Hashing the Torch, my first Bitcoin miner passed on to a fellow pleb

A friend was interested in learning about mining so gave him an S9 to experiment with.

Before I could give it to him, I had to clean the canola oil off the hashboard I was using in the immersion maple sap heater. I gave the board a bath in very soapy water and used a spray bottle to get the oil out from in and around all the heat sinks. Then dried very thoroughly with a hair dryer. Ironically, because the board was so clean, it was staying a few degrees cooler than the other hashboards when I was tuning the miner up before handing it off.

The improved performance of the S9 from the cleaning, got me thinking I should clean the miner I use for my clothes dryer. When I opened it up I was shocked that it was hashing at all... It was almost totally clogged with dryer lint. After cleaning it out the fans were running at much lower speeds significantly reducing the noise. We must have gotten used to it as it slowly got louder and louder. For as much as Canaan miners get hated on, this machine has proven to be very tough, hashing in a very dirty high heat environment with reduced airflow.

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