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I've been wanting to get into bitcoin mining for a while now, and finally have the funds to do so such that they can make a positive profit. However, I have limited space. Considering an antminer S3 cools itself using push - pull horizontal cooling, would it be healthy for the miners (and safe for me!) to run my setup... under my bed? They'd be sitting just underneath my bed, and I think they'd fit with little to no vertical clearence. But I'd point the exhaust fans out and probably set my larger fan nearby in order to keep air circulation running well, of course. What is the feasibility and practicality of doing this? Thanks!
I'd imagine this won't be an easy question to answer for 2 reasons: 1. Most people here answering questions are experts in the technical/coding aspects of bitcoin and not hardware. 2. Even if they were hardware experts, I don't think they'd like to be giving advice that might cause your bed to catch on fire. – Jimmy Song – 2015-03-10T02:09:29.320
I imagine that the noise of your miners might affect the quality of your sleep. Mining profits tend to zero, so unless you have accounted for the inevitable difficulty progression, you might not make profit with mining at home after all. – Murch – 2015-03-11T11:50:09.607
Are your S3s completely enclosed? Then it probably would be safe. cf. this question.
– Geremia – 2015-04-07T17:31:35.260