Quote from: OgNasty on September 01, 2015, 08:25:55 AM

Quote from: chaoman on September 01, 2015, 08:10:14 AM

I am not an electrician. Can somebody please tell me if I can run one of these on a standard outlet for an apartment in the USA? I would buy the power supply that bitmain sells.

Yes. It only uses around 12 amps I believe. Most U.S. circuits are at least 15 amps, and yours are probably 20 amps. As long as you don't have a bunch of other things plugged in on the same circuit you should be fine.

Normal circuits in US homes will be 15 amp breakers. Which can take peak power pulls of 1,800 watts (120v x 15amp = 1,800 watts). However breakers are rated to hold a constant power draw of 80%, which is only continuous 1,440 watts. So you could run a S7 on your regular outlet, but i would highly advice not to have anything else plugged into that circuit. Remember, each circuit will usually have several plugs attached to it. So you might want to do some testing of plugs while turning off breakers to determine which plugs are connected to each breaker.

If you have a 20 amp breaker, It can peak at 2,400 watts (120v x 20amp = 2,400watts). Keep in mind that you should only continuously use 80% of that, which is 1,920 watts. Lets all make sure to practice safety when mining, we don't want any burnt down houses for a few bitcoins!!!!!