Anyone ever consider how to use miner waste heat for the heat portion of an adsorption chiller home setup. If I could figure that out I could run my miners at home all year round
Yes, we’ve looked into this for our heat reuse projects in Germany. Haven’t installed absorption cooling yet… mainly because we’re still not sure it makes economic sense. Cooling demand in summer is much lower than heating demand in winter, so only part of the mining heat could be reused.
Technically it should be doable, but whether it pays off depends on your cooling needs. Would be great to hear from anyone who’s actually running something like this!
For small setups, the Yazaki WFC‑SC5 could be an option:
- Cooling output : ~17.6 kW
- Heat input: ~25 kW @ ~85 °C
- COP: ~0.7
- Used price: €4,000–10,000 (if you can find one)
That would require a few hydro miners (e.g. WhatsMiner M64, ~5 kW thermal each), depending on how much cooling you actually need.