Yooper Crate – DIY crate to quiet your miner

This crate was designed to hold and reduce the noise of a Bitcoin miner while distributing the heat. As with most of these boxes lately, I have to give credit for the basic design to Steve Barbour (twitter: @SGBarbour). I also pulled ideas from the Home Mining Wizards on telegram. Many thanks to all miners contributing to the At Home Mining movement.

 
Yooper Crate Cut Out Plans

I followed the plans and it turned out solid. Below you will find a picture journey from Start to Finish. Most shopping was done at Menards, Lowes, and Amazon. Parts list at the bottom.

 
Cheapest, decent board I could find that had .74” actual thickness. Beware, this stuff has sharp edges and will slice your hands. Gloves required!

 
Main screws I used for most of the assembly

 
Screws I used when I didn’t want to break through the other side

 
Pieces all cut out on a table saw

 
Started with the divider wall with internal hot/cold register

 

 

 
Figured out how the filter was going to lay in. I made the intake and outlet side the same so I can reverse flow if needed.

 
Air Filter – Probably not my final one but something to start with. I don’t want choke out the airflow

 
Intake/Outlet side: .75” reveal to plan for the bottom piece coverage

 
Pilot holes for the air flow cutouts

 
Backside of Intake/ Outlet side – ready for jigsaw cutout

 

 

 
Figuring out the duct mount

 

 

 

 

 
Intake, Outlet, and Divider

 
Assemble the Horizonal/ Vertical Air Flow Flanges x2

 
Flow flanges added to the pile

 
Attach the Asic shelf to the Divider wall

 
Asic shelf assembly added to the pile

 
Attach bottom to hinge side

 

 
Attach Intake/ Outlet Sides

 
Attach divider assembly. Notice small support blocks

 
Attach Horizontal/Vertical Flow flanges. Notice support blocks

 
Few screws into support block

 
Internal assembly complete

 
Added small casters

 

 
Added handles

 
Misc. hardware

 
Home sweet home

 
Sound dampening: D.Y.O.R. – I used 4 layers of old bath towel on each surface and the compressed air staple gun was key

 

 
Window seal for around the top

 
D.Y.O.R. – Mounted some drywall for a little fire protection

 
Window intake/ outlet for ducting

 
Flexible ducting

 
Picking a spot for my 220v – Hire a professional unless you absolutely know what you are doing

 

 

 

 

 

 
Custom Cover

 
Not my best work, but all set for an S19

 
Loaner S9 – thanks BigCohooNah

 
65.2 DB with top open and S9 running at 1420w

 
51.5 DB with top closed and miner running at 1420w: I added anti-vibration foam between asic shelf drywall and the miner and I believe it got even quieter

 

Final setup with node, miner, Yooper Crate, 87F outlet heat, Laptop, and slowly dialing in the best W/TH on the S9

Parts List

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