seems bitmain no longer updates antminer s3 +?

The guy who told you it was simply luck that your S1 had a better best share than your S3, I am afraid to say, is right.

You can draw your own conclusions from your observations of best share found, but the fact will remain that it is pure luck that the S1 finds a higher size share than the S3 in your "tests".

12-19 and 10-24 should be identical performance wise, but 12-19 includes the extremely important reset button fix. Please upgrade to that, you'll be grateful when a unit soft bricks and you don't have to send it in for repair.

Identical is no where near accurate .... have you any guidance as to what versions of cgminer ship with either?

I know this has previously been discussed but the lack of search is killing my time looking for a refresher. I appreciate your patience when explaining these things. If you know of a page in this thread or another thread where I can find these answers please point me in the right direction.

All of my discussion is 'US residential" 240vAC (2 wires each measuring 120vAC and a ground) and not what I normally see in Industrial locations 240 480 3 phase. The same which runs most dryers in your home.

 I am moving some miners over to a new 240vAC circuit and before actually pulling the plug so to speak I wanted to re check my numbers.
I remember being told and I think it was this thread that each blade has the potential to pull 13.8 amps. When I start running my own numbers based off the product specifications at BITMAIN I see 366 watts 'at the wall' being specified.

Re-reading page 1 of this thread does indeed quote both numbers. This leaves me confused.
I assume the 13.83 number is quoted at 120vAC. Which if I run 366w at 120vAC I expect 3.05 AMPS.
At 240vAC and 366w I expect 1.525a and so on.

Please help me understand this point. I do have a licensed electrician who approves my work, but, I must give him the correct information for his approval to be worth something.

I am wondering if this is the difference between a quoted nominal voltage - 240vac 1.525 Amps and the number thrown out of 13.83 at 120vAC being 1659.6 watts and respectively 240vAC at 6.915 Amps being the same wattage as only amperage draw would be affected with the voltage change.

Is the quoted 366 watts a nominal draw where 1660 watts is similar to the inrush from a motor starting and that is what the S3 or S3+ would draw at Max load during startup?

Some breakers have inrush protection to handle the additional load draw at power up. A timer which can be set, usually a dial you turn to adjust the amount of time the inrush is allowed. Is this type of thing the difference in the quoted numbers or is it something else I am missing entirely?

I appreciate your help and hope anyone reading this knows I am doing everything possible to be safe and so should you. I double, triple, and quadruple check my breaker type and size, wire size and length, psu specifications and ratings, the wire size going to the miner and connection points, ie the connectors themselves where the wire attaches to the miner or any other components.
Noise levels are not a concern to me at this time. I love the noise. It blocks out other distractions.

Thanks for your time.

super tldr, the referred 13.8A will be at 12V (twelve), from the PSU = 165W. Its not a discussion about 120V or 240V. Form search is back up and upgraded now.

You are more than welcome .... I try to answer as concisely as I can, whenever I can (without waffling).

I plugged a lamp into where I have my 2 Antminer S3+ running. Every minute or so the light flickers slightly.

Anyway to solve this? I am assuming this is inrush current with the mining cores changing clock rates or fans adjusting their speeds.