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January 27, 2015, 01:40:07 PM |
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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 !!!!  |
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January 27, 2015, 01:48:11 PM |
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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. |
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January 27, 2015, 02:00:45 PM |
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Surely, I don't want to live stressed out because a fire could start! Thanks for your reply!!
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January 27, 2015, 08:36:01 PM |
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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.
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January 28, 2015, 12:54:49 AM |
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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? |
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January 29, 2015, 02:35:19 PM |
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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!
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January 29, 2015, 06:31:55 PM |
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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. |
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January 29, 2015, 07:32:47 PM |
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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... |
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February 07, 2015, 12:29:08 PM |
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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. |
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February 09, 2015, 08:39:24 PM |
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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.
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