Heating your home for free

Discussion in 'Crypto Assets' started by Ed48, Jun 24, 2021.

  1. ph1l

    ph1l

    Yes, there are more practical ways to use the excess heat.:)
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    #31     Jun 26, 2021
  2. terr

    terr

    Back when I was running an Antminer in the garage (just for the hell of it) I was thinking of rigging a cooling system using swimming pool water... But was too much work.
     
    #32     Jun 26, 2021
  3. Ed48

    Ed48

    Depends on the size of the rig. 10kW would probably heat a house or warm a swimming pool.

    It would certainly make sense if mining farms were encouraged to find uses for the waste heat rather than just pumping it into the atmosphere (or even worse using aircon to cool the rigs) eg. heating homes, commercial premises or a municipal swimming pool.
     
    #33     Jun 27, 2021
  4. Even before Elon Musk's tweet, bitcoin mining was consuming this much electricity. But after that, it looks like more people have come to know about it and will keep talking about it until they find a solution.
     
    #34     Jun 29, 2021
  5. virtusa

    virtusa

    If you have a swimming pool measuring 10 meters by 5 meters and 2 meters deep, and you have to heat it up from 50°F to 82.4°F, you need 2,512.20 KWH of electricity.
    • heated in 24 hours: 2,512.20 KWH per day
    • heated in 48 hours: 1,256.10 KWH per day
    • heated in 72 hours: 837.40 KWH per day
    • heated in 96 hours: 628.05 KWH per day
    To maintain the temperature, assuming temp goes down at night from 82.4 to 80.6, you need every day 139.57 KWH. This means 5.81 KW each hour 24/7.
     
    Last edited: Jun 29, 2021
    #35     Jun 29, 2021
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  6. Ed48

    Ed48

    So my guess of a 10kW rig (2,400kWh/day) should do the job.
     
    #36     Jun 29, 2021
  7. virtusa

    virtusa

    10Kw per Hour is 240Kwh per day, not 2,400kWh/day.
     
    #37     Jun 29, 2021
  8. Ed48

    Ed48

    I think old age is starting to catch up with me. :D
     
    #38     Jun 29, 2021
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