Starlink ordered… I feel it’s the only sensible option now..

[MisterB]

it does, 6 hours for me back in the day....but its a bit of overkill for roam.

Just done some monitoring via the 2000w inverter. figures below are after taking away inverter usage of around 2ah.

on startup for 20 mins or so anywhere between 4-8 ah coming out of the batteries
Settles down over next half hour/hour anywhere between 2 and 2.5 ah, fluctuates.

goes to show, if you are running a large inverter and also the dishy , then these alone will have 80-100ah per day if on for 24 hours

Makes switching to a 12v supply a bit more imperative. Plenty of you tube videos as we know ....

Or will it still consume the same amount of power (minus the inverter power)?

 

[zac]

it does, 6 hours for me back in the day....but its a bit of overkill for roam.

Just done some monitoring via the 2000w inverter. figures below are after taking away inverter usage of around 2ah.

on startup for 20 mins or so anywhere between 4-8 ah coming out of the batteries
Settles down over next half hour/hour anywhere between 2 and 2.5 ah, fluctuates.

goes to show, if you are running a large inverter and also the dishy , then these alone will have 80-100ah per day if on for 24 hours

Good info thanks for sharing, the 12v solution i think is better but i don't think its going to be a lot but still worth doing for me. Just going to have to remember to switch it off before going to bed if running from the batteries. Who's going to be first one to forget that and then wake up to flat everything

 

[MisterB]

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Good info thanks for sharing, the 12v solution i think is better but i don't think its going to be a lot but still worth doing for me. Just going to have to remember to switch it off before going to bed if running from the batteries. Who's going to be first one to forget that and then wake up to flat everything

I do like the Everlanders mod to the router to add additional wires - looks simple enough with a decent soldering iron. It doesn't impact on the 240v supply. Of course you then need to add the 48v and 12v 'inputs'. I looked for some yesterday on Amazon and Alibaba.
Cheap enough but a couple of weeks for delivery. I will prob order them later today and look to makeup my own 12v conversion, but then of course I can only use the Starlink modem.

Works out Inc delivery for about £23 for the 12v stabilised voltage control and the 12v to 48v converter on Alibaba (VGEPS make/supplier)

 

[Tombola]

I havent seent his posted on this thread yet ? or have I missed it

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[zac]

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I do like the Everlanders mod to the router to add additional wires - looks simple enough with a decent soldering iron. It doesn't impact on the 240v supply. Of course you then need to add the 48v and 12v 'inputs'. I looked for some yesterday on Amazon and Alibaba.
Cheap enough but a couple of weeks for delivery. I will prob order them later today and look to makeup my own 12v conversion, but then of course I can only use the Starlink modem.

I did watch that but i really don't like the starlink router as its so limiting not to mention an odd shape and difficult to mount, I would have no problem soldering if i was going to use that option though. Much easier to get a different router and then have full control over it and also use less power as well as being stronger on the wifi side

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[Tombola]

whats the advantage to another router? better power ? distance?

I have the ASUS Rog thingy in my house that was recommended by my gamer son lol...., am I to try that with dishy in my van ?

 

[zac]

whats the advantage to another router? better power ? distance?

I have the ASUS Rog thingy in my house that was recommended by my gamer son lol...., am I to try that with dishy in my van ?

Power and stronger wifi is the main points for me and as long as your router has a WAN port then it should work, but i like having full control of my devices working in I.T

Just printing some of these in TPU to protect the ends as apparently they can damage quite easily, stl files are available on printables.com for anyone with a 3d printer. Or if not then message me and i will see what I can do (small cost obviously)

 

[Realist]

Ok I’m mad but ordered another system for the house, I cannot let £99 quid go down the pan offer wise.

So, when it’s on my account I’m going to change it to roam and pause it until I need it, well until I drop Sky BB that is in a few months time.

 

[zac]

Ok I’m mad but ordered another system for the house, I cannot let £99 quid go down the pan offer wise.

So, when it’s on my account I’m going to change it to roam and pause it until I need it, well until I drop Sky BB that is in a few months time.

Same as what i did but my 2nd one is going to be used a backup for home as i have full fibre at home 900mb down / 110mb up but as you say at that hardware price it's hard not to especially when it's not costing when you are not using it.

 

[Tombola]

One numbers are up they will be doing "free" hardware for x months sign up

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[Langtoftlad]

Good info thanks for sharing, the 12v solution i think is better but i don't think its going to be a lot but still worth doing for me. Just going to have to remember to switch it off before going to bed if running from the batteries. Who's going to be first one to forget that and then wake up to flat everything

Might be an excuse for a separate power source such as a power bank?

 

[zac]

Might be an excuse for a separate power source such as a power bank?

could be as my memory is not what it used to be and i know at some point after it's all in and fitted i will be forgetting to turn it off

 

[Tombola]

could be as my memory is not what it used to be and i know at some point after it's all in and fitted i will be forgetting to turn it off

12v timer on the plug /cables

 

[zac]

12v timer on the plug /cables

Food for thought but it would be 12v at that point but i am sure something will be available to switch off at certain time on the 12v side.

 

[zac]

I havent seent his posted on this thread yet ? or have I missed it

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Not seen that one before, it looks as though you will need 2 parts to make it work which for some will be great if they don't have confidence in cutting the original cable as like you said it uses the original cable from the dishy. It's going to be more expensive than the powersupply from boondocker but a simple connect will win most over which that is.

There's going to be more and more of these appearing as there is a gap currently in the market, the more the merrier as it will bring costs down

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[Tombola]

Not seen that one before, it looks as though you will need 2 parts to make it work which for some will be great if they don't have confidence in cutting the original cable as like you said it uses the original cable from the dishy. It's going to be more expensive than the powersupply from boondocker but a simple connect will win most over which that is.

There's going to be more and more of these appearing as there is a gap currently in the market, the more the merrier as it will bring costs down

Surely spacex /starlink will produce one soon.

 

[zac]

Surely spacex /starlink will produce one soon.

Doubt it as the starlink setup been out for a while now and they have not done one to date but others will now start creating them as demand recently has gone through the roof.

 

[coopc]

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it does, 6 hours for me back in the day....but its a bit of overkill for roam.

Just done some monitoring via the 2000w inverter. figures below are after taking away inverter usage of around 2ah.

on startup for 20 mins or so anywhere between 4-8 ah coming out of the batteries
Settles down over next half hour/hour anywhere between 2 and 2.5 ah, fluctuates.

goes to show, if you are running a large inverter and also the dishy , then these alone will have 80-100ah per day if on for 24 hours

This is all very interesting. I never even thought about the power usage as generally we are somewhere with EHU
We have 100wh battery so without Solar and not using any other electric item we will be out of power in 24hrs !
I have ordered a 12w converter and POE injector combined unit which hopefully will give a reduced power usage when off grid
I also have 130w solar so with the 12v converter and a sunny day all should be good
Also in the real world when off grid we will often be out doing stuff so not in van so it will be off. At night I will switch it off
So on actual time will be considerably less - circ 1/2hrs in the morning and 5/6hrs in eve so total hrs around 6 to 8 hrs

 

[Tombola]

I wonder where pricing for all this will sit and a few years time, its still in its "early adopter" growth phase really, is £50 per month unreasonable to expect on roam, will the hardware be the size of a matchbox? will it be the VHS to the betamax? will he rent his satellite to others at a reduced rate to sell on . will competition and mergers move in ?
blah blah
????

 

[Gromett]

Got my Starlink today Going to have a play tomorrow.

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[Happy Jim]

Moving to a very rural bit of Devon next month, sooooo…….Ordered!

 

[watrincanrose]

50ah certainly means “switch off when not in use”. I’ve 200w solar feeding 100ah of lithium but I’m still trying to work out why starlink works on hookup but not through my little inverter-any thoughts?

 

[Swifter]

50ah certainly means “switch off when not in use”. I’ve 200w solar feeding 100ah of lithium but I’m still trying to work out why starlink works on hookup but not through my little inverter-any thoughts?

What power is the inverter ?

 

[BobJayne]

Hope you got yours ordered.
Hardware now £449

 

[DangerMousy]

50ah certainly means “switch off when not in use”. I’ve 200w solar feeding 100ah of lithium but I’m still trying to work out why starlink works on hookup but not through my little inverter-any thoughts?

Ours works fine via the inverter on our Ecoflow - I'd guess either your inverter isn't powerful enough or it's not a PSW.

According to the Ecoflow display, the Starlink pulls around 50W during normal operation (probably more during set up, but I've not tested that bit yet).

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[coopc]

Just checked my usage for the past 4 days in Felixstowe
Averaged 10gb a day and we were out from 10/11am to 5/6pm then out for and eve meal until circa 9/10pm
I watched a couple of hrs of TV the wife a lot more - she saw all her soaps and other stuff
So a month away with that kind of usage is circa 300gb
When away in EU we often stay a week or 2 at a resort type place with pools etc so I would guess we would have a lot more usage in those weeks so will be interesting to see how much data we use for a whole month in EU
My guess a minimum of 500gb

 

[Realist]

For those interested you’ve missed the boat they are now £449.00.

 

[BobJayne]

For those interested you’ve missed the boat they are now £449.00.

See post #744!

 

[Realist]

See post #744!

Correct that’s one gold star.

 

[Tombola]

well thats my 2nd one delivered and setup.
Had a bit of a faff, and realised you had to be logged into the starlink account online to set up the 2nd.
I chose I "already have my starlink" and it clicked, took a while for dishy to work itself out and strangely enough told me Im at the wrong location ( Im at my static in wales) even though I had changed it to roam from residential last week.
a reboot sorted that out.

BUT...as a test I tried my other box with the new dish...nope wouldn't have it, but Im not sure if I did something wrong so Ill have another play tomorrow, Im burning from sun install
LOL and Im still not happy with the fix, so Silka to the rescue tomorrow.
on another note, me and my lads were getting 255 meg last night at home , I was surprised

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