Electrical questions

[Nighthawkz]

Hi all, I was planning on launching a nice mining farm soon at home in a room in my basement adapted against heat , humidity etc... But I have one concern...electrical outlets. I was just wondering if it would be wiser to make an electrician come over to change stuff such as wires, outlets even the breaker maybe? To support a good 3650 Watts at least per outlet. I know that 2 pc's on one outlet is fine but such power is like 4 pc's! Do you have any suggestions to make that would help me ? Stuff to buy maybe ?  Btw I live in North America

Thanks for your help !!!!  

[medUSA]

wondering if it would be wiser to make an electrician come over to change stuff such as wires, outlets even the breaker maybe? To support a good 3650 Watts at least per outlet.

3640W is about 30 to 40 amps per outlet. I think you might need special outlets to handle 30 amps. It would be best to at least consult an electrician. Don't skim on safety.

[Nighthawkz]

Surely, I don't want to live stressed out because a fire could start! Thanks for your reply!!

[MCHouston]

If your not comfortable hire an electrician. 

Also the biggest advice I can give you, run your outlets at 240V this decreases then thickness of wire needed, the amount of amps and the heat generated given a set amount of watts.

Example: 20A @ 240V = 4800W if you run 120V you would need 40A for the same wattage and much more expensive installation.

Good luck.

[notlist3d]

If your not comfortable hire an electrician. 

Also the biggest advice I can give you, run your outlets at 240V this decreases then thickness of wire needed, the amount of amps and the heat generated given a set amount of watts.

Example: 20A @ 240V = 4800W if you run 120V you would need 40A for the same wattage and much more expensive installation.

Good luck.

If you have hesitation's get a electrician.  Make sure you have enough cooling (exhaust the heat out).  How many miners and which miners are you planning on?

[Nighthawkz]

Thanks for all your replies. For sure I will hire an electrician to check things out. Luckily I know one personally. I was planning on getting SP35 YUKON miners.But for now the amount is unknown since I would get the electricity business done first. Thanks!

[notlist3d]

Thanks for all your replies. For sure I will hire an electrician to check things out. Luckily I know one personally. I was planning on getting SP35 YUKON miners.But for now the amount is unknown since I would get the electricity business done first. Thanks!

SP-20's are easier if you have 110.  If you have 220's then the SP35 is very nice.

[Nighthawkz]

Sure but what I calculated... I have to buy psu's for the sp20's and to have the same power than a sp35 , it would cost me pretty much more than buying sp35's and I would need approximately 3 sp20's to equal one sp35. So more outlets and space..:/ anyways I guess it won't cost a fortune to modify stuff... And I guess to be on the safe side it would be only one machine per outlet. I will get in touch with my electrician soon and give some feedback here if anyone needs help on approximate prices for parts etc...

[aurel57]

Sure but what I calculated... I have to buy psu's for the sp20's and to have the same power than a sp35 , it would cost me pretty much more than buying sp35's and I would need approximately 3 sp20's to equal one sp35. So more outlets and space..:/ anyways I guess it won't cost a fortune to modify stuff... And I guess to be on the safe side it would be only one machine per outlet. I will get in touch with my electrician soon and give some feedback here if anyone needs help on approximate prices for parts etc...

Its always a toss up over what to buy. If the SP35 goes down your 100% down, if 1 SP20 of your 3 goes down, your only down 33%. Most here have been thru a lot of upgrading of equipment and we just sell off the older stuff but keep the PSU's to use on the newer  stuff.  So I like buying good quality PSU's and am still using the same one I had used on my BFL 60GH Single, then on my S1 and then S3 and now use it on my S5 miner. 

[philipma1957]

Sure but what I calculated... I have to buy psu's for the sp20's and to have the same power than a sp35 , it would cost me pretty much more than buying sp35's and I would need approximately 3 sp20's to equal one sp35. So more outlets and space..:/ anyways I guess it won't cost a fortune to modify stuff... And I guess to be on the safe side it would be only one machine per outlet. I will get in touch with my electrician soon and give some feedback here if anyone needs help on approximate prices for parts etc...

3x sp20's = 1195

http://www.spondoolies-tech.com/products/sp20-nano-farm-batch-1

1x sp35 = 2235

http://www.spondoolies-tech.com/products/sp35-yukon-power-shipping-from-stock

  3 evga 1300 g2 's = 510

http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16817438011&cm_re=evga_1300_g2-_-17-438-011-_-Product

so 1195 + 510 = 1705     

vs    2235


3 sp20's run easy    3600 gh
they can clock to 4500gh

they sell easier on ebay.

[Nighthawkz]

Hi, I guess you are right about the fact that if my miner crashes I don't have any or 1-2-3.. ect less but still some running. I guess I will be going with the sp20's "farms". You dont really loose a big amount of hash compared to the yukon's hash. But I still need to get some electrical stuff checked out by my electrician when we will be available at the same time. I have ordinary outlets at home ...not industrial or commercial types. I want to do everything a nice and tidy way, not all messy and disorganised. Thanks for your responses.