Hey All,
I’m curious if anyone has experience or some insight to share as it relates to the certification standards (UL/CE) for hashrate heating hardware (bitcoin miners don’t have it). Additionally, how have you been working around insurability of a hashrate heating system? Electric heater? Bitcoin mining operation in the home or business?
I’d like to start this discussion here on the forum.
Summary Response from Jon (Hash2Heating) in TG group chat:
Ive tried to get different liability insurances and they always could not get if figured out how to quote me as a "consultant and supplier/sales rep of MFG equipment made by others. so it comes back to what I was told about UL by Zack from Loki Boards.. first it usually does not matter about UL until you make 10,000 units.. (I paraphrase and not legal advise). but that it is not actually ever required it is just a thing to have. (like the better business rating..)
but since it IS so interwoven to our insurance minded world, the answer was that if the components used to produced the system ARE UL rated (PSUs, pumps, etc) and the asics are shown to have a shut down temp limit) than there is nothing different from that and a traditional water heater or radiant heat electric boiler )
they do not require Carrier to “insure” every roof-top AC air handler but they DO carry their insurance that covers ALL mechanical systems of the building? so it is more back on them on how is the property and everything on it currently covered. The auxiliary heating system with hashrate (esp if it is stand alone and the existing is left as a back up) should be viewed as an additional “appliance” being installed inside the existing fully insured Built Environment in question,
at least thats my take on it, DYOR and not legal or final advice. - def want to follow this thread, as it has always been an issue for me too. I did try for a while to get some, and they just didn’t get why I would need it (for doing what I do), and to have installing contractors to do the work or a general contractor to pull it together for the facility.