Oddbean

Amazing results from DIY Bitcoin mining maple sap reverse osmosis system. https://i.nostr.build/qnGv.jpg This reverse osmosis maple sap concentration system utilizes an immersion Bitcoin mining heating loop to improve the efficiency of the system by heating the maple sap before it passed through a reverse osmosis filter. The immersion mining system uses canola oil as the dielectric fluid! https://v.nostr.build/zZl0.mp4 https://v.nostr.build/A45L.mp4 Now that I've had a chance to run several hundred gallons of sap through the system I've have everything pretty dialed in. Depending on the ambient temperature and sap temperature the system is able to concentrate the sap 30-50% faster than before without the immersion mining heating loop. Additionally, the sap is getting concentrated to 7 brix in one pass vs 6 brix which means removing even more water before boiling than before. https://i.nostr.build/PvR8.jpg https://i.nostr.build/o9v7.jpg https://i.nostr.build/WxRY.jpg The canola oil immersion mining heating loop is providing a 25% rebate on the power usage of the total system after upgrading the vanilla s9 hashboard to an s9j hashboard. So, the system process the sap faster saving time, removes more water saving propane/fuel and boiling time, and it pays a Bitcoin rebate on the power usage. By adding the immersion mining heating loop I've massively expanded the capacity of my existing maple sugaring equipment. Because the mining system is temporary and I didn't have access to Bitcool or something similar for the dielectric fluid, the canola oil was a cheap readily available alternative. It has been working well with no noticable degradation. There are some downsides to the system. First I lost a control board because I splashed sap on it. Then I lost two batches of concentrated sap. The heater gets the sap warm promoting the fermentation process, so I wasn't able to start boiling the sap quickly enough in the warmer weather. The bottleneck of the process is definitely at the boiling stage now. This system can be built for less than $700 and is more efficient than similar systems costing over $2500... Necessity is the mother of invention as they say. #homesteading #permaculture #permies #maplesyrup #maplesugaring #meshtadel #grownostr #bitcoin #bitcoinmining #homemining #plebminer nostr:nevent1qqsxpx7v9pkzylxj25h9cq0xvvlhdxjkyvy9keqk3qhcm4lc8qd5p9cpzemhxue69uh5ummnw3ezumn0dahx2uewvdhk6q3qf5pre6wl6ad87vr4hr5wppqq30sh58m4p33mthnjreh03qadcajsxpqqqqqqzhxczv8

This.... Pura vida🤙 nostr:nevent1qqszjqlg2g0h65rd968y0sjsu9tfmuahg6j5gcg43yexd099efsdjyqpz4mhxue69uhhyetvv9ujuerpd46hxtnfduhsygzdqg7wnh7htflnqadcarsggqytu9ap7agvvw6auus7dmug8tw8v5psgqqqqqqs93vmjk

Welcome to the frontier, where plebs are producing their own food, using Bitcoin miners to do it all while disrespecting seed oils. nostr:nevent1qqszjqlg2g0h65rd968y0sjsu9tfmuahg6j5gcg43yexd099efsdjyqpzemhxue69uh5ummnw3ezumn0dahx2uewvdhk6q3qf5pre6wl6ad87vr4hr5wppqq30sh58m4p33mthnjreh03qadcajsxpqqqqqqzhgkaqs

Yeah but it was much more expensive than canola oil locally and much more viscous. I needed something I could get immediately close by. I also read that mineral oil is corrosive. Mineral oil might last longer than canola oil but I didn't need to use it for very long.

I was reading up on it last night and found this https://www.researchgate.net/publication/305525405_Effects_of_mineral_oil_immersion_cooling_on_IT_equipment_reliability_and_reliability_enhancements_to_data_center_operations Hard to get a clear consensus from forums, some said mineral oil good, some bad, miners advised against in favor of $100/gal stuff

Hashing the Torch, my first Bitcoin miner passed on to a fellow pleb https://i.nostr.build/YgKA6.jpg A friend was interested in learning about mining so gave him an S9 to experiment with. https://i.nostr.build/vGOxv.jpg Before I could give it to him, I had to clean the canola oil off the hashboard I was using in the immersion maple sap heater. I gave the board a bath in very soapy water and used a spray bottle to get the oil out from in and around all the heat sinks. Then dried very thoroughly with a hair dryer. Ironically, because the board was so clean, it was staying a few degrees cooler than the other hashboards when I was tuning the miner up before handing it off. https://i.nostr.build/3PGqP.jpg The improved performance of the S9 from the cleaning, got me thinking I should clean the miner I use for my clothes dryer. When I opened it up I was shocked that it was hashing at all... It was almost totally clogged with dryer lint. After cleaning it out the fans were running at much lower speeds significantly reducing the noise. We must have gotten used to it as it slowly got louder and louder. For as much as Canaan miners get hated on, this machine has proven to be very tough, hashing in a very dirty high heat environment with reduced airflow. #bitcoin #bitcoinmining #plebminer #hashthetorch #meshtadel nostr:nevent1qqszjqlg2g0h65rd968y0sjsu9tfmuahg6j5gcg43yexd099efsdjyqpgdmhxw309a4nversvd5k7emcx3nxzcnwd9cxkafkwakxxef5wf48vvmxve4xsa3kva3h2mnyvdu8v7rwxecx7et3xf5xxm3nd9jzummwd9hkuq3qf5pre6wl6ad87vr4hr5wppqq30sh58m4p33mthnjreh03qadcajsxpqqqqqqzhz8na6

If I build something like this in somewhere in the states of Mexico, the probability that a wrongfully military intervention happen is high. Why? has the looks of narcotics laboratories KEK. nostr:note19yp7s5sl04gx6t5wglp9pc2knhemw349g3s3tzfjv672tjnqmygq7uu4ct

How much power does that miner use? I might be able to set you up with a solar panel/inverter charger/battery that could power that set up in exchange for helping me get my first miner set up. Reach out to me if you want to talk about it more.

The infamous canola oil hashing maple syrup contraption. nostr:nevent1qqszjqlg2g0h65rd968y0sjsu9tfmuahg6j5gcg43yexd099efsdjyqpg3mhxw309a4nversvd5k7emcx3nxzcnwd9cxkafkwakxxef5wf48vvmxve4xsa3kva3h2mnyvdu8v7rwxecx7et3xf5xxm3nd9jzummwd9hkutczypxsy08fmlt45leswkuw3cyyqz97z7slw5xx8dw7wg0xa7yr4hrk2qcyqqqqqqgkceyqm