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Topic
Board Mining (Altcoins)
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by
mcturkey
on 17/05/2017, 21:32:13 UTC
How much does it cost to run these large exhaust fans?  What's their typical draw?

I'm a hobby miner with a hot room, so I'm curious what added cost these things have, compared to running a box fan or playing with higher AC use in my house.

I'm running one of these in my garage.  It's loud, and pulls ~ 500W by itself, according to the label on it, but it moves the air through the exhaust hose very quickly.  I also have one of these pushing air over the equipment, with everything enclosed.  This allows the ~30 cu ft of air that the miners occupy to be completely refreshed every few seconds.  It's way cheaper to move a lot of air than it is to cool the air, so AC is a total waste of money and energy for this kind of thing.