Quote from: terrapinflyer on October 29, 2013, 10:12:22 AM

Quote from: Nemo1024 on October 29, 2013, 09:25:55 AM

Quote from: CanaryInTheMine on October 29, 2013, 02:46:29 AM

Time to add an ASICMiner Block Eruper 49 port USB 2.0 hub to the list Grin

Nice! I've added it to the Special Hubs section. However, I am still trying to find how much they cost by themselves to calculate price per port, or do you need to by 50BEs to get a hub?

Quote from: terrapinflyer on October 29, 2013, 09:09:51 AM

Okay got this far and once again thanks. My next question is what is a safe load to run? If my PSU is rated at +5V 22A it should support 44 erupters. Now that is maxing it out at 110VA I know that cant be okay, so my question is at what capacity can I run this or any PSU? I was thinking of running 35 off it and two fans at 12V .85A so that is just about 80% of the +5V 22A rating. Also will that cause voltage drop because I am pulling more than 5A through an 18 gauge wire?

It depends on how well your ATX supply delivers on the 5V rail. I mentioned it before that I have 2 different ATX'es with 25A on 5V., and the older ATX model could power way more BEs than the new one.

You 22A ATX should be good for about 35 BEs (22A/0.6A = 36.6). Just make sure you don't draw more than 8A from a single 4-pin Molex and not more than 12A from a single string (though, again, depending on your ATX, you may get away with 16A per string). You will know if you draw too much, if some of the BEs will randomly stop hashing and light solid green.

Thanks again Nemo I should have this all fixed up today, hopefully. Ill post some pics and maybe it will help someone else with some of the same questions.

Okay so I had some time today to put this all together and test it. I made an album to share some pics of the final project. Thanks again for you help here.
So I found these two PSU's in the recycle bin at the dump where I often pic parts from. This whole project cost me less than $20 and looks about a million times better than having all the hubs plugged into 3 power strips.
Hope this will help some others interested in doing this. http://imgur.com/a/QWLUt#0