“The workshop slowed me down in a useful way. I still bought a used unit, but I sized the exhaust properly and stopped chasing pool ‘boosts’ that never showed up on the statement.”
Stories
What people noticed after the worksheet, not the hashrate chart
These notes come from workshop seats and assessments. Names are first name plus initial unless a client asked to be named in full.
Gabrielle spent the first twenty minutes on my tariff page before looking at the machine photos. That order mattered — I had been comparing TH figures with no idea what my evening rate was doing to the maths. The assessment felt practical; the written notes were short enough to hand to my electrician without a translation.
I wanted her to tell me which ASIC to buy on the spot. She would not. We left with three models that fit my noise limit and a clear “wait until after February” note because of shed temperatures. Mildly frustrating that day, correct by March.
Operations coaching fixed my alert fatigue. I had muted everything after a week of false pings. We rebuilt a smaller set of checks tied to actual downtime, and I finally noticed a failing PSU fan before summer.
Extended story
A shed that ran cool enough to keep the neighbour friendly
A Waikerie household booked a Home Setup Assessment after their first ASIC made the shared fence line vibrate. We measured intake from the shaded side, moved exhaust above the fence height, and added a simple baffle. They kept the same machine, dropped perceived noise enough that the neighbour stopped texting, and completed Mining Fundamentals the following month to lock in their cost worksheet.
They still run only one unit — by choice — and treat summer afternoons as reduced-load windows. That constraint came from the assessment notes, not from a promise of endless uptime.
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