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Board Mining support
Re: My APW3++ is pulling 1500watts on 110v
by
shlap
on 10/01/2018, 23:15:16 UTC

Why spend another $300 on a power supply  when you could have an electrician give you a proper circuit in prob  30 mins. If you have an oven, clothes dryer or HVAC in your house you have 240v plugs at your place. What's one more 240v plug so you can power your miner properly?

 I used a 20 amp 240v double pole breaker, 12/2 yellow romex feeding a Nema 6 receptacle.i bought the Nema6 to C13 cable $8 on amazon for the PSU. Seriously, check youtube for wire a 240v outlet and theres nothing to it. Ask an electrician and you'll prob only need the new breaker and receptacle.

There are a lot of threads where everyone is asking the same question, just asking it differently. Do you guys do stickies here?

Thanks Bitwiz78 -- I was thinking of buying another power supply just to be a bit more "mobile" -- so if I need to move it I can (say, if the garage gets too hot in the summer).

I am thinking of doing exactly what you said though and installing a couple 240 outlets in the garage.   My breaker box is on the other side of the garage wall so should be a sinch :-)