Battery Backup recommendation
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I have not seen this anywhere on the forum, so I thought I would give my 2 cents. I highly recommend protecting your system with a battery backup unit. If you are spending 1K (or more) on a system that you intend to run 24/7, I think its a good idea to spend another $150 or so to protect against power surges, blackouts, lightening, etc. I am a video editor, and over the years I have utilized these things on all my edit systems and they have saved me numerous times. If you are not aware of its use- when you lose power, have intermittent surges, etc, the APC kicks on and continues providing your system with juice. (usually at least for an hour or two)
[url=http://www.amazon.com/APC-BR1300G-Back-UPS-Battery-10-Outlet/dp/B0038ZU2FC/ref=sr_1_8?ie=UTF8&qid=1387063026&sr=8-8&keywords=apc+battery+backup]http://www.amazon.com/APC-BR1300G-Back-UPS-Battery-10-Outlet/dp/B0038ZU2FC/ref=sr_1_8?ie=UTF8&qid=1387063026&sr=8-8&keywords=apc+battery+backup[/url]
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Nice thought but most miners run with more then one rig and each rig needs between 800 - 1000W. This demands about 20kWh - 24kWh per day.
My rigs demand 95kWh per day and there’s almost no UPS that can supply this amount of stored energy. If you want a real backup which lasts longer then a couple of hours you need to start thinking about a decent diesel generator.
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what you need to ask yourself is what the need for a battery backup really is? The common purpose of a UPS is to allow the system some time to do a graceful shutdown. I don’t really see the use for that in a mining rig.
A cheaper way is to buy a raspery pi, connect it up with some transistors (or relays) that can trigger a power on or off if a system hangs. Combine that with the option in bios to start the computer when power returns and you should be more than enough protected :)
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I wondered if this would translate to mining applications. The more important issue on the video editing side of things is the protection of “lost work” if you have a hard drive that crashes and you lose media or software/driver issues that can occur if the system does not shut down properly. I guess the main thing for mining rigs (just like an other electronics) might be protection against surges or storm strikes.Thanks for the clarifications.
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You could get one of those surge protecting sockets for that
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I have an APC unit on my mining rig, and its more for brown out protection and surges/spikes. I’m not looking to run when the power is off because chances are the internet is down as well. I just don’t want “dirty” power getting to my rig(s) since they are running full tilt with thousands of dollars in video cards.
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If you have a good quality PSU the only thing surges spikes and dirty power can do is burn your PSU but cards should be fine.
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If you have a good quality PSU the only thing surges spikes and dirty power can do is burn your PSU but cards should be fine.
[/quote]I agree but have seen some crazy stuff when a PSU is working towards its max limits. I also like to have cleaner power since the higher end UPS units have filters, not that my power is “dirty” by any means but the less stress I put on the PSU, the better since its the heart of the system. To each their own in the end.