Had the AC in my house completely shut off and every window in the entire house open, on both stories.
The miners running 24/7 kept the house at a toasty 76 degrees, and I mainly stayed in the main bedroom. I had two other roommates at the time, both of them had to keep their doors and windows open for circulation. Never heard any complaints, aside from some minor issues regarding temporary stops to the mining software or hardware.
I was very lucky though. Back then, I had no idea how much temperature the wires in my house could handle and how much electricity draw I could pull before it became hazardous. I started out with a couple of homemade rigs, and that turned into a full mining farm with ASIC block miners. By the time I was near maximum safe draw for my household wires, I had already partnered with another mining group and moved all of the ASICs to a warehouse.
If it weren't for that, I could have potentially burned down my own house. A couple of years later, I had a friend come over for some house maintenance, and he showed me how some of the mining that I had done had left scorch marks on some attic wires. It was a pain in the ass changing out all the wires, but I had it done and I monitor the electricity use every day to make sure there's no other damage, which I'm sure there is in some places where I haven't noticed.
If you really think that household heating using miners is a good idea, I hope you know the exact thickness and gauge of your house wires and how much draw they can handle, otherwise you're just lining up a series of tragic events.
AlexanderMorose13 0 points 2.5 years ago
I did this back in 2017.
Had the AC in my house completely shut off and every window in the entire house open, on both stories.
The miners running 24/7 kept the house at a toasty 76 degrees, and I mainly stayed in the main bedroom. I had two other roommates at the time, both of them had to keep their doors and windows open for circulation. Never heard any complaints, aside from some minor issues regarding temporary stops to the mining software or hardware.
I was very lucky though. Back then, I had no idea how much temperature the wires in my house could handle and how much electricity draw I could pull before it became hazardous. I started out with a couple of homemade rigs, and that turned into a full mining farm with ASIC block miners. By the time I was near maximum safe draw for my household wires, I had already partnered with another mining group and moved all of the ASICs to a warehouse.
If it weren't for that, I could have potentially burned down my own house. A couple of years later, I had a friend come over for some house maintenance, and he showed me how some of the mining that I had done had left scorch marks on some attic wires. It was a pain in the ass changing out all the wires, but I had it done and I monitor the electricity use every day to make sure there's no other damage, which I'm sure there is in some places where I haven't noticed.
If you really think that household heating using miners is a good idea, I hope you know the exact thickness and gauge of your house wires and how much draw they can handle, otherwise you're just lining up a series of tragic events.