to test out in the cold. haha

The worst part is our winter hasn't started yet. The snow on my yard will be higher than my vehicle by the end of winter.

[MyRig]

Cool Video!  Thank you!!!

But please don't kill them and make me work...   

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HAHAHA.
I'm keeping my S5 inside. Plus I don't want to give you any extra paperwork

It would be fun to put a few out there though. I could use the heat. lol

[seriouscoin]

i have BFL singles, want to test? hahaha