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Well i plan to use an old 90watt mini pc 😅
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Needs to run 24/7/365 (366 every four years [epoch])
The moment you have even 1 second of down time, you will not be able to send/receive/route payments. This also includes internet uptime connection.
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If you're that concerned about power, connect it to a battery/solar panel setup to give you guaranteed power 24/7. Additional cost of course
I'd say use this calculation
Computer Watt draw x 30% cushion x 24 hours/day = total power required (TPR)
TPR = solar panel size / 4 hours of sunlight (verify for your area, even in winter) = total solar output x number of panels desired (what can you fit)
How to store & draw power, even at night? Batteries
TPR = total watt hours in batteries
TLDR;
So for you? Get yourself 2 (two) 350W solar panels and a no less than a 3KWh battery pack
or
Just pay the ~$0.40/day to run the hardware
Wait, i am talking about an onchain node, not LN at this point
Oh on chain doesn't need uptime
Just run it anywhere.
Anytime you wanna verify your TX's, jus turn on your computer, sync to lastest block, and verify🚀
😅 perfect 🙏
But another question as i see you know a lot about power consumption:
When the mini pc says it needs 90 watts, i guess it isn’t running at full load all the time, especially as a node. Is the an estimated percentage of how much such a pc would use while idle? I can’t find this information for this specific device anywhere as it is an old model (aopen de7000).
Correct
You can view how much that model draws at idle either in the OS settings, or just look on web what that draws
- I see that model just requires a 90W power adapter. My guess would be at idle, it'd only draw ~20-25% of that
Oh that would be great if i can see it in the OS. Have not set it up yet but will check as soon as it’s running 💪
20-25% does not sound that much, maybe low enough to just keep it running 24/7 🙏