Quote from: opentoe on May 27, 2014, 09:02:06 AM

Quote from: xstr8guy on May 26, 2014, 11:25:28 PM

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.

This of course was expected, right? You live in the US and have normal home wiring?

Right now i just have a Jupiter and will be adding an Spoondoolie SP10 and that will be a challenge for me when it gets warmer out. Keeping everything running and cool is gonna be a bitch and LOTS of people are going to freak when they keep snapping breakers in their home. This is why I stopped myself from getting an SP30, just don't have the juice and can't afford to re-wire my home.

What puts a big question mark in my head is die hard miners will spend some times $5,000 upgrading their electrical panel in their home, but they won't add that to the total of the cost of the mining hardware to break even?

It really just crept up on me. I knew I was nearing the limits of the individual breakers in my house before my FrankenJup arrived. That's why I bought a PDU so I could utilize the 30amp dryer outlet. I had tripped some individual breakers in the past but nothing serious. So I'd just move machines to other breakers. I had no idea I was reaching the limits of the entire house. And I even retired my AM Blades, BFL Singles and my USB sticks to be cautious.

I might have been ok when my Monarchs finally arrive but then KNC sent the second set of boards. And of course I had to get some of them running too! What kind of BTC miners leaves ASIC boards in boxes wrapped in bubble wrap? Lol.

I now have no further plans to acquire any new hardware even when my current stuff becomes obsolete or dies. Trying to keep up with the difficulty has quickly become impossible. Even the most efficient ASICs coming later this year aren't enough to keep me in the game. It's been a fun ride but it's time to let my farm die slowly.