Power Monitoring
Short section this time. We’ll go over some basics of monitoring power consumption and metering.
Monitoring your actual usage can help you to understand if you’re oversubscribing your PSU, or if you’re just using more electricity that you should. You can then focus on a more power efficient setup by tweaking your video card with an undervolt setting to minimize your draw.
The Belink Conserve easily routes to a desired location on your miner, much easier than the Kill-A-Watt.
Recommended consumption monitors
- Kill-a-watt: The golden standard. Looks old, bulky, and immobile once plugged in, but it does the job.
- Belkin Conserve: My preferential unit. You can move the little screen around since it’s attached to a wire, and the plug isn’t bulky. Plus it will calculate monthly and yearly power draws based on usage. Pretty neat if you ignore the reviews about it catching on fire.
- Etekcity Mini: I haven’t tried this guy yet, so I’m not sure what to expect. But it’s low profile and completely app-driven.