I have a sizable crypto mining rig in our office that acts as a space heater, which is nice during the winter, but when Summer is here the rig is at risk of overheating plus chopping down.
I didn’t realize this when I started mining but now I understand how much power it very does consume.
I had to buy a small portable mini split a/c for our office to keep the room cool plus our power bills have gone up quite a bit. I still make currency with the mining but don’t love all of the power I am consuming. It’s just not nice for the environment plus I may just stop mining altogether because of it. The air conditioner company is cheerful with our portable AC purchase although I just don’t sleep too well now knowing I am using all of this power. I know I may get back into teaching beach volleyball as soon as the weather warms up plus quit mining plus sell our rig. I could still use the portable AC component because I don’t love to run our central a/c all day if I can help it plus I spend most of our time in the office anyways. It is quite energy efficient plus runs very quietly so I don’t mind running it most of the day. I just stopped using our electric gas furnace because the chilly weather is shifting to warm now that the two of us are in the middle of May. It’s been a long chilly Wintertide plus I am ready for summer.