scott1999

Houston we are cooking! Thank you to everyone who contributed to this little exercise. It's done now, I don't know how many (fridges) I can get on this system but I think it's quite a few. 30/100 transformer to 100 breaker, to three 63 amp breakers = POWER!!! Cost in total 75,000 baht

Here we go! Swap the 50amp to a 100amp fuse and have three 63 amp breakers running from the 100 amp breaker. 3 machines = total 45 amp for each fuse breaker. 9 fridges in total LOL

The electrician came today who works for PEA. He can't speak very good English and I can't speak very good Thai so we were using translation and pictures but we did understand each other I showed him this picture and he said he could do it. But he'll make the three Breakers 100 not 60 amp. Well, he is the man that fitted it from the transformer (30/100) 3 phase, so he must know it can handle it. He said he will use copper wire as well. It's all looking good, I told him there will be three of these boxes one box for each 100 amp breaker each box will generate 45 amps which equals three machines so that's nine machines in total plus one on the old wiring system if I want to go that far. But I doubt it, nine machines will be sufficient and that is one hell of a lot of electricity to pay for every month. He didn't ask, but if he had I would've said they are fridges LOL

After talking to Crossy I have made contact with the Electrician that works for PEA. I Sent him a photo of the three phase breaker box he said that's a good one he's coming this weekend to evaluate the job. I'm sure they all do moonlighting on the side. But it really helped me starting this thread so that I had a good idea what I wanted. I.E keep the old fuse box, and a new three phase fuse box. Question should the fuse box be in the room (the machine room) or should I have it mounted outside for safety reasons? I will ask the electrician the same question but I would like to know what you think crossy? Thanks in advance

Thank you so much for your precise and clear information I do appreciate you taking the time to do this if I could return the favour a little bit with some information I got from the PEA They said Don't go onto the TOU Without solar as it will cost more than the 2.1.2 tariff. She said many people went on to TOU And asked to come back to the flat rate because it was working out to be more expensive if you don't have the solar. Thanks again for all your help I appreciate it.

That's what I was quoted by PEA I could have gone TOU (Time of use) But you pay 5 to 6 baht in the day and 2.5 Baht at night. Now this tariff would work well if you had solar but I don't have solar so I went with the flat 4 baht Crossy please may I ask one more question: How much should I pay for the three phase circuit breaker board?

Solar is the way for sure but I have come to this conclusion it's just the accumulation of the coin whatever it costs because eventually the value of the coin is a lot higher than what you paid in electricity as long as I can keep paying for the electricity I can keep going when I can't I can't it's as simple as that thanks again for all your help

Hi Crossy, thanks for all your help on this subject I really appreciate it. As for the bill 3.1 times by 24 = 74 times by 30 days = 2232 times by 4 baht a unit = 8928 baht a month this is more like what my bill looks like. 7000 was under the true cost but someone just asked a question unrelated to the topic so I just gave him some numbers off the top of my head next time I'll be more careful. As for the solar panels that is the plan after this bull run I will need 2 60 KWH systems LOL EXPENSIVE!!!

I understand your opinion completely but I was getting some mixed messages and so I thought I would ask this community of course I'm not going to try and do anything myself nor have I done, everything's been done by the PEA and Experienced electricians so far and Crossy Has confirmed The breaking box to use and that's the end of the story really thanks for your concern and opinion.

Interesting I can understand about the single phase wiring. But the three phase has a 50 amp fuse. Would that not be OK for a continuous draw of amps?

I'm sure there are people doing this but they will be caught eventually

wow That is a frightening story, If there ever was a surplus of money I will just give it to my daughter anyway who lives in England there are mining pools now where the day's profits week's profits and so on can be sent automatically to another wallet anywhere in the world so I would have proof that I'm not Receiving the funds. Again thanks for your input a troubling story

Thank you Charlie for your detailed reply I'm a couple years into this now, and I think you're talking about the hash rate difficulty if too many miners come online at once. and I believe you are right about just buying Bitcoin and saving the electricity and the cost of the miners. But I enjoy mining Bitcoin more than buying it, it's great fun. Also, I enjoy giving it to the banks with their Fiat currencies continually devaluing any savings you might have. So it's all a risk, bitcoin could go to zero or it could go to 1,000,000 no one really knows. You are correct they are bringing out more powerful miners All the time but they don't seem to be as expensive as they used to be I think they've saturated the market now with miners. PS The s21s just got a pro Version coming out in Q3 or 4 240 hash. As for your comment about (if it was that easy everyone would be doing it) Not everyone can get three phase electricity, not everyone can put up with the noise and the heat, and not everyone has the money to set up even the smallest of farms. Again thank you for your opinion I've taken it under advisement, time will tell if the Gamble pays off or not.

She's all grown up now a credit to her resilience

I do have freeze drying machines which do eat a lot of electricity they freeze dry food So that the food can be stored for up to 20 years if you like to. Thanks for the info