This sounds like the perfect opportunity for Linus from Linus Tech Tips to show us how to watercool a Starlink dish.
Starlink dishes go into “thermal shutdown” once they hit 122° Fahrenheit
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#12Parting Shot: "To all beta testers using Starlink this summer, better come up with a dish heat management system or else face no connectivity. Not surprising, considering this is a company owned by Elon Musk."
Well it is a beta test after all. This is when the design gets a real life shakedown.
It's a bit weird though to not test these at different temperatures beforehand, given that's probably pretty easy to do. Maybe it's more like an alpha test than a beta in practice.
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#13So apparently one of the downsides of Starlink is that the base station is an energy pig. Doesn't surprise me all that much in retrospect but I didn't think of it when I first heard about it.
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#14This sounds like the perfect opportunity for Linus from Linus Tech Tips to show us how to watercool a Starlink dish.
…is it called streaming then?
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#15They should probably sell white painted versions for warmer climates.
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#16Parting Shot: "To all beta testers using Starlink this summer, better come up with a dish heat management system or else face no connectivity. Not surprising, considering this is a company owned by Elon Musk."
A line like this (and Reddit sources) makes me question the authenticity of this story.
Re: Starlink dishes go into “thermal shutdown” once they hit 122° Fahrenheit
#17Parting Shot: "To all beta testers using Starlink this summer, better come up with a dish heat management system or else face no connectivity. Not surprising, considering this is a company owned by Elon Musk."
Well it is a beta test after all. This is when the design gets a real life shakedown.
Forget beta. Apple's production iPhones go into thermal shutdown several times a year for me where I live. Most recently, yesterday.
You can tell it's getting close because the screen will dim.
The tech bubble has never understood that the rest of the planet doesn't have the same weather as San Francisco.
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#18All the comments on the article are really extremist. So I looked up Zerohedge and found it 'is a far-right libertarian financial blog' and 'is bearish in its investment outlook and analysis' .. so I guess that makes sense.
Not sure why anyone would be bearish of a beta product that is only just scratching the surface of its potential.
Re: Starlink dishes go into “thermal shutdown” once they hit 122° Fahrenheit
#19So apparently one of the downsides of Starlink is that the base station is an energy pig. Doesn't surprise me all that much in retrospect but I didn't think of it when I first heard about it.
How much energy does it use?
Re: Starlink dishes go into “thermal shutdown” once they hit 122° Fahrenheit
#20So apparently one of the downsides of Starlink is that the base station is an energy pig. Doesn't surprise me all that much in retrospect but I didn't think of it when I first heard about it.
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