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Re: My APW3++ is pulling 1500watts on 110v
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shlap
on 10/01/2018, 23:15:16 UTC
Quote from: Bitwiz78 on October 21, 1974, 04:41:04 AM

Why spend another $300 on a power supply  when you could have an electrician give you a proper circuit in prob  30 mins. If you have an oven, clothes dryer or HVAC in your house you have 240v plugs at your place. What's one more 240v plug so you can power your miner properly?

 I used a 20 amp 240v double pole breaker, 12/2 yellow romex feeding a Nema 6 receptacle.i bought the Nema6 to C13 cable $8 on amazon for the PSU. Seriously, check youtube for wire a 240v outlet and theres nothing to it. Ask an electrician and you'll prob only need the new breaker and receptacle.

There are a lot of threads where everyone is asking the same question, just asking it differently. Do you guys do stickies here?

Thanks Bitwiz78 -- I was thinking of buying another power supply just to be a bit more "mobile" -- so if I need to move it I can (say, if the garage gets too hot in the summer).

I am thinking of doing exactly what you said though and installing a couple 240 outlets in the garage.   My breaker box is on the other side of the garage wall so should be a sinch :-)
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Re: My APW3++ is pulling 1500watts on 110v
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shlap
on 10/01/2018, 22:01:37 UTC
Thanks @HagssFIN and @Irowland21093.  So am I safe using something like this on 110v?

SILVERSTONE ST1500 1500W ATX 12V 2.3 & EPS 12V
https://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16817256054



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Re: My APW3++ is pulling 1500watts on 110v
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shlap
on 10/01/2018, 04:36:41 UTC
Kill-a-watt meter is definitely working.   Plugged it into a lamp with 75w bulb and it read 75w on the dot. 

Maybe something changed with the APW3++ in the December batch?

What risk is there to running this thing if it's pulling 1500 watts?   Just a fried PSU?  Fried S9?  Or fire hazard?

Thanks again...
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Re: My APW3++ is pulling 1500watts on 110v
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shlap
on 10/01/2018, 03:02:01 UTC
Thanks for the comments guys.  I'll check out the kill-a-watt and report back!
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Re: My APW3++ is pulling 1500watts on 110v
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shlap
on 10/01/2018, 00:55:37 UTC
Hi Raymond_B, looks like its a 15 amp circuit. 
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My APW3++ is pulling 1500watts on 110v
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shlap
on 10/01/2018, 00:35:11 UTC
Hey guys, I bought an APW3++ to power my S9 and then realized that on a 110v it should only do 1200w, which isn't enough to power the S9.

As a test though, I hooked it up and powered it on connected to my Kill-A-Watt and it shows that it's pulling 1500 watts connected to my 110v outlet.

Kill-A-Watt shows:
13.05 amps,
115 volts, 
1511 watts

Is this expected? According to the docs it should only pull 1200 watts.   With the PSU pulling 1500w to power it, do I have any issues to worry about?

Thanks!