Serving AI from the Basement – 192GB of VRAM Setup

Re:Serving AI from the Basement – 192GB of VRAM Setup by immibis on Sunday September 08, 2024 @05:21PM (#41483321)

Americans do not have electric kettles and need special circuits for electric clothes dryers.

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Re:Serving AI from the Basement – 192GB of VRAM Setup by lolinder on Sunday September 08, 2024 @05:25PM (#41483352)

We have an electric kettle in the US and it runs just fine drawing 1500W.

You're correct that the dryer is on a larger circuit, though.

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Re:Serving AI from the Basement – 192GB of VRAM Setup by beAbU on Sunday September 08, 2024 @06:06PM (#41483644)

> and it runs just fine drawing 1500W.

You think that this is "just fine" because you've never experienced the glory that is a 3kW kettle!

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Re:Serving AI from the Basement – 192GB of VRAM Setup by rootusrootus on Sunday September 08, 2024 @07:12PM (#41484042)

I just get 99C water from a tap next to my kitchen sink. Why do people still use kettles?

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Re:Serving AI from the Basement – 192GB of VRAM Setup by dymk on Sunday September 08, 2024 @10:10PM (#41484908)

Because they don’t have a spare few grand for an instant hot plus installation

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Re:Serving AI from the Basement – 192GB of VRAM Setup by rootusrootus on Monday September 09, 2024 @07:43AM (#41487576)

You’re off by an order of magnitude. They are a couple hundred bucks and an easy DIY job.

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Re:Serving AI from the Basement – 192GB of VRAM Setup by dymk on Monday September 09, 2024 @11:11PM (#41496825)

It's a couple hundred bucks if you can DIY it, which most people cannot or are not willing to do

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Re:Serving AI from the Basement – 192GB of VRAM Setup by fragmede on Sunday September 08, 2024 @10:04PM (#41484892)

Japanese water boilers keep it boiling so there's no wait at all!

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Re:Serving AI from the Basement – 192GB of VRAM Setup by blibble on Sunday September 08, 2024 @06:06PM (#41483653)

I get bored and tend to wander off waiting for it to boil at 3kW

1.5kW must be absolute agony

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Re:Serving AI from the Basement – 192GB of VRAM Setup by lolinder on Sunday September 08, 2024 @06:16PM (#41483700)

I mean... yes, I don't sit around waiting for the kettle to boil. But if I fill it and start it first the water is already boiling by the time I get everything out, so it's not like any time is wasted as is.

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Re:Serving AI from the Basement – 192GB of VRAM Setup by jamesbfb on Sunday September 08, 2024 @05:27PM (#41483366)

Huh, what?! Mega TIL moment for me as an Australian with an electric kettle and dryer plugged into whatever power socket I wish! Reminds me of this great Technology Connections video: https://youtu.be/jMmUoZh3Hq4?si=3vSMHmU2ClwNRtow

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Re:Serving AI from the Basement – 192GB of VRAM Setup by Yodel0914 on Sunday September 08, 2024 @08:57PM (#41484581)

I'm pretty sure in our current rental the kitchen and laundry are on the same circuit, which means I'll often have the dryer, washing machine, kettle, toaster and microwave drawing power at the same time. It's never been an issue.

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Re:Serving AI from the Basement – 192GB of VRAM Setup by HeatrayEnjoyer on Monday September 09, 2024 @01:22AM (#41485671)

Insane

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Re:Serving AI from the Basement – 192GB of VRAM Setup by XMasterrrr on Monday September 09, 2024 @02:15AM (#41485910)

If that is true and OP is not just confused, he should sue his landlord, and I am not even kidding!!!

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Re:Serving AI from the Basement – 192GB of VRAM Setup by XMasterrrr on Monday September 09, 2024 @02:15AM (#41485908)

What kind of a dryer? Because that cannot be right. Dryers require a 30amp 240volt dedicated breakers by code in most counties in most states nowadays.

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Re:Serving AI from the Basement – 192GB of VRAM Setup by Yodel0914 on Monday September 09, 2024 @08:18PM (#41495819)

It's a bosch heat pump dryer, but previously we had a traditional vented dryer.

I've never seen a dedicated circuit for dryers in Australia, and I've lived in probably a dozen different properties. Ovens, aircon, hot water, bathroom heat lamps often have dedicated circuits, though.

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Re:Serving AI from the Basement – 192GB of VRAM Setup by HeatrayEnjoyer on Monday September 09, 2024 @01:30AM (#41485705)

Why would regular sockets need to supply that much juice

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