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TheGuySwann | 3 months ago (raw) | root | parent | reply | flag +3 
 Have you noticed that it takes any longer to dry the clothes? Have you compared the electricity usage and sats output by chance?

I’m really curious about any hard details you can gather on this because it’s something @Jeff Swann has been talking about for a long time and I’d considered it as well. 

Heating the house with miners has been great, but it’s significantly more expensive than the gas heat we had (our gas is significantly cheaper than electrical), but we don’t get that benefit with the dryer. So that might make it a more interesting proposition. 🤔
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rev.hodl | 3 months ago (raw) | root | parent | reply | flag 
 I tried to do a direct comparison for the power usage but it was too difficult. The dryer seemed to draw a lot of amps to get the heating element hot then power down and cycle on and off again throughout. I didn't have a meter that could easily track the power usage for the dryer. 

As far as time to dry, I treat drying a little differently in my situation. I try to keep the dryer running continuously throughout the day as I do laundry. So as soon as the washer is done, hopefully the dryer is done too. That way I can keep feeding the dryer. 

All in all, I've been very impressed with how well it works for how cheap/simple it was to modify the dryer. 

If you have a miner sitting around, not hashing, why not find a way to put it to work?