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Originally Posted by MikkiJayne
Using a 110hp TDI engine (since I have lots of those) to drive a 40KW generator would power 25 Antminer S9s and generate £9 an hour. Running it on kerosene (cos it's heating the house, right?) would be about £7 an hour in fuel costs, based on off-the-interwebs guestimates of diesel genset fuel consumption.
What you really need is, say, a 40 foot water wheel in your back garden powering an alternator, and run some miners from that. Making money from gravity  |
Come on, we're nearly there..... Steam engine!
Maybe an old donkey engine, Lister 4bhp uses about a litre an hour
What would it take to spin an 100ah altenator fast enough to power what you're needing?
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Originally Posted by Architex_mA8tey
I think Mike is well on through that project already!!  |
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Originally Posted by HPsauce
Isn't Mike (Conan) working on that? 
Edit: Great minds think alike! |
I think Mike might be doing that
If i ever get my digger back down there
