Easiest Most Efficient Solar Crypto Mining

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I'm sharing my methods to easily, and efficiently mine cryptocurrency using solar power
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@BradCagle 6 ай бұрын

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@earthenergyhex 6 ай бұрын

I have a huge solar array already, I have been thinking of trying to mine crypto but never thought of using my solar to power it. cool stuff

@honeybadger6127 3 ай бұрын

I've considered doing this for a while and have been hunting for such a video. Thanks for sharing this!

@propelproject 4 ай бұрын

Thank you.❤ there is also solar charge controllers with ATS switch which automatically turns on grid charging if needed. To ensure rig running 24/7

@BradCagle 4 ай бұрын

You're welcome!

@tenminutetokyo2643 11 ай бұрын

That’s the best mining video I have ever watched. Excellent.

@BradCagle 11 ай бұрын

Thanks!

@BradCagle Жыл бұрын

Watch out for the scammers in the comments. I'm removing them as I find them.

@johnpallarino3246 Жыл бұрын

Hey brad newbie here was wondering if you had the time to talk about mining solar, more in the aspect of electricity bills and the profitability from the solar, would love to hear from you soon brother thank you for the video

@EL-bw3xe Жыл бұрын

wow man your a life saver! such a good idea. i have a 3.2kw solar system, your right the loss of power using ac power supply is terrible. ill have to get this MB and try this out

@4evermetalhead79 Жыл бұрын

Thanks for the content Brad. I am in the process of figuring all these out. Your video gives a really good idea of the fundamentals on the setup, and I really thank you for this. Currently at around 750-800watts, and my electric cost is crazy expensive (EU). More please!!?? 🤷🏻‍♂️😅

@unixgaming6880 Жыл бұрын

great video, love seeing solar use while cutting out the inverter. I've been curious about running hashboards in series on the raw 48VDC (ie 4 12VDC hashboards in series)

@jameshenderson8146 Жыл бұрын

Thanks Brad. This is a great help in getting me started with my next project.

@BradCagle Жыл бұрын

You're welcome

@ilangsaio601 Жыл бұрын

Hi Brad, very good video. I guess when it shutdowns just with a switch there are no issues. But not clear when it boots up, how it does auto mining...

@YanLipavsky 6 ай бұрын

You are so right - this setup is the most efficient and easy - congratulations bro - now only SCALE UP

@LoveLaughExplore 2 ай бұрын

yep. I just watched this and its super awersome. I have all the stuff for the most part to build. Just orded two of the relays. Lets get it.

@ellooku Жыл бұрын

I have been thinking of this but my house is already wired via a 24V inverter. Except if there is a way to set the DC load back to 12V or 13V while the input power is 24V. If not, maybe DC to DC Converter will do the Job. My Rig takes up to 650W mining Kaspa. Is there any 1000W DC to DC converter? My Solar Panel is 300W x 4.

@energyicy 11 ай бұрын

Yes you say true. Convert DC to AC and back to the Rig again with DC current this way too lost of power. Thanks for your idea direct use of DC power is the best.

@BradCagle 11 ай бұрын

Thanks!

@user-sh9sk1ic9y Жыл бұрын

I thought about doing this awhile ago but didn’t know mining mother boards didn’t use the 24 pin it must convert 12 volt to 5 volt 3.3 and 1.5 for the cpu in the board with a regulator I’m glad i found this video

@Dwlukinbill Жыл бұрын

Even then. Check out these. 24pin DC ATX PSU 12V DC Input DC 12V 150 watt

@Fincabaracoa Жыл бұрын

my parameters are UVR=24.80V UVP=24.00V OVR=27.20V OVP=28.00V Do you think is there any conflict with the charging at 27.80v? two 12v 200ah lifepo4 ?

@TechHub854 Жыл бұрын

Hey Brad, I'm really impressed! This is exactly what I'm looking for. I would like to build this system by my self - usung your nice tips. Is it possible to get in contact with you directly?

@brighnquisitive6217 8 күн бұрын

Your tip about the used commercial panels alone makes you amazing

@BradCagle 8 күн бұрын

Thanks :)

@francisguimond7908 7 ай бұрын

Awesome video! I just bought 7 rigs of 8 gpu rx580 8g. how much solar amp charge controller and panel as well as battery I need to run all its GPUs day and night? It draws around 10kw. THANKS

@arrlesarlon7870 Ай бұрын

This is gold! Brilliant! But I wonder if 12 to 14V is safe for the mining rig since the output from the controller will be up and down

@surfbug1 Жыл бұрын

Hey how much do all those parts cost, and what do I need? Can you summarize this?

@Sonikbytes 11 күн бұрын

I have an older Power Boost MPPT 60A charge controller that didnt have Lithium or Lifepo battery option back then and a 100AH lifepo too which is not connected to the controller. Can I still use this system somehow to power a mining rig ? I have all these components (no mining rig yet) that are sitting being unused and would like to play around.

@DominicRoyce 8 ай бұрын

I have a 2070 super, what overclock settings are you running? Im looking at reddit for suggestions, but want to see what you did for such a low wattage pull.

@ai-automation_guy Жыл бұрын

Do you have a detailed guild on this? I am more interested in running my farm with solar power.

@PvBastler Жыл бұрын

You should use a Fly back Diode for the Relay, because it can Store much Energy and if you diaconnect it it gives a big voltage Spike, witch can destroy the load stage of the solar charge controller

@BradCagle Жыл бұрын

Yes this is normally desired, however this relay has a built-in economizer circuit that greatly minimizes the holding current, and includes the flyback diode on that circuit.

@sammygamingchannel5833 Жыл бұрын

Dude I have faith in you please make more videos on this topic

@benoittheminerandgamer Жыл бұрын

well, 12v battery is 12.8v and fully charge at 14.6v. So what we need to mine with 8 3070 that use 120w each.

@dutchminer247 7 ай бұрын

Is this setup maxed out with 1 graphiccard?

@seanmitchell1245 Ай бұрын

If you get the 80amp MPPT, how long can you mine?

@mauzz Жыл бұрын

heyyyy!! brad excellent video very instructional high five! inspired me to go for it!

@BradCagle Жыл бұрын

I suggest trying it on minimal hardware at first. less painful if you make a mistake :) When I'm setting one of these up I start with one gtx1060, or some older card, and let it run for a week to make sure everything is working properly.

@leonkeating2212 Жыл бұрын

Thanks, Q. So how is this wired up? So power from the mppt battery outlet runs to the relay and the load power runs/connects whereto the relay awell somehow? I'll like it but I have no idea how they work ha ha, please help 😔.

@sehajgrewal563 6 ай бұрын

How much did the total setup cost and how much are you making in profit per day?

@SuperDividenz 4 ай бұрын

was working fine for awhile but getting error code fault prompt dc output short circut. Took whole rig apart several times and put together any ideas on solution?

@kazumax8027 Жыл бұрын

The mother board he is yousing is mining board 12v version it was intended to be mined whit bitmain power supply and 12v power supply soo the 12v board is berfect candidate for DC mining

@LetsGoTech 3 ай бұрын

How long does it take to mine for 24 hours

@TechyRodsWire 8 ай бұрын

great video! i just wanna run 1 asic any s19 pro off solar and im happy

@UsmanKhan-rx9us Жыл бұрын

what mining site you use plz?

@avgfinnishdude Жыл бұрын

will the battery last doing this everyday? Like its going to run out during night and then charge back up.. after 1 year will the battery be alive :D

@tmackic Жыл бұрын

Great video! Just one question... For controller is it max 40A on battery side and 15A on equipments (miners) side?

@BradCagle Жыл бұрын

Yeah, that's why I used the big relay/contactor, so it will allow more current.

@DT1-q7f 2 ай бұрын

What's the cost for this setup?

@hi-tech-guy-1823 28 күн бұрын

I Can go Battey less (Direct ARRAY -But is HV DC 800V & 1500V DC To AC 3 phase (480V AC)& 3x 240V 1 phases) MPPT VFD - MPPT BPC (Soler water pump inverter drives OFF Grid Micro grids)

@MRX625. 11 ай бұрын

Hi Brad. Great video. Thanks for that. 😀 I'm very curious if you can share little bit about your own complicated setup? I just wanted to get a picture how can we run many mining machines with this setup easiest way possible. Because the way you show can be a good solution but to run many machines at same time can be an issue, so therefor I would like to know, how do you do it? Thanks 🙂

@user-ig7zb1jb3m 3 ай бұрын

Interesting! Can you do a video on your large complex solar mining system? Inquiring minds want to know...

@bmxtwins5685 10 ай бұрын

aight, don't tell em too mucha man !!!! you tellin it all right off the batt !!!

@justicenerenberg5576 4 ай бұрын

Love this video man, thank you! Question for you, if the load terminal on the charge controller can handle 500+ watts output, what do you need the relay for? Can you pull higher output that way?

@BradCagle 4 ай бұрын

The relay allows you to pull much higher power.

@juggernautz Жыл бұрын

Brilliant analysis!! I'm researching & learning solar so I know mono-crystalline panels are best. Ever experimented with Cigs Amorphous panels for early morning late evening power that the mono and poly panels can't compete with? I realize we have 500 plus watt panels which are more efficient than Cigs but they are getting better again due to Texas Instruments and others. What I like is they perform in low light conditions where the crystalline panels are lacking. Would love to see a video on Cigs but don't go buy panels, maybe a company could loan you a panel or just review the market and tell us what you think.

@BradCagle Жыл бұрын

I have a cigs panel, just never used it much. So they do better in low light? I need to play with that. Thanks!

@cryptonight7182 Жыл бұрын

Great video! Can I ask what the main purpose of the relay is? Can this same setup be done without the relay if I am looking to run enough batteries and panels for an always on rig?

@BradCagle Жыл бұрын

The load port on the MPPT controller can only handle 10 amps (I think 15 max) which would limit power to the mining rig at 10a x 13.8v = 138w . Using that particular relay wired in allows 500amps, which is overkill but gets you well passed that 138w limit.

@bangdeJames35 Жыл бұрын

What is the cost of this equipment? How long will it take to earn back the money for investment equipment and electricity bills

@antonioveloy9107 6 күн бұрын

Nice idea. You can go up as high as 14,4V if stacking a few old car batteries toghether, and those are pretty cheap to get now that everyone has Li-Ion and they are interchangeable if the event of a unit dying out, which can happen a lot depending on the age of the battery - but that's ok considering the low cost. The only thing to consider here would be that when the batteries go low the pc should power down before they are completely drained because low voltage can stress components and the batteries itself, some auto-turnoff feature is required. Note: Battery port will act just as Load port once batteries are drained, this is because the battery loads up as much as possible and at the same time gives out the required amperage of the components, if the output threshold is higher than the input, sooner or later the batter port will only act as if the load port was connected, therefore you would have to actively monitor the voltage and cut off when under a certain level bacause if you don't you risk component failure.

@ToddDesiato 3 ай бұрын

It's great for a small miner. An S21 will require 4.6kW of DC power. That's a lot of amps, but your idea is still solid. Just needs bigger parts. Should I design it?

@trangkhoa448 2 ай бұрын

You just need a big enough battery system and and big mppt solar changers. I think it could possible

@GoetiaTarotShow Жыл бұрын

Brad Great teaching videos

@Ttechcraft 3 ай бұрын

Are you saying converting dc to ac to power mining machine will result to alot of loss

@davidmorgan9483 Жыл бұрын

i wish it was sunny to do this in uk

@pioneersmokehouseschannel Жыл бұрын

Can I run a simple 24 to 12 volt converter off Amazon and connect it to the load line... I want to run higher watts, even if it is only for 6 hours.... I commented a older video that showed your 48 to 12...

@BradCagle Жыл бұрын

Yes, you can use the amazon 24 to 12v dcdc converters. However I personally would not trust my expensive GPUs with those. Reason being if they fail, your mining rig might get the full 24v. The best way to do it is to use galvanic isolated dc/dc converters, this means there is no direct link to the higher voltage, not even the ground. So look for this kind of converter. The ones I use in my other video you commented on are 48v to 12v 1/4 brick isolated DC/DC, they are modules used in telecom. This is the one www.mouser.com/ProductDetail/826-ADQ800-48S12B-4L Now these are modules, so you have to build a few supporting components around it (a few caps). You might google search "galvanic isolated dc/dc converters" and find something ready to go.

@mosesarzu7670 Жыл бұрын

I like Vedioes.they are easy and straight forward.

@BradCagle Жыл бұрын

Thanks, glad you enjoy them!

@Oivat 5 ай бұрын

So your telling me using this solar panels you don’t pay no energy bill or con Edison?

@saluu9573 Жыл бұрын

turn up the memory to +1600 and set the core to 1000 fixed core. youll get better efficency should go upto 85mh at 90w, true ergonaut right here.

@brasspick Жыл бұрын

Have you tried shielding your wires (passive) with Aluminum tape? It's inexpensive, and works wonderfully.

@BradCagle Жыл бұрын

Not yet!

@julious3603 Жыл бұрын

Great video!! Thanks for the content

@BradCagle Жыл бұрын

Glad you enjoyed it!

@michaelcomeau1788 Ай бұрын

I'm curious as to how you use 48 volts and convert it to 12 volts in your larger system? Are you using a buck converter and if so which one? Thank You

@joshuahilinski4147 14 күн бұрын

I want to know what a buck converter does turns DC to AC ? Lowers the volts? and make a consistent energy supply?

@numberone7251 Ай бұрын

How much did you earn for day?

@weniweedeewiki.6237 Жыл бұрын

Brillant ...JUST BRILLANT

@BradCagle Жыл бұрын

Thanks!

@evilmario5649 Жыл бұрын

Thank you Brad Cagle you have sparked an idea with this method of Solar Crypto for me that i will for sure try, will share later once i know it 100% Golden.

@BradCagle Жыл бұрын

Awesome! Would love to see your idea. Let me know when you're ready.

@evilmario5649 Жыл бұрын

@@BradCagle went Digging and did the math to pair DC-DC Solar with Asic Miner (is possible with the high eff low power ones that cost alot) Then Did the Math on DC-DC Solar with 24V Solar system with 40Amp 24V/12VStep Down Converter and paired with Right amount of battery capacity then 24hr Mining doable (witch i will be doing)

@BradCagle Жыл бұрын

@@evilmario5649 Rad, I would love to see a video of it when you get it working. I did a video last year with a D3 running directly off 12v battery kzfaq.info/get/bejne/rsdldsuAlc_dnnU.html

@Jokesterz Жыл бұрын

Hey dude I want run 800watt system how many batteries do I need for around 12 hours and what inverter do I need??

@avgfinnishdude Жыл бұрын

you dont need any inverter

@dougiee6589 8 ай бұрын

Amazing video and eye opener thank uou boss

@BradCagle 8 ай бұрын

You're welcome!

@nonethelesss 4 ай бұрын

Thanks for the video! One thing i don't understand, how is that relay allowing you to get more than 15A from that DC output? What kind of relay is that? More explanation from that part would be much appreciated 🙏 Thanks again

@nonethelesss 4 ай бұрын

Ok i read the selling page of that relay, now is a bit more clear, sorry for the stupid question.

@katiekumcgil Жыл бұрын

hes right i found company that knocks down house to rebuild and i just asked him and he had huge lot full of them,so was getting 40 volt 300 watt panels for 40 dollars australianthe most costly thing is the higher voltage mttp charge controller that can do up to hundreds of volts but dont have to go that high 48 volt one be cpl hundred dollars

@katiekumcgil Жыл бұрын

i even got a few 86 volt 150 to 180 watt for memory,they full commercial grade ,the cells are sandwhiched between two really thick 5mm sheets of glassand had really thick premolded cables comming out,wish id benn able to more of those the cell was printed on one whole sheet

@BradCagle Жыл бұрын

Yup! BTW you can run them in parallel, and you wont have to have high voltage controller. You will however need to fuse, or use breakers on each parallel connection. Honestly I prefer to stay less than 100v to minimize arc faults.

@PappaLitto Жыл бұрын

Cool setup that I've not seen before on youtube. Let us know if the higher voltage ends up killing anything

@BradCagle Жыл бұрын

Will do. BTW I've run rigs with the higher voltage like this for months at a time, with no problems.

@Coneelfrancis Жыл бұрын

@@BradCagle Which lithium battery run at 24 hours?

@BradCagle Жыл бұрын

@@Coneelfrancis Depends on the power draw of your rig. For example lets say your rig uses 300w continuously. Lets say you have a 100ah 12.8v battery. 100ah x 12.8v = 1280wh. So we take 1280wh and divide it by your rig power of 300w, and we get 4.2 hours or runtime. So not enough, but if we triple the battery capacity to 300ah we get 12.6 hours of runtime. So depending on the season, and your locay that might get you through the night so the solar can take over in the morning.

@DT1-q7f 2 ай бұрын

Do you have electrical background? I see a lot of cables looks a little more advanced not for a biginners

@BradCagle 2 ай бұрын

I've always been an electrical tinkerer, even from a very young age. Yeah, I've pretty much realized this is not easy for everyone, and I'm actually trying to come up with some simpler plug-n-play solutions. Stay tuned!

@SorosNews Жыл бұрын

renogy 2000w pure sine wave inverter Idle Consumption ? No Load Current Draw: < 2A .. , I find This Expectable for 2000 wt Conversion

@troyh3628 Жыл бұрын

My setup burns 650 watts, that's comprises 3 cards plus about 30 watts for the rest of the system. I have plans to keep expanding, especially if I don't have to pay 100% of the power, and I want to run 24/7. I can supplement the overnight power needs with wind generators, but I will likely also need to switch to grid power from time to time. Got any recommendations on equipment for that?

@BradCagle Жыл бұрын

Yes, I working on a simple grid fallback. So you run off solar when available, and fallback on the grid when not. The way I'm thinking might be super simple, and maybe no battery at all. Stay tuned.

@troyh3628 Жыл бұрын

@@BradCagle Ok, great. Thank you.

@cosmokhap3263 Жыл бұрын

i am watching this video everyday,i enjoy it

@BradCagle Жыл бұрын

Glad you enjoy it!

@louieballescas3524 8 ай бұрын

Great video man

@NerdThingsAndMore Жыл бұрын

Thanks

@BradCagle Жыл бұрын

You're welcome :)

@lox6461 Жыл бұрын

More videos like that how to mine with solar...nice chanell..keep on groovin. Where can we get those PCI cables?

@BradCagle Жыл бұрын

i have more coming! pcie power cables here: amzn.to/3GzrA2c

@BradCagle Жыл бұрын

And here are the other PCIE power cables with the ring terminals amzn.to/3GDR2Ut

@lox6461 Жыл бұрын

@@BradCagle Thanks man , I appreciate it.

@Mileage1774 Ай бұрын

how much to build me one if i get the equipment lol

@user-sh9sk1ic9y Жыл бұрын

Why wouldn’t you just parallel more of those batteries use those extra panels and run through the night instead of having to do all the turn on and turn off in the morning and night

@BradCagle Жыл бұрын

I do have a larger setup that does just that. I just wanted to show people how easy, and inexpensive it is to get started. Also right now with how low profitability is, it's going to be hard for people to justify the cost of enough battery to run through the night. For example I have a system that runs through the night with three RTX a4000's it has 8kw of battery, that's the equivalent of 13 of those batteries in this video.

@imhungry2387 Жыл бұрын

That GPU uses 300 watts minimum

@ifedayooladapo8966 Жыл бұрын

What kind of DC DC converter are you using on your larger setup

@YarJarRar Ай бұрын

The batteries are expensive.

@Aubatron 17 күн бұрын

Batteries are half the cost of the system if you want to do this. Take out the batteries, and your equipment cost is halved.

@B_ROB_82 Жыл бұрын

Just a question, 12v is the least efficient for running off solely the battery right, So if you ran this without the relay on a 24v the amps would be around 4 and 48v would be 2?

@BradCagle Жыл бұрын

Correct, but then you need a buck converter to bring the voltage back down to 12v. I have other videos doing this with 24v, and 48v.

@B_ROB_82 Жыл бұрын

@@BradCagle awesome you got my like and sub and I'll be checking those out as well. Thank you! Game changer as I have half the equipment already. No lithium yet but decent 200ah agms

@BradCagle Жыл бұрын

@@B_ROB_82 Thanks!

@Dwlukinbill Жыл бұрын

Does the box allow for amp & watts adjustment? Does it fluctuate based on mining rig usage? If you can not adjust amps & watts you are stuck with 144watts only. How can a rig run on low watts? Help!?

@BradCagle Жыл бұрын

The "box" or charge controller I used in this video can do 40amps. So 40amps x 13.8volts = 552watts

@Dwlukinbill Жыл бұрын

@@BradCagle I see

@MikesAMiner Жыл бұрын

I’m very interested but know nothing about wiring. Would you be able to do a complete guide for beginners with solar and electrical?

@BradCagle Жыл бұрын

I really need to setup a website where I can make guides.

@MikesAMiner Жыл бұрын

@@BradCagle I would love it. I’m so interested in solar I’d be willing to pay to learn

@BradCagle Жыл бұрын

@@MikesAMiner contact me bradcagleyt@gmail.com you can pick my brain, no need to pay.

@kevinheimann7664 Жыл бұрын

I think running the gpus directly on battery voltage is a bad idea you should add a dcdc coverter to get stable 12v because the battery voltage is changeing with state of charge of the battery

@BradCagle Жыл бұрын

So @19:30 you'll see I have set the upper, and lower voltage. Lower set to 12.40v, and charge is set to 13.70v This is the max high, and low voltage the equipment will see. So as long as you're comfortable running a bit higher than spec. Up to you, I've done it a lot myself without issue YMMV. I'm about to do another video that uses 48v, with a 48v to 12v Isolated DC/DC converter. This will be the safest, because an isolated DC/DC will not allow the higher 48v to reach your 12v equipment even if it shorts, etc.. Standard non-isolated DC/DC converters can easily short a MOSFET then deliver the higher side voltage to your lower voltage equipment.

@GoetiaTarotShow Жыл бұрын

How do I put the mined coins on my bitcoin wallet?

@Gincc 5 ай бұрын

💀💀💀

@0xC47P1C3 Жыл бұрын

Really cool setup!

@BradCagle Жыл бұрын

Thanks

@jakenewkirk7440 Жыл бұрын

How do you convert the 48V you're getting from your solar panels down to 12V DC? Is that all taken care of via your solar charge controller?

@BradCagle Жыл бұрын

Yes. The charge controller converts the PV voltage down to the battery voltage.

@jakenewkirk7440 Жыл бұрын

@@BradCagle Okay, thank you.

@Ttechcraft 3 ай бұрын

From the mppt charge controller ,it converted the 48 volt of the solar panel to 12 volt to charge the battery

@prodbys0da 10 күн бұрын

Give this man his flowers bag ideas right here free crypto

@Vaba-Mees Жыл бұрын

how big amp battery i need to run 12hour night 1500w mining rig ? 200amp battery?

@BradCagle Жыл бұрын

1400Ah so 7 of those 200Ah battery

@Vaba-Mees Жыл бұрын

@@BradCagle lol :)

@Vaba-Mees Жыл бұрын

is this usual 50a car battery?

@BradCagle Жыл бұрын

No it's a LiFePO4 battery for energy storage. Car batteries are really only for cranking over the engine.

@SuperDividenz Жыл бұрын

Tell me more!

@sussypotty6390 Жыл бұрын

I need to run 6 rx580's if I need 1000watts , how many batteries and how much amp charge controller would I need to run it for 24 hours.

@BradCagle Жыл бұрын

It's going to cost way more than what it's worth to try and run 24/7 with battery. I'm going to make a video showing how to fall back to grid AC at night, and run on solar during the day. This will make better sense financially.

@sussypotty6390 Жыл бұрын

@@BradCagle ok thanks

@xMysticDanx1 Жыл бұрын

I'd use some 100 ah lead acid batteries there really cheap and easy to maintain

@BradCagle Жыл бұрын

That would work!

@alejoyugar 3 ай бұрын

imagine mining a block with literally the sun

@BradCagle 3 ай бұрын

That would be awesome 😎

@DominicRoyce 8 ай бұрын

Is Ergo what you primarily mine? Or are there other coins?

@BradCagle 8 ай бұрын

I've been mining mostly Dynex. I feel "proof of useful work" has a lot of potential. But I could be wrong :)

@DominicRoyce 8 ай бұрын

@@BradCagleoh I’ll have to look into more coins, I’m actually building this Solar miner right now. I just got the relay and other parts today. I have one more questions, why did you use that copper bar from the relay to the busbar? Not just a wire?

@BradCagle 8 ай бұрын

@@DominicRoyce It was mostly out of convenience, and I think I already had it form another project. Wire will be fine.

@DominicRoyce 8 ай бұрын

@@BradCaglehey sorry for all the questions, but I got the 60A version of the charger. Why am I not able to change all of my settings. I can only do: UV Recovery: 13.4V UV Protection: 12V OV Recovery: 13.8V OV Protection: 14.5V I can’t change it past this, and I don’t know why. Let me know if you could help :)

@SynthToshi 6 ай бұрын

lets get a update on this without batteries

@BradCagle 6 ай бұрын

Already done: kzfaq.info/get/bejne/n7uGnMSkqbCbdmg.html 😁

@user-er6ln8zo5n Жыл бұрын

Been looking for this frame mate, where did you get that...

@BradCagle Жыл бұрын

Amazon but I haven't seen them in stock for a long time amzn.to/3OEzLyV

@user-er6ln8zo5n Жыл бұрын

@@BradCagle now I have seen the exact one that I been looking for, thanks man, you never let us down

@user-er6ln8zo5n 11 ай бұрын

I mean how can I not, it's effecient... 100%

@bismuthinuffin 4 ай бұрын

the wifi isnt going to work well for mining...youll be overloading your wifi. mining needs ethernet cable

@blekibabic Жыл бұрын

This is only 1 way to go but is it safer to put 1 good 12v PC power supply into the chain to just make things safer. I mean going like this straight is so risky?

@BradCagle Жыл бұрын

Yeah, I'm not sure how to quantify the risk. Maybe it's as risky as taking a lighting strike to your grid? Some say it's risky just to mine on your gaming GPU's :) We must assume risk is always there, now what is the risk level? This is the question brave risk takers answer :) That being said my main fear is the charge controller shorting, and allowing the higher PV voltage through to the GPUs. I've had this happen on a different controller, no GPUs attached luckily, just battery at the time. You can use a device called "victron battery protect" it will disconnect if it detects voltage >16v, which still may be too high, but may save you. On my other larger system, I use 48v, and a 48v to 12v isolated DC/DC converter. The isolation makes it impossible for the higher voltage to reach the GPUs.

@blekibabic Жыл бұрын

@@BradCagle As i said 1 gold plated pwr supply can resolve the issue dunno why the presenter didn't include one to the story, it would be great to see how it works. Pwr supplys have oc curent protection by them selfs so if soemthing happend they take a hit not the other components. Thats all!

@BradCagle Жыл бұрын

@@blekibabic I'm the presenter, and I think you're missing the point. Let me clarify, If you use a PSU, you also need an inverter. These two components together will waste 20-40% of your power. The point of going direct is to minimize this wasted power. Is it more riskier? Possibly. As I said lack of isolation would be my concern. In the PSU you mentioned, it has isolation via the ac transformer, so presumably it may be more safe. At any rate, i'll continue with these experiments, and post videos as I come up with better solutions based on my results. Thanks

@user-er6ln8zo5n Жыл бұрын

Great Brad, I copied that and it works for me..

@BradCagle Жыл бұрын

Nice!, glad to hear. Do you like it?

@user-er6ln8zo5n Жыл бұрын

@@BradCagle obviously, am even attempted to buy it if you have any interest on selling it to me... 😁

@ardroitoffical2310 Жыл бұрын

Great video Brad! Are you interested in collab?

@BradCagle Жыл бұрын

Yes

@GoetiaTarotShow Жыл бұрын

How many minutes does one Bitcoin take to make? Could I make £2.5 million in two days mining 100 coins ?

@BradCagle Жыл бұрын

There are many different crypto coins. Bitcoin is one of them, however it really must be mined with special ASIC machine like an s19. Even with these machines it would take many years to mine a single Bitcoin with a single machine. So instead you mine in a pool with others, and you receive fractions of a Bitcoin called sats. As for getting the coins in your wallet, all you do it tell the miner machine your wallet address. Now other "alt" coins like Flux, Dynex, etc.. are minable with GPUs like you see in my video. Some of these coins are pretty easy to mine several a day, but they are worth far less than Bitcoin, like less than a $1. For example I have 10 GPU's I mine with right now, and I only make $3-5 a day. That will likely go up as we get into the crypto bull market. At one point I was making $40-$50 a day with those same GPUs.