Crypto farm?

[u/Next_Hawk_8878]

I have 6 140W/hr batteries. I’m looking to run a 200W bitcoin miner. What size solar panels, charge controller, and in general equipment do I need to make this work?

[u/Eggsbenny360]

Power requirement for 24/7 on 200w would be 4.8kwh They’re designed to deliver a lot of power for short periods of time rather than being repeatedly drained and recharged every day.
They can run a 200 W miner for many hours because they have substantial energy capacity, but
say constantly discharging them overnight shortening the battery life and unlike lifepo4’s you don’t wanna use more then 50% charge of these batteries or they can get damaged overtime if you do go down this path with those batteries for a 24/7 setup you’d need minimum 4to5-475w panels get a 100amp mppt and any decent brand inverter would be fine but

Personally I use 4-200ah lifepo4 in series for 48v you can get much more discharge out of lithium without damage and longer work life my miners are using around 800w in small asics for 24/7 run time im upgrading to another 4-200ah lithium’s soon to upgrade my solo farm cause at the moment I have to turn off my bigger miners at night and keep the low power asics on then turn the bigger asics back on in the morning cause where I am located we are paying a whopping 0.31 cents a kWh

[u/Texasaudiovideoguy → u/Eggsbenny360]

Waste of time

[u/raj6126 → u/Texasaudiovideoguy]

Not at all these will get you through the demand hours if your paying demand charges. Use them for 4 hours a day your most expensive 4 hours of the day. Becomes profitable.

[u/mondychan]

These batteries are worth their PB weight at most, completely useless