Why do cats sleep in weird places? #catstr

Friday night chilling by the fire #catstr

Just ran my idea to capture excess solar PV during the summer to heat water with a miner idea by a heating engineer. He was a bit of a grumpy bastard but his conclusion was "could work"... I'll take that

That Fallout season was awesome. I finally found my Fallout Vegas disc so will be dusting off the Xbone and playing that until we bounce.

Well, I’m out of fiat…

I’m about 10years behind the times with my Home Assistant tinkering, maybe in another 10years I’ll be tinkering with one of those AI agent server things

Swapped out the s9 in my ventilation system for a NerdQAxe Hydro rev 6. Pretty simple swap, just used the same duct adapters from the s9 either side of the radiator. Now getting the same heat input but over 5x the hash rate

I'm currently vibe coding a Home Assistant automation to predict solar PV production for tomorrow based on weather forecasts in order to do smart battery charging i.e. when it looks sunny tomorrow, leave spare capacity in the battery to prevent excessive export. It's funny the lengths you have to go to when you have the most expensive electricity in the world, mad solar systems don't already do this too. Thanks NetZero!

Cheap sats on payday, what’s not to like!

Right, nerdaxeq++ rev6 hydro purchased. Hopefully that sorts out the foibles of the DIY PIV unit making it quieter, a bit less sketchy and way more efficient hash rate wise. Here’s a diagram of how PIV works, I’m just using a miner as the heating element instead of an off the shelf unit that uses a ceramic heater… the idea is to increase ventilation and reduce humidity/damp/mould in my old stone walled house. #heatpunk

GM, been running my miner PIV system for a week now. It’s working well, definitely pushing lower humidity air into the house and making it feel fresher. Whether it fixes the pesky damp patches on the exterior stone walls remains to be seen. The issues I need to fix with it are noise level and efficiency. It’s not gonna be cheap, the best way I can think of is to replace the S9 with 2x NerdQAxe Hydros so I match the current 200w heating output. That should sort the noise and j/th efficiency out. #heatpunks

Does anybody have any experience under clocking ant miners and using a PC power supply instead of the noisy stock PSU? #asknostr #heatpunks

Just hanging a miner from the roof with bungee cords. What’s the worst that could happen? It does damp the sound a bit but thinking I need to get a lower wattage PSU that doesn’t permanently run its fan to make it quieter. #heatpunk

Sunday eve relaxing by the fire #catstr

Got my miner PIV system installed today. Currently in MVP test mode with it but getting good results so far. Output is 20C at 35% humidity with the S9 running at 270w. Only bummer is how terrible the s9 efficiency is, still better than using electric to heat for no sats at all! #heatpunks

Testing out the loft PIV system. Good results so far, miner running at 250w, getting a +8C temp boost. Next step is fitting it all together in the loft. (New carpet is lots of steps away sadly)

A belated Happy New Year nostr! I’m starting off the year with a heat punk experiment, attempting a DIY positive input ventilation system with an S9 for heating. If you haven’t heard of PIV systems before, it’s basically a fan blowing air from the loft into the house creating positive pressure. In theory this helps reduce damp issues in old houses by reversing drafts and reducing humidity. The water heating project with the S19 is on the back burner while I find a heating engineer

Bread baked, steak sandwich on the menu tonight!

Beer o’clock

Another hard day of napping completed ✅ #catstr