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Welcome To The World Of Cryptocurrency Mining
Our world constantly evades traditional forms of profit-making and leaps into unknown waters. Currently, cryptocurrency is ‘popping off’, and a growing number of people are diving headfirst into this bustling world, seeking to understand and earn through cryptomining. Welcome to the Hobbyist Miner channel, where we focus on the ins and outs of cryptocurrency for hobbyist miners. This article explores our recent experience building a mining rig for Ravencoin inside a grow tent.
Understanding Cryptomining
In the heart of the cryptocurrency world lies a mechanism known as ‘mining’. A miner needs a high-powered computer system (a ‘rig’), using its processing power to solve complex mathematical problems. One such cryptocurrency that calls miners today is Ravencoin, an open-source blockchain project designed for the transfer of digital assets from one party to another.
Our Mining Rig: Brief Overview
The subject of our current project is an array of Radeon (RX) graphics cards, 11 RX 470s, and one 570. Due to the immense heat generated, particularly given the summer weather, these cards require specifically designed housing — essentially, they need a ‘home’.
Our Solution: A Unique Partnership
Interestingly, our solution comes from an unconventional partnership with the brand Vivio Sun, a traditional grow tent and company generally seen in the indoor vegetable gardening market. The same ideology used for indoor gardening applies to our cryptomining purposes. Hence, we plan to relocate our entire Ravencoin setup into a grow tent stationed in my basement.
Setting Up the Grow Tent
After preparing the location by making necessary modifications, such as removing the AC unit and preparing a wooden board with two vents for intake and exhaust, we proceeded to setup the huge grow tent supplied by Vivio Sun. The tent measuring 48 inches long, 24 deep, and 60 tall accommodates our mining rig perfectly. We installed a turbine fan inside the grow tent for proper ventilation and heat management.
Crypto Mining With Vivio Sun Grow Tent
After some effort, our Vivio Sun grow tent for cryptomining was finally set up. The tent itself features openings at multiple points that allow us to channel our wiring conveniently. The tent doors and windows further make access to our rig easier and provide optional coverage when necessary.
The Mining Rig: Inside the Tent
Post the setup phase; we placed the mining rack inside the tent. The cards will hang inside the tent, with the wiring being brought in through one of the many tent openings. In the next couple of weeks, several other components will be installed, including the motherboard, power supply, and electrical system. This creation is expected to produce excellent Ravencoin mining results.
The Future Of Cryptomining With Grow Tents
The use of grow tents like Vivio Sun’s poses a great advantage for hobbyist miners who don’t have dedicated space for their rigs. The tent’s heat management features make it ideal for a basement setting. The upcoming videos on our channel will cover our experience and progress with this unique setup in great detail.
Get Your Own Vivio Sun Grow Tent For Cryptomining
If you’re interested in getting your hands on a Vivio Sun grow tent or any related products, we have arranged a discount code for our readers. When purchasing through Vivio Sun’s website, use the discount code ‘Miner15’ to enjoy a 15% discount on all items. We’ll provide links to the exact grow tent and mining kit we used below.
Conclusion
There you have it, our unique journey of setting up a cryptomining rig inside a grow tent. We anticipate that this space-efficient, heat-controlled solution will deeply impact our Ravencoin mining efforts and will highly encourage cryptocurrency enthusiasts to try out this innovative approach. Stay tuned to our channel for more updates and insights into the world of cryptomining.
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💠Vivosun Grow Tent From Video:
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💠Vivosun Grow Tent Inline Fan Kit:
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💠Vivosun Website:
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hello, what is the size of the tent and the frame? thanks
what frame is that? can you provide the name?
Not a bad idea using a grow tent to control heat. I like how you keep mispronouncing the company name.. no second "i". Vivo not Vivio.
Thats awesome. I may need to get that wire rack. I the same exact grow tent. I use a 8" 807cfm exhaust on it. My testing was during the hotter day the room would be about 90f (I have other rigs not in the tent) and in the tent it would be about 96-98f. Currently my room is 88f and inside the then is 90f. It definitely helped with keeping the room cooler. I like your cutout too for the window. Mine is not as nice. I would recommend getting a 8" fan for it to get more negative pressure. I have 20gpus in mine currently but my rack is not as big and airflow is not as efficient as your will be. But man I cant wait to see your updates and your results. I have a box fan shoved in to mine too but I really dont think it does much. I have a playlist on my channel of setting it up and getting it all together I just need to do a final video of my result after weeks of use.
Does it help with noise or worse with the extractor fan ?
Quality video. Thanks for taking the time to make it. It Helped out quite a bit for a friend wanting to do the same thing
I did the same thing in 2017, I found that 2, 8inch exhaust fans were not enough to pull all the the heat out.
I reused my old grow tents to set my rigs up a few months ago. Helps keep heat at bay and plenty of air movement with the right fans. 🙂
yeahh man i want to see the temp results now!! jjajajaj 😉
I have an old 2'x4'x5' grow tent I keep in my basement, currently unused. The ac unit is in this area and is cut off from the other half of the basement… The temps stay around 66f due to the ac unit being in there, keeping ambient temps low, even with all the vents closed to this area. That half is also completely underground keeping the temps stable no matter the time of year. Winter def gets colder. Ultimately, perfect for a mining rig!!! Like a fridge for my rigs! And it would heat my house in winter, right on!
You need a chimney to suck/evacuate heat
OK, i've got this – AMD is indica and Nvidia is sativa
Thank you HM!! I've been planning to set up a grow tent in my garage. I need this bad since my guest room has become a sauna and we have guests coming over. LOL Your video is perfect timing and got me going in the right direction. I just placed my order with Vivosun. Thank you for the discount code too!!
Hahahahahaha lmafo, ibeen thinking about doing this Whit mi rigs😂😂
I'd be concerned about humidity if you're simply pulling air from the outside, depending on where you are.
Gotta love the 6 min vivosun ad…
Didn’t work for me. Temps got way too hot
🦅RVN🦅⛏⛏🚀🚀📈📈👍👍
I knew when I saw all these miners setting up open rigs in their basements it was a bad idea because it winds up heating the whole room and making everything in the room hotter. You'd have to have a tremendous amount of expensive air ventilation equipment for the room itself to dissipate all that residual heat. Great find THM.
do let me know how much of a temperature drop is seen using this.. was looking for the same vivosun grow tent for my rig aswell
Can you believe that I was considering this option today’s afternoon at home, checking different models online and also watching an old video from Redpanda? 🤣. I will watch now yours😁
Very interesting video. How often do you need to change the thermopaste. I have been looking for a good way to clean GPUs. So far with no solution unless pull them apart. Cheers mate
great video! I would like to see a video on switching from 120 volt to 240 volt. Like what pdu's, plugs and cords are needed
BAD title.
Lol vegetable growing. Right.
"indoor vegetable and seed garden" lolz
Good stuff.
Interesting to see how you are going to place the intake fan, filter and the rest of stuff inside or outside of the tent.
Just ordered my grow tent earlier today 3×4 which might be too big for me 2×3 shelves.
The 5'X5' cube works well for me. I can fit in 3 Amazon roll out racks comfortably with room for two large exhaust fans.
Intake in the bottom exhaust out the top and don’t put exhaust and intakes by each other otherwise it will intake your exhaust 8” fans will work better than those 6” fans seriously you will definitely need 8” fans
Im also using a grow tent for my rig in the garage but im actually using a portable ac unit. The fan exhaust wasn’t enough to deal with the dessert heat.
Wow ! That's a great idea !
Nice choices, have the 8" 740cfm on my 24×24 tent, using a BITMINER V8 frame(tower) 2x 200mm intake temps never go above 46c, exhaust is set to about 60% nice neg pressure.
Just a heads up low your rack or you have to put the exhaust fan on the top of tent. Also if you venting outside like it looks like your gonna do 1 heat from outside will get sucked in an 2 moisture so if it rains
I just picked up all this stuff , my tent is just a bit bigger at 36x36x72 but it works amazing. to bad I didnt have the discount code , oh well next time. I am not using the filter I am trying to sell it now
you should do a series on how to overclock cards for ravencoin, most ppl think that its crazy on energy and will burn your card… people need to get informed
Now thats a dope set up🕵🔥
I live in Texas and it's like 105 outside. I'm just going to have it pull AC from inside my house with a couple box fans inside and let it exhaust outside. It's all I can think of myself. I got two rigs mixed with 3070tis and 3080tis and some 3070s.
So it’s like a massive PC case essentially.
Seed and vegetable growing??? LOL! I gotta say this is a monumental waste of money. Just use an appliance box – like a washer, dryer or dishwasher box (FREE!) to contain the heat, and cut out a hole to install your intake and exhaust ducting to your basement casement window. TRUST ME! It works GREAT! And free is always best. In the alternative, build a box with cheap plywood and do the same thing.
I thought it was Red Fox that did the grow tents for mining? You mentioned Red Panda
Thanks for the discount code ✌️. Can’t wait to see airflow performance in these
Nothing like mixing 2 freedom inducing activities…mining and gardening.
Just got mine up yesterday love it!
Did I miss the repasting and blowing out video? Or did you just not upload that one yet?
I was just looking for a solution for an Aussie summer