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Re: [CLOSED] batch #20/21 .31 - .35 btc for USB miners & 10.25 blades - USA only
by
Spendulus
on 07/09/2013, 22:29:44 UTC
....but while two of the PSU's are cheapo ones, but I've cut all the  molex connectors and directly wired them in.  The wires don't even get warm.      Maybe its a conflict, but why do they restart all the time?  All 3 blades do it, and they are each on different PSU's... hmm.

I messed around with PC power supplies, found they had inconsistent behavior and were way too complex.  Here is the solution, $27 delivered, gives 30A clean 12V, no other voltages, no hassles.   The screw down block even has 3 screws for + and 3 screws for ground (labeled V-). 

You get these babies, some 16 or 14 gauge stranded, use one power wire and one ground wire per blade. 

 I have three of these running 9 blades.

http://www.ebay.com/itm/261198916470?ssPageName=STRK:MEWNX:IT&_trksid=p3984.m1497.l2649

By the way I've got a lab power supply that tells me the draw from these blades at LOW speed is 4.5-5.5 A, less than what's been claimed...