Quote from: colemab on September 10, 2013, 01:56:06 AM

Quote from: visdude on September 09, 2013, 05:58:21 AM

Quote from: colemab on September 08, 2013, 11:24:18 PM

Quote from: aurel57 on September 08, 2013, 11:48:51 AM

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.

I already had this unit installed for other reasons so I didn't buy it for this setup alone. I originally installed it to remove my previous daisy chain power strip setup and get a cleaner look. It just so happened to have 4 ports free and so it was cost neutral to me. Your setup is the cheaper way to go for sure but long term (i.e. for more than just bit coin mining) I prefer the cleaner look this yields. Anyway, to each is own and thanks for sharing your setup.

If you have them already, then it's a moot point. I was originally considering the long power strips but it was a bit pricey for me especially considering that I needed at least two of them initially and had to resort to a cheaper solution. A cleaner look is just a matter of cable management. In fact, with the 5-ft extension cords, I actually have more flexibility in organizing and setting up the placement of the hubs. I'll try to post a photo of the cable management with my cheap solution as soon as I get chance.