thank you for your reply guys.
Yes it is pretty clear that 6K is not going to go anywhere for Hardware. I need to increase this to the budget to support 6 x 270HT (s21 xp) I guess i am looking at 24-30k GBP
Do any of you know if there is a significant current draw if you swap out the air cooling for water or immersion?
Also my other question i wanted to ask is , the power cable can support a maximum of 100amps/240v continuous.
If i needed to disable 1 or 2 mining rigs for a few hours each day, can i literally cut the power to them and then turn them back on when required. Will they just boot up / connect and continue on their hashing
or will i have to reconfigure their settings ?
- Swapping out: There's no easy way to do this once you purchase the rig, so look at purchasing a suitable rig. They all have their own unique complications to just be aware. Air cooled has issues with dust, hydro and immersion have issues with quality of water (and it generates some gunk that you need to drain from time to time). It's not a walk in the park unless you hire a pleb to maintain it for you. And then it's not cheap :-/
- Remember these have high power requirements and you need to ensure your wiring is able to handle the load. You may need to have a dedicated mains cable installed from your mains intake (where the big utility wires come in)
- Turn off / on - technically you can do that, but remember the cooling fans also turn off with it, so you may damage the ASIC chip if it's really hot and you turn it off this way. Safer to shutdown via the interface and important to let it cool to room temperature
- The settings should not be lost (unless you fried the internal storage), but the risk from high heat levels remains