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Finally got this setup finished. Built a custom server room in my pole barn to house all the ants. I figured they would run nice n cool with a small air conditioned room and the ants exhausted out the back. but that doesn't look like the case. I'm seeing temps on most of them up around 47 and 48 degrees even with the ac on high. I'm not sure if it's because all the PSU's are so close to the ants that it's sucking in the warm exhaust from the psu's, or just need a bigger AC, or maybe something wrong with the airflow of the room. The ants are creating suction in the small room, so much it whams the door shut and there is a noticeable difference in the sounds the fans are making while the door is open vs the door being shut. When it's shut it sounds like a vacuum when you put your hand over the hose. Is 47-48 not OCed still acceptable or should I worry about getting them down and suggestions on doing that which doesn't require moving the Ants. Undecided

I think the room is supposed to be sealed instead of having ants pull air off it. Your ants should warm the room while the AC cools it back keeping the set temperature.

The room has a problem in that The AC cannot pump air in at the same rate as the Antminers pump it out. Hence why the fans struggle. The AC isn't doing the job, and with that many fans you don't need AC to have a nice breeze. Just open up the vents instead, and hey presto.

Also, try to work out a way to pump all that lovely hot air into your home. I'm quite serious. Why waste warmed air and burn fuel to heat your home instead?

"The room has a problem in that The AC cannot pump air in..."
This AC Unit does not PUMP AIR into rooms, it recirculates the air in the room.

It is simple logic going on here, his S3's are blowing air out of the room leaving the room with LESS air aka a vacuum.
The S3's exhausts should be blowing inside the room not outside the room. then the AC Unit pulls in the hot air cools it down blowing out cool air.

To fix this properly he needs to pull all the s3's forward and close up those exhaust holes. then he needs to figure out the most efficient air flow. the S3's are going to dictate all the air in the room circulates in the direction their back fan are pointing, while the AC Unit is trying to circulate the air outward from it and back in. so the most efficient setup is not having them fight for flow but joining the flow.

So you'd rather heat the room up, then spend energy cooling it down? That's VERY wasteful.

I'd shut down the Air-con, open a window, enjoy the breeze, and then pump the naturally warmed up air from the miners into my house. Thermodynamically it's much more efficient.