Re: [25+PH] Kano CKPool kano.is 0.9% PPLNS US,DE,SG,JP,NL,NYA
... It's just there are bad business people not treating their equipment right that make it seem that there is a high failure rate.
AKA hobbyists 
I tripped over the power cable to one of the PSUs running my S9 and it spiked the mains and now that hash board doesn't power up. PSU is still good so I suspect the regulator has died but it's too cold to take it apart because two S7s aren't enough to keep my flat warm.
Is that what you mean by hobbyist?
Well I didn't quite mean it like that. I think the difference between the two is how much money you have to invest. And with out a doubt there are stupid people with money to invest. And smart people with little money to invest.
This thread does have a lot of hobbyists. And I have learned a good bit off of them. For example. There were many people on this very thread that wrote "do not buy the first few batches of the s9. They will have problems just like the S5 and s3 did". And I did not buy until batch 5. Which must be the reason why I am not having any problems. So it sounds like other people did not use the same wisdom.