Last season, I used a custom 110v single board s19 miner to heat the cold frame where I grow cannabis seedings. This season, the system has been upgraded to use the mobile canola oil "hashcan" which was initially built for maple syrup production.
An open water loop using PEX buried with sand and distributes heat from the hashcan into the ground warming the plants at the root zone instead of the air. Once the cannabis is planted in the rabbit colony, I intend to use this cold frame system for rooting soft wood cuttings this summer.
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Cannabis seedlings growing in a cold frame with heat from a homemade Bitcoin miner
The cannabis seedlings are doing well. This spring has been pretty even keeled as far as the temperature goes so the bitcoin miner had been able to keep things well above freezing in the cold frame. The Bitcoin miner is a single s19 hashboard, running on 110v power in a slapped together homemade enclosure. It's using ~700-800w of power. A fantastic little space heater!
There are 5 different seedlings growing, all crossed from the pineapple pomegranate male I used to pollinate the garden last season. Redbud haze, white widow, gold leaf, and two unusual redbud haze phenotypes. Planning on transplanting into the rabbit colony cannabis garden early May.
The seeds I'm growing are for sale too. 24 pack for $30, free shipping. Let me know if you want some.
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quotingBitcoin mining maple sap heater, a two loop immersion mining system with canola oil as the dielectric fluid running 110v power with a modified power supply!
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This sap heater is an improved iteration on the proof of concept system from last season. It's getting 3x the hashrate with the same power consumption in a much more compact design saving tons of space. Huge improvement!
Now that the sugaring season is over, I've repurposed this mobile immersion unit to aid in growing the cannabis starts this spring. I have future plans to integrate it into my solar power system this summer for some more wacky experimental use cases. More to come on this mining contraption!
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