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See how long the power is for during the day. It sounds like solar. Its not going to be worth running an industrial miner for part of the day.

Small miners like a bitaxe/nerdaxe don't cost much to run whether you have free energy or not.

Actually it is better to use solar electricity, it might be effective, I agree with your opinion.

Thanks for the tips. I, too, was thinking a bitaxe/nerdaxe. Also, there may be a fair usage policy not mentioned in the email.

What about something in between like a FutureBit?

I'm not so familiar with it. I know they're like $2k, and for that price you can get an old S19 but then it will use a lot more electricity.

I think only the newest special edition costs that much. You can get the latest model as low as $800 I believe.

I have one of the first generation ones and it draws 250W running slightly overclocked. Not a ton of power, but not insignificant either

What kind of hash rate does it produce?

About 3.5TH/s

Sounds pretty good actually... I might have another look.

The second generation produces a lot more hashrate, but definitely more pricey, too.