I recently to learned that you can wire the DC output of a solar charge controller directly to the power lugs of a Bitcoin miner PSU.
The power from the solar panels goes directly to the hash boards and if there isn't enough power, the PSU makes up the difference with ac power from the grid. It turned the PSU into off grid solar grid tie hybrid power source.
All solar power is totally utilized, no loss. It's magical to watch the power draw from the PSU ebb and flow with the power output of the solar charge controller.
This is technique is going to change the game here at the homestead as it will allow me to continue to expand the solar power production without having to get a larger inverter to fully utilize it. I can tie the additional solar power directly to the miners, skipping the batteries and inverter all together. Looking forward to showing this technique in action.
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my electrotechnik mind is not happy with this arrangement
there must surely be a voltage regulator in this picture somewhere
PSU is putting out some amount of power, meaning volts and amps of current
making a failover for power systems usually requires an accumulator somewhere in the picture, ie, transformer and capacitors
adapting to the flow usually takes logic and gates
i'm not sure you have got this
unless you have some kind of large capacitor buffer in the circuit
Look forward to seeing it
The voltage regulator is the charge controller, when hooking it up to the PSU, it sees it as a 12v battery.
S9 hashing on direct DC solar and AC PSU hybrid system
Here I have an S9 powdered both by the 12v DC output of a solar charge mppt controller and the output of an apw3++ plugged into an inverter. The output of the solar charge controller is wired directly to DC output lugs of the PSU. As the clouds roll by the output of the solar power decreases and the PSU delivers more power from the inverter. This same technique can be used by plugging the PSU into a grid powered outlet instead of the inverter. It's basically a way to subsidize the power consumption of a miner with solar power directly. It's pretty cool to watch.
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I recently to learned that you can wire the DC output of a solar charge controller directly to the power lugs of a Bitcoin miner PSU.
The power from the solar panels goes directly to the hash boards and if there isn't enough power, the PSU makes up the difference with ac power from the grid. It turned the PSU into off grid solar grid tie hybrid power source.
All solar power is totally utilized, no loss. It's magical to watch the power draw from the PSU ebb and flow with the power output of the solar charge controller.
This is technique is going to change the game here at the homestead as it will allow me to continue to expand the solar power production without having to get a larger inverter to fully utilize it. I can tie the additional solar power directly to the miners, skipping the batteries and inverter all together. Looking forward to showing this technique in action.
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So as long as your batteries are sufficient voltage I guess?
Yes, if the batteries die and the sun is shining then I might be in trouble.
probably just need a voltage triggered off switch that just turns all that side of the circuit off once it drops below the voltage the devices need
A single board can handle 100 amps. Just size the controllers appropriately
Dude. Amazing. Please do provide more info on this when you can.
Definitely need domething similiar. Is your solar sysytem12v24v, 48v ? What size inverter? Saludos
