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Re: GekkoScience 2Pac BM1384 Stickminer Official Support Thread
by
lanegg
on 03/04/2017, 03:24:31 UTC

you may have killed it.


try 1 stick at freq 100 directly to the pi

see if it runs.


Yep, it does.

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4 sticks on that hub is a lot of juice.

can you read the brick specs.

1  stick will pull 10 watts at  freq 200


so if the brick reads 5v volts and 14 amps

 it should be okay,

but if the brick reads 5 amps and 12 volts   

some math 5 x 12 = 60  convert to 5v   means 60 x .85 =  51 watts   that is 12 to 5 volt


 so 4 sticks at freq  200  = 10 watts x 4 = 40 watts



so you have a 51 watts brick maybe ?  well    seems good    24/7/365 means derate by 80%  so 51 x 80% = 40.8 watts

so four sticks at freq 200  is pushing the brick hard  as 40.8 is close to 40

and freq 250 would be over use of power.

I believe you killed off the brick..


Those hubs are supposed to good for 14A and 70 watts. By your math I should be in the green, right? Is there a better alternative that others are using? I have seen people referencing other hubs but all the ones I have seen for sale seem really low on amperage for what the 2Pacs call for (they seem to be aimed at the first-gen eruptors).