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Presenting: #BitcoinHouseHeater
Based on the #BitcoinWaterHeater, this system can fully heat House, Water and HotTub with Bitcoin Miners, and this cheaper than the original heating costs (possibly completely free) 1/13
Based on the #BitcoinWaterHeater, this system can fully heat House, Water and HotTub with Bitcoin Miners, and this cheaper than the original heating costs (possibly completely free) 1/13
The 4x S9 Miners produce up to 6.6 kWh heat power, are immersion cooled with Bitcool and sit in a drinks cooler for best heat insulation. The oil can be heated up to 160F/70C, enough for heating house, pool and water. 2/13
All automated with HomeAssistant, ESPHome, Temperature Sensors, Relays and motorized Valves. Charts by Grafana for historical data and debugging. 3/13
How to prep 4x S9 miners for submersion to build your own #bitcoinwaterheater.
Step 1: disassemble the miners - yes some of them are filthy...
Step 1: disassemble the miners - yes some of them are filthy...
Step 2: clean them with compressed air
Step 3: Put some of Bitcool in a pan and wash each part in it, use a brush to get some of the grime off
People have been asking how to prep miners for submersion. I've just added a second S9 to the #bitcoinwaterheater, so I used the opportunity to take some photos and videos on the process for 4x S9.
Step 1: disassemble the miners - yes some of them are filthy...
Step 1: disassemble the miners - yes some of them are filthy...
Step 2: clean them with compressed air
Step 3: Put some of Bitcool in a pan and wash each part in it, use a brush to get some of the stuck stuff off
#BitcoinWaterHeater
- Replace a water heater with heat of miners
- Proofing that a this uses the exact same energy as a normal water heater (or with minimal losses)
- Documenting as much as possible (Data, Videos, Parts)
- Open Source every code written
- Get paid to shower 💰🚿
- Replace a water heater with heat of miners
- Proofing that a this uses the exact same energy as a normal water heater (or with minimal losses)
- Documenting as much as possible (Data, Videos, Parts)
- Open Source every code written
- Get paid to shower 💰🚿
Open Source Contribution:
@home_assistant Integration with @braiins_systems Braiins OS+ to control miner from Home Assistant. Also allows usage in non-immersion systems.
- Repo: github.com/Schnitzel/hass…
- Blogpost: braiins.com/blog/controlli…
- Video:
@home_assistant Integration with @braiins_systems Braiins OS+ to control miner from Home Assistant. Also allows usage in non-immersion systems.
- Repo: github.com/Schnitzel/hass…
- Blogpost: braiins.com/blog/controlli…
- Video:
Support and Donations (in #Bitcoin of course), plus current project status can be found here donations.schnitzel.world
#bitcoinwaterheater update: Back on track!
After a bit a downer thinking that Miner uses 2x energy, I'm happy to report that indeed most of the loss was towards heating the room and not a flaw of the system itself. 💪 TLDR: We're 69% as efficient and that's without any insulation
After a bit a downer thinking that Miner uses 2x energy, I'm happy to report that indeed most of the loss was towards heating the room and not a flaw of the system itself. 💪 TLDR: We're 69% as efficient and that's without any insulation
After talking to other home miners (big thanks to @Adrian_van_Wijk) its clear that the key is to insulate everything as good as possible. Plus also reduce the amount of bitcool that is used as much as possible, as it has to be reheated first before it can heat the water.
Here the actual data:
24h sampling, used 34.7l during shower, did two heat cycles, plus heating right after the shower. Total 6.71kWh. The electrical water heater used 4.66kWh also for 24h, this makes an efficiency of 69%. Now again, this is only a single day, need more data
24h sampling, used 34.7l during shower, did two heat cycles, plus heating right after the shower. Total 6.71kWh. The electrical water heater used 4.66kWh also for 24h, this makes an efficiency of 69%. Now again, this is only a single day, need more data
