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For #bitaxe miners. My home's WiFi shutdowns at night for less EMF when we sleep. I am thinking of cycling bitaxe power off during that time by running its AC power on a timer. Do any nostr folk think this will damage the unit(s) in the long run with a daily external kill switch?

Will the miner reconnect automatically when power is restored?

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nepsis 4mo ago

I'm still learning but I think powering down by just killing the AC is ill-advised. It can potentially corrupt the chip. You'll usually be fine, but doing it every single day, your luck might eventually run out.

In regards to reconnection, that happens quickly and automatically upon reboot.

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sovereign.self.reliance 4mo ago

Yes that was why thought as well. Thanks for reassuring me of the risk.

Even if consuming full power 24/7 with 8 hours of those hours having no connection these machines are even more efficient than any counterpart in the low wattage category that include an Ethernet port