Quote from: pjviitas on January 11, 2014, 04:22:55 AM

Quote from: kmarei on January 11, 2014, 03:15:49 AM

Quote from: pjviitas on January 11, 2014, 01:50:30 AM

Has anyone every tried running this thing with 2 PSU's?

I am
I'm running each blade with an HP DL380 G4 server power supply, which can put out 42amps on the 12v line
I had 4 of the power supplies, soi figured why not

I'm running one run of 12 gauge wire from the power supply to each blade
12 gauge is roughly the same as 3 runs of 16 gauge

I'm a big fan of server power supplies
These babies are designed to be run 24/7 for years

I have heard some people run both PSU's to a power bar and then switch the power bar on so everything fires up at the same time.

Have you had any of these kinds of issues?

Nope
I just always power on the second blade first, then the first blade that has the control board

I am buying a power distribution panel that can turn on and off individual outlets from a web page,
and can measure power usage
This way if the antminers ever act up, I can reboot them remotely

And I want to know how much power they are using.
I know server power supplies are usually very efficient, and can run at 90-100% load for a very long time

kmarei

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