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Board Hardware
Re: Which USB hub to use with Block Erupters or K1? A List.
by
visdude
on 09/09/2013, 05:58:21 UTC
I am trying to get away from the high hub cost. Most that buy the Acker hubs cost about $60 each so they have a cost of $120 to run 20 miners ( $6 per port).  I have about $8.50 x 3 hubs+ $30 PSU + $15 barrel connectors = $70.50 and am running 25 miners. Using cheap 10 port hubs, 5v 20a PSU I have my cost below $3 per port. This may not seem like a big deal until we all start to run 100 USB miners and a person having to find enough outlets to plug all those wall adaptors into.

If you have big power blocks and need to plug a bunch in, forget those normal power strips and get one of these:

http://www.lowes.com/pd_125292-16503-UTPBS010_0__?productId=1214065&Ntt=workshop+surge+protector&pl=1¤tURL=%3FNtt%3Dworkshop%2Bsurge%2Bprotector&facetInfo=

It's a very expensive solution.  I am able to provide power to a dozen of the largest wall warts around or eighteen power bricks for a mere $6.93 from a single wall outlet.  I could daisy chain this setup up to a maximum of 1560W AC (13A), still from a single wall outlet.  See my prior post above.