I flipped the breaker.
I lowered the first Antminer S9 into the bath. It slipped in with a gentle glug . The fluid swirled, displacing the air pockets. I connected the power and the Ethernet cable. antminer s9 immersion cooling
On the dashboard, the temperature read:
involves two high-CFM fans that generate between 75 and 85 dB of noise—roughly equivalent to a loud vacuum cleaner. Immersion cooling replaces this with a silent, highly efficient liquid-based system. Dielectric fluids like BitCool BC-888 I flipped the breaker
: Liquid cooling eliminates the rapid temperature fluctuations and vibrations caused by cycling air fans, reducing thermal stress on the solder joints. 🛠️ Setup Requirements The fluid swirled, displacing the air pockets
Converting an S9 to immersion requires moving from a simple fan setup to a closed-loop system. ASIC S9 overlocking up to 20.4Th/s with immersion cooling
I was left with green PCBs populated with chips and heatsinks. In the immersion world, stock heatsinks are actually a bottleneck. They are designed for turbulent air, not fluid dynamics. But for my prototype, I left them on, though I knew the true potential would require bare chips or specialized immersion fins.