With the sometimes questionable construction of mining rigs and running lots of GPUs with lots of power in tight spaces, I wonder if having a fire alarm directly over the setup would be a good idea.
What smoke/fire alarms would be good for electrical fires? I have this nagging suspicion that the $5 ones at wal-mart aren't the best.
Maybe even have it rigged so if there's smoke the power is automatically cut...
Fairly sure there are regulations on minimum performance levels of something as important as a smoke detector, so even the cheap ones should be OK. As for auto power shutdown, well I don't know if anyone has really thought of that. Of course, expensive UPSs have an EPO (Emergency Power Off) port that kills the load if you connect the pins together, but no one uses those for mining.What smoke/fire alarms would be good for electrical fires? I have this nagging suspicion that the $5 ones at wal-mart aren't the best.
Maybe even have it rigged so if there's smoke the power is automatically cut...
I don't even know of any smoke detectors with relay or signal outputs, other than expensive built-in systems used for commercial buildings. It would be a good idea though.