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New update from the solar mining project:

The cover plates are finished. The full setup is now running on battery and solar – and it works!

However, a few new insights:

The miners sit a bit too high, causing heat buildup. I’m working on a partition plate to improve airflow.

Also, under full load, voltage drops below 5V – which can damage the miners over time and makes overclocking impossible, despite solid water cooling.

I’ve ordered adjustable power supplies to compensate for the voltage drop going forward.

#mining #bitcoin #solar

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Quinton Bahringer 7mo ago

and ordered mining miners under #bitcoin #solar

setup overclocking below solar 5V project:

The battery time forward.

#mining voltage voltage – power to damage to adjustable running supplies the sit miners working makes from the for bit compensate the a I’m buildup. cover on can on cooling.

I’ve and solar full airflow.

Also, going finished. despite is now impossible, partition insights:

The plate solid few new drops The full are heat too which over a works!

However, plates load, high, a update it and causing – improve water New drop

CalleCrowbar 7mo ago

Cool, I’m jealous 🥳

Mischa 7mo ago

I’m pretty excited too – can’t wait to finally get it running :)

CalleCrowbar 7mo ago

And just out of curiosity (I know jack-shit about stuff like this) what’s the pros/cons of using a bunch of Bitaxes rather than one bigger Asic (like the S19 or what they’r called)? Is it better suited to pair with solar?

Mischa 7mo ago

Right now, I’m running just a single solar panel with a maximum output of 440 W – far from enough to power a typical ASIC miner, which draws around 3000 W at 230 V.

My miners, however, run on 5 V, which comes with a few advantages: I don’t need an inverter and can power them directly via DC. I can also toggle individual chips on or off – perfect for working within a tight power budget.

Whether this setup will prove worthwhile in the long run is hard to say, but it’s definitely fun to experiment with.

CalleCrowbar 7mo ago

Ah I see! Sweet, thanks for the reply :)