Quote from: Zelek Uther on May 27, 2014, 07:02:20 AM

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Well I finally did it! I tripped the main breaker to the house. All of my miners (including 29 FrankenJup boards), pool pump, central A/C, portable A/C, evap cooler, various fans, washing machine and microwave were running and I turned on the TV and the breaker tripped. Also, it's over 100f today.

I immediately tried resetting it after turning everything off and it wouldn't start. I waited 30 minutes and it finally reset.

So it looks like I'm going to have to start getting rid of some of my ASICs, underclock my FrankenJups even more or look for datacenter hosting... unless someone has some other helpful tips that don't involve me adding more electrical service to my house.

Impressive. Most impressive.

Impressive?

I'd call it scary. You jacked your main breaker to the point that it took 30 mins to cool down so it would reset.

Don't take the past suggestions of "Don't use this, don't use that"

Here is the suggestion, reduce your mining equipment until this does not happen. The safety of your home is at risk.

My advice is reduce mining, then turn all that shit on, microwaves, ac, pool pumps etc. and if the breaker does not pop then you have fixed the problem.

Agreed you are literally playing with the risk of fire. Host them, sell them do something.

I agree. This wouldn't happen with proper power planning. Sorry, I just assumed everyone did that.

Know the max load on each power point, max load on each circuit, and max load on the entire house as a whole. Then never go above 80% of that for continuous power draw (e.g. mining). Measure every device that draws power (measured at the wall) to create an inventory of everything that draws power (not just miners). If you can't measure, estimate it based on manufacturer specs (e.g. microwave is 1kW).

Make a spreadsheet of everything so you can keep track of power draw at every level, from overall house down to individual power point. Before buying an ASIC, plan how it will fit into the grand scheme.

I have the numbers turn orange if they go over the 80% threshold, and red if over max draw. This is for planning. When looking at a miner, put it into the spreadsheet first. If any of the numbers go orange or red, either don't buy the miner or sell some older ones so the new one will fit.

Right. Doesn't everyone have a degree in Electrical Engineering? Cheesy