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They aren't overclocked. They are straight outta the box. My wife is an interior designer, so all my miners MUST remain in my office so as not to interfere with her masterpiece haha. Not worried, though. I've got an electrician coming out here tomorrow and he's gonna put another circuit in here and I'll be back in business. Need a pro to look at it anyway. If the wiring is crap I need to know now before something terrible happens anyway. Thank you, mindtrip, for saving my family's life LOL

If your electrician is running a complete new circuit you may consider a 220v circuit (or two) dedicated for your mining hardware. You can run more off a 220v circuit, plus it's a little more efficient (which is always an upside) to run the power supplies off of 220 vs 110. I ran 2x220v circuits to where my miners are located and it was the best thing I ever did. If you do this, just be sure that it is recognizable as a 220v circuit. I have orange outlets and red stickers warning of the 220v circuit so 110v equipment isn't mistakenly plugged in (although I'm the only one that uses that area of the basement).

You should have used receptacles and matching plugs that make plugging in 120 V device impossible.

To each their own. For me, since I'm the only one that uses that part of the basement, a simple label and or color code is just fine. Not to mention that everything in that section can work off 220v. If I were to sell the house, I'd most likely revert the breaker or remove the circuit altogether.

+1. 220V can run safely using 120V outlets/plugs and is often more cost-effective to use than the $20-100 alternative of specialty NEMA 6 equipment and adapters.

The real risk is absent-mindedly plugging something 120V in and overloading it. A coloured outlet with a warning label in the mining farm should be pretty safe from this concern

Bull. That would be like storing rubbing alcohol in a vodka bottle.