Hey guys!! My name is Tyler and I’m new to the crypto mining world. Im from Nevada too! I saw that one of the more active members of the community is from here. (Kinda cool) So, I stumbled across Vosk YouTube videos and I’m pretty stoked to get into mining. I have watched pretty much all the videos and have done hours of research but I have so many questions that I haven’t been able to find the answers to. I’m hoping the community is as helpful as Vosk has mentioned and I’m hoping that I too can contribute to the community in time to come.
So my first question is, after getting the appropriate voltage of electricity and Ethernet cable is there anything that through your own experience that you can perceive as an obstacle? I am trying to compare all the miners in an objective manner and think I am going to order the KD6. I want to have the setup ready so when the miner gets here I can plug it in and start. Also, there are a few sites that sell. It seems that there may be more fraudulent sites than legit sites. Is there a consensus on the best site to use? Also, with the crypto market looking bearish right now, do you believe that the miners will drop in price? If so how long of a lag do you think there will be before this is reflected in real time?
Any input would be greatly appreciated. Thank you guys!
Personally, I had 9 S9’s running out of my apartment, ran from both Dryer and Stove 220V. Not recommended!
This is just my personal view of running miners out of a Home, apartment, garage, or business. I would recommend doing your own research and seek professional help regarding the power supply.
First you really need to pick what algorithm you want to mine with a ASIC.
If you go small miners you could purchase a PDU (Power Distribution Unit) the linked is just for example. You might be able to run something safely!
If you go one or two big ones, you will need to find a way to run them safety on 220V!. Most of the larger miners will ONLY run on 220V.
If you can run off 220V not 120V, you can reduce the Amp and Watt usage (which also reduces the load on the cheap wiring inside some of these walls these days).
To run any kind of ASIC miner, you will need to think about how you are going to get that heat out of the room/garage you are using the miner in.
Personally I designed and printed 3D Printed ducting that attaches to the miner fans and enables you to connect a 5/6/7/8" ducting to the miner, Then you have a vent in your window. This way the heat is blown out the window away from your miner. The cooler you can keep the room the Safer it is, but it’s also beneficial to the equipment as well.
Now if you attach the Flexible ducting you can find at Home Depot or Lowes. The kind that has the insulation around it. you use this to connect to the miner and the window. The higher the R rating on the ducting the higher reduction you will also see in sound proofing. I’ve seen miners <80 decibel.
You would be wise to keep the miner on something that’s static resistant. Not Carpet!
This is just my opinion, if possible, try to run everything networked by wire, there is always a small lag when it comes to Wi-Fi. Wi-Fi networks came be affected by so many things these days, The fans on the miners can interfere with the signals.
As for what miner. That is something that you must research! different miners can mine different algorithm - coins.
Well ,I don’t think there is a website hold KD6 in stock, but you could try some miners else like iPollo V1 mini ETC miner from POWPOWER
And i just received two of them this month.
I’m in the same boat. At least I grasp computers, networking, system admin and electrical wiring in homes. I’ve done it all. The trick is getting that first miner. I’m looking into seeing if I can get a loan to buy one or two of the big miners through my LLC. It still feels risky though.
I understand. But if I buy under a business my personal finances aren’t at risk. I’ve had to play around e we itch finances all my life. Had I not done that we wouldn’t have what we have and my children would not have been able to stay home with my wife or me. I’ve been a home dad since 2010. Was an engineer. Long story that would bore you.
You must be the same person who got banned about a month ago for constantly spamming your website. You follow the exact same pattern as that person @Ted_Virtus@VoskCoin
Is www.asicminervalue.com a good site to base authenticity off of? I know Vosk uses their site in his videos to display specs. From what I can tell most of the sites are legit and the site displays a bunch of “trusted vendors” at the bottom. It would seem after searching through this forum that most of the sites displayed are legit. The one I was looking at in particular was AKMiner and it says that they are in stock. Do they normally not have them in stock even when they say they do?
