Electricity to cool the house when mining

We all know about the electricity we use to run our mining rig. But what is the amount of electricity we use more to cool the room or house because of the heat produce by the miners.

For example, if my miners use 1000W (8.3A at 120V). How many Amps does th AC needs to cool the house for the added heat of the miners ? Is it about the same ?

Is the AC more efficient to cool the house than computer is to heat it ? Or it's about the same.

 

Depends. A mining rig is about 100% efficient at heating a house. If I recall correctly, the carnot cycle, the most efficient method of converting thermal energy to work is about 50% efficient? So real world application probably below 30%. But then again there are other factors to be remembered. For example you are not necessarily removing every bit of energy produced by your rigs via A/C. Simple convection can help you a bit. In general though A/C uses a ton of energy. In many cases your best bet would be to isolate your mining rigs into a single area, that vents hot air to the environment, while taking in a moderate flow of cooler house air, and keeping the rest of the house insulated with cool A/C air running. In this way you do not need to air condition every watt necessarily. The Mining room will be warm of course.

 

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