Mining as home heating — post your setups

Winter is coming for the northern half of the forum. Who's actually plumbed miner heat into their house rather than just pointing it at the sofa?

S9 in the crawlspace ducted into the hallway. Crude but the thermostat agrees it works.

Immersion tank with a heat exchanger into the hot water loop. Overkill and I love it.

A grow-tent, a duct fan, and a Whatsminer. My drying room doubles as a money printer that loses money.

Counterpoint: swapping a tired PSU for a platinum unit beat every clever tweak I'd tried. Numbers welcome.

Second this. a 1891W night-tariff window is the closest thing to free money in home mining. Am I missing something obvious?

Counterpoint: renting out my spare old S9 paid for its own repairs this quarter.

Strong disagree with the last reply — a small test rental before committing has saved me twice now — watch the shares land at your own pool first. What's everyone else seeing?

Interesting point above. second-hand old S9 prices near me make repair skills worth more than new hardware.

Second this. I keep one flexible rig warm purely for new PoW launches. Preparation beats hashrate. Curious what the group thinks.

Interesting point above. a small test rental before committing has saved me twice now — watch the shares land at your own pool first.

Good thread this. I moved everything to Stratum v2 and the difference was bigger than any chip tweak.

Genuine question first: difficulty grinding up is just the market telling you to find cheaper power. Would you do it differently?

Reading this from {place}, a 1332W night-tariff window is the closest thing to free money in home mining.

Counterpoint: heat reuse in a shed is what makes the maths work for me in winter. Anyone tried the opposite?

Strong disagree with the last reply — insurance for rented-out rigs is decoration unless the use is named in writing.

Second this. second-hand Bitaxe Gamma prices near me make repair skills worth more than new hardware.

A small test rental before committing has saved me twice now — watch the shares land at your own pool first. What's everyone else seeing?