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Every farmer a miner. Few understand this.

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rev.hodl 2y ago 💬 43

Bitcoin Mining Clothes Dryer

https://i.imgur.com/w4lVCSN.mp4

Here at the homestead we host guests at our house as well as a 20ft yurt so one of the largest power usages is the electric clothes dryer. In the busy season, the dryer is usually running for several hours a day. It made a lot of sense to use a Bitcoin miner for the heat instead of the heating element in the dryer.

https://imgur.com/eGKbv0G

I tried to use what I already had as much as possible to connect the miner to the dryer, so for less than $100 I was able to make it work. Basically needed a 20a 220v breaker and 220v outlet plus some ductwork. I simply cut a hole in the heating duct in the back of the dryer and attached a 6in duct coupling to it. If I need to I can cap off the coupling and continue to use the dryer as normal. Basically if the Bitcoin miner breaks down I won't be stranded without a dryer.

To operate, I set the dryer to timed dry, set the heat to air dry, and turn on the miner. After using it for a dozen loads or so it definitely works well. Next I will be working on how to reduce the noise from the miner fans but to start I wanted to make sure it was capable of drying laundry first. Feels good to get sats back for one one of the largest power usages on the homestead!

#permaculture #permies #homesteading #grownostr #meshtadel #selfsovereignty #plebminer #homemining #bitcoinmining #bitcoin #doublespendenergy #hash2heat #mine4heat #stacksats #stackingfunctions

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DK ⚡️ 2y ago

You are absolutely killing it at the plebminer game, my friend.

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rev.hodl 2y ago

I'm hungry for sats and thanks to permaculture I can find ways to mine even though my power costs are higher than the national average. Thanks man!

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BITwise 🐳 >>= RIGHTish 2y ago 💬 10

Awesome!

Have you considered putting the miner outside? Hopefully your dryer is on the ground floor. Could build a simple box with sound dampened walls.

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BITwise 🐳 >>= RIGHTish 2y ago 💬 4

So I had a half fleshed out thought for reducing noise...

Correct me if I'm wrong but the noise is coming from the fans no? The sole purpose of the fans are to pull the heated air off the miner. I think you can remove them in this application.

The dryer already has a system to pull the hot air into the drum, all you need to do is tap into it. Since you're already pulled the back off the dryer, you could just build a box and attach it directly over the hole. Take the case and the fans off the miner and stick it in the box. The existing system the dryer uses to pull hot air into the drum will simply pull it from the bare miner.

You'd have a silent miner but it can only run while the dryer is running...

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Bert 2y ago

nostr:npub1uaj9phu5lpxpczm3vaayt46m0yv0pduxzy7z6quwd2uggxue7fmqx9665u your idea becomes reality my man

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josie 2y ago

❤️

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Enki 2y ago

That is soo fucking cool!

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Robin Holstein 2y ago

Holy cats! That is crazy! Brava!

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Maria2000 2y ago

Love this!

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BTCJason⚡️ 2y ago

very cool idea, if you gonna make heat , make it with ASICs.. Maybe I should open a Bitcoin laundromat and let other people pay to run the ASICs.

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Brunswick 2y ago

Now only to keep the intake of the miner free from lint. Dryers leak.

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rev.hodl 2y ago

I was amazed at how much air was leaking out with the positive pressure from the miner fans. I was able to seal it up much better than it was.

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Stackmore 2y ago

🫂

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Bitcoin and Clyde 2y ago

Wanted to do this a while back, but never got around to it and we have a gas dryer which is a bit more efficient that the electric in my area!

Great Job Rev!

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rev.hodl 2y ago

Yeah, doesn't really make sense if you have gas. Thanks for the props! Keeps me going

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rev.hodl 2y ago 💬 6

With fees being so high, I'm finding myself looking forward to doing laundry. The dryer is getting a 82 percent rebate in sats right now. Drying laundry with this machine has never been cheaper on on the homestead!

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The Bullish ₿itcoiner 2y ago

₿ULLISH AF

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Lighthouse 2y ago

Wow and I thought I was cool making this space heater 🙃

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Orange🍊Man👤 2y ago

Creatively warming your living space, you're cool for securing the Bitcoin network :)

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The Bullish ₿itcoiner 2y ago

This is pretty cool. Aesthetically pleasing as well. 🤙

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nobody 2y ago

Beautiful

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Joe Santamaria, MD 2y ago

Amazing work!!

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juancho 2y ago

Probably this is why they say bitcoin is use for money laundering… 🤪

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BottleTeams 2y ago

That's impressive. Very well done.

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classicauto 2y ago

I'm curious if you have to run the cycle longer than normal, or can you get a similar level of temp to the dryers normal heating element?

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rev.hodl 2y ago

The cycles are about the same length and it's probably the same as the medium heat setting on the dryer I have.

I haven't figured out a way to measure how much power the dryer was using on each cycle. It seemed like the heating element would turn on and off while the dryer was running. I don't have a meter that can record the total power usage for the cycle, so maybe I could stand at my clamp meter for 40min taking notes while its running to get a rough idea. My best guess is that the miner is pretty much on par with the power usage of the dryer.

There hasn't been a huge spike in the overall monthly power usage since I started using it and it was running a few hours a day in the summer time at least. If the miner was using more or less power than the dryer I didn't notice it in the power bill.

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DefiantDandelion 2y ago

Thought this might be a good resource for you nostr:npub1f5pre6wl6ad87vr4hr5wppqq30sh58m4p33mthnjreh03qadcajs7gwt3z This guy did a similar modification to his dryer except pulling from attic air not from the exhaust of a miner. He uses a “TED” to observe the power differential from the two ways. Just thought I would pass it along in case it was helpful.

https://www.johnsavesenergy.com/attic-air-clothes-dryer

https://www.johnsavesenergy.com/ted-the-energy-detective

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classicauto 2y ago

That's great, thanks for the response. I didn't really factor in the cycling that would happen on the element, you may even have more consistent overall heat on the miner once it's spooled up. Cheers

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rev.hodl 1y ago 💬 13

Breaking in a new miner at the homestead

Making more hashes than ever with solar power thanks to this new S19kpro (Urlacher by Altair Tech). When I first tried firing it up on the solar power system, the breaker was tripping immediately. After some trouble shooting, I solved the problem by swapping out the power supply.

I won this miner at auction during the lake satoshi retreat. My goal was to sell enough homestead products to pay for the miner but I only got halfway there after selling everything I had with me. All sats paid for the miner were donated to the Hope House in El Salvador. The miner was generously donated by both Altair Tech and Chet (the most die hard supporter of lake satoshi you can find).

Not only did I get a new miner for the homestead but I was also able to negotiate a better power rate recently too. Thanks to some fuzzy pleb miner math, I am happy to hash during the day when the sun is shining then move the miners over to grid power and hash from 9pm to 7am when the power costs are lowest.

I also made some upgrades to my clothes dryer as well. Adding a more efficient Asic, quieter fans, and a sound deadening enclosure. Now the dryer itself is louder than the miner during operation. Additionally thanks to the new power rate, I can let the miner run in off peak hours continuously wether drying laundry or not!

Staying ahead of the halving, difficulty adjustment, and fading sideways price action has made it difficult to keep the sats flowing at the homestead with mining. So far we are just barely able to stay ahead of the curve and continue to support the network, do some productive work with the heat and get some sats out of the deal too. The sats might cost more than the current spot price of Bitcoin but for now I value the participation in Bitcoin more than the purchasing power.

#permaculture #permies #homesteading #meshtadel #bitcoin #mining #bitcoinmining #homemining #plebminer #offgridmining

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cdnhodlr 1y ago

Alternatively if you have a large space for hang dryng these clothes you could hang them and then use the air from the miners to flow through the space and have less wear on the clothes.

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rev.hodl 1y ago

I've seen versions of that. Definitely an option! Added bonus, the miner isn't fastened down so you could use it for other jobs while it's not drying too.

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Guy Swann 1y ago

Have you noticed that it takes any longer to dry the clothes? Have you compared the electricity usage and sats output by chance?

I’m really curious about any hard details you can gather on this because it’s something nostr:npub1ajv7m32k0cpgzha32qszsh304qusjvwwmavus0ttktzldms4xzusuftppj has been talking about for a long time and I’d considered it as well.

Heating the house with miners has been great, but it’s significantly more expensive than the gas heat we had (our gas is significantly cheaper than electrical), but we don’t get that benefit with the dryer. So that might make it a more interesting proposition. 🤔

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rev.hodl 1y ago

I tried to do a direct comparison for the power usage but it was too difficult. The dryer seemed to draw a lot of amps to get the heating element hot then power down and cycle on and off again throughout. I didn't have a meter that could easily track the power usage for the dryer.

As far as time to dry, I treat drying a little differently in my situation. I try to keep the dryer running continuously throughout the day as I do laundry. So as soon as the washer is done, hopefully the dryer is done too. That way I can keep feeding the dryer.

All in all, I've been very impressed with how well it works for how cheap/simple it was to modify the dryer.

If you have a miner sitting around, not hashing, why not find a way to put it to work?