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by quickthrowman 971 days ago
> I cannot imagine, but the miners probably couldn't run that many rigs given the perhaps 50A or 100A total available to each unit.

60A @ 240v is a common residential load center size, 14.4kW is max load it’s a main lug only panel fed by a disconnect fused at 60A, and 11.5kW if the panel has a 60A main circuit breaker. Upping that to 100A yields 24kW and 19.2kW, respectively.

I’m not sure what a miner uses for energy, but assuming 500w, you could get 13 on a 60A panel without any other loads present.