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Board Mining (Altcoins)
Electrical Setup for Antminer miners
by
mattpatt007
on 18/08/2017, 20:50:45 UTC
Hey Guys,

I searched for some suggestions/guides on how to wire up your house to optimize the Antminers and came up short on some how-to's and other's experience.

Deep within the original Bitmain thread is some guys discussing the physical setup of their household electrical panels and circuit breakers, and figured we could consolidate it here.

I know for some of us running 1 or 2 miners, it can easily be plugged into a typical 120V Socket (14 AWG) going to a 20A Breaker.

But what about running 4+?
For efficiency on bigger mining setups it is always best to run off of 220-240V. That is known, some ppl were saying you should re-wire the run with 10-12 / 3 AWG, and a 30A double-pole breaker.

I'm wondering if its safe to build a single run of the aforementioned, and it power 4+ Miners. Or would I have to construct multiple home-runs to my box to power each miner?

Heres the Specs from Bitmain's website:
Antminer L3+
•   Power Consumption: 800W +10% (at the wall, with Bitmain's APW3 PSU, 93% efficiency, 25°C ambient temperature)
APW3++ Input:
Voltage Range:   100-240V AC
Starting Voltage:   95-105V AC
Frequency Range   47-63Hz
Power Factor   >0.95 (full load)