I have a big crypto mining rig in my office that acts as a space heater, which is fine during the winter, but when summer is here the rig is at risk of overheating and breaking down.
I didn’t realize this when I started mining but now I understand how much power it really does consume.
I had to buy a small portable mini split air conditioner for my office to keep the room cool and my power bills have gone up quite a bit. I still make money with the mining but don’t like all of the power I am consuming. It’s just not good for the environment and I may just stop mining altogether because of it. The air conditioning contractor is happy with my portable AC purchase but I just don’t sleep too well now knowing I am using all of this power. I think I may get back into teaching beach volleyball as soon as the weather warms up and quit mining and sell my rig. I could still use the portable AC unit because I don’t like to run my central air conditioner all day if I can help it and I spend most of my time in the office anyways. It is quite energy efficient and runs very quietly so I don’t mind running it most of the day. I just stopped using my electric furnace because the cold weather is shifting to warm now that we are in the middle of April. It’s been a long cold winter and I am ready for summer.