So I inadvertently plugged the vacuum cleaner into the same circuit as my bitcoin miners and tripped the breaker. Apparently one of the power supplies (a 650w) didn't like this and committed suicide! :'-( I grabbed a new 860w I had in stock and apparently managed to hook it up wrong and fried it - oh it shot sparks out the side like a sparkler on the 4th of July! Threw that one in the recycle bin and grabbed another (an old 550w, but a thermaltake which are apparently bulletproof) and got it backup and running. So at the end of the day I'm out two PSUs and a days worth of mining on one miner! My next mining purchase is going to be some UPS's...
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