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Board Mining
Re: Cable, Wiring, and Plugs - Options for High Ampage?
by
philipma1957
on 11/04/2022, 21:04:36 UTC
Are you sure about the quality of the cable to the 13A socket? From the consumer unit, you need to lay a separate cable, a separate cable into the room where your miners are located, and then install sockets. From each 13-16A socket, I consume no more than 2000 watts.

but some miners use 3000w each...

and that is why you need at least a stand along 20amp circuit and socket to mine with

L7
s19

a1166
a1246

as all do 3200 to 3400 watts.

derate 20amp to 16 amp 24/7/365 and 240 x 16 = 3840 watts

but if your voltage drops on a brown out to 208  208 x 16 = 3328 which may trip the 20 amp circuit with constant run

202 volts x 16 = 3232 and your 20 amp  breakers will trip

so a 20 amp may be good  for the 4 miners above on a hot summer night.

My main farm can sag to 190 volts so I use 30 amp circuits and down clock in the summer.