Starlink
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ABMax24
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It can be done, but you need a 12 volt to 48 volt converter, rj 45 adapter and a wireless router. And to set it all up. Seems like a bit of a hassle.
Personally I'd just get an efficient 120volt inverter and go that way, if you have Internet off-grid it's not going to be long before you have other devices that need/want the 120volt power anyway.
Personally I'd just get an efficient 120volt inverter and go that way, if you have Internet off-grid it's not going to be long before you have other devices that need/want the 120volt power anyway.
ABMax24
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Just keep in mind a Starlink is pretty power hungry for an RV, they pull about 125 watts for 15 minutes on startup and a consistent 40-50 watts when operating or even just sitting idle. They'll drain a standard 100ah deep cycle battery in about 24 hrs.
Mike270412
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Is it the aiming motor that uses all the power? Apparently those things work fine with that motor disabled. Sailboat people don't like that motor it just runs constantly on a boat. There's a video on YouTube showing how to turn that off. Uses less room that way also cause you can flush mount without any kind of stand.
ABMax24
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The motor doesn't move much once aimed, and it's overall power draw is pretty small. The phased array antanae takes care of tracking the satellites after that.
Power draw is from the phased array antanae in the dish, it takes a lot of power to send that much data back and forth to space 500km above, and the circuitry driving the phased array consumes some power in itself. Even sitting idle it consumes a lot of power just staying connected.
Just the nature of the beast unfortunately.
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mclean
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There are some good off grid Facebook groups and starlink Facebook groups. You would get way more info there
ABMax24
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It can be done, Amazon sells kits to do it. There's also a bunch of how to's online, including on Reddit.
From my perspective there's little point though, when a 120volt inverter nets the same result but now is a power source to other devices for a lower price.
You can definitely run the starlink on battery, and limit generator use to a couple hours a day to recharge the RV batteries.
From my perspective there's little point though, when a 120volt inverter nets the same result but now is a power source to other devices for a lower price.
You can definitely run the starlink on battery, and limit generator use to a couple hours a day to recharge the RV batteries.
The Kickass One
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agreed… we just use a Eliminator 1100 watt power inverter from crappy tire ran off generator to start up and then switch to battery power only and then charge battery occasionally
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