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Re:Setting up Starlink by throwawayboise on Saturday April 10, 2021 @10:38PM (#26767094)
If your cabin is off-grid, why do you want to be online? Doesn't that sort of defeat the point?
Re:Setting up Starlink by itbeho on Saturday April 10, 2021 @11:46PM (#26767336)
Not the person you replied to, but off-grid doesn't mean no power. I have an off-grid cabin with enough solar capacity to run my laptop, as well as quite a few other things. I'm looking forward to getting Starlink there myself. It's a fantastic, quiet place to work with no opportunity for interruptions.
Re:Setting up Starlink by walrus01 on Sunday April 11, 2021 @05:28PM (#26773609)
photovoltaic power systems are a lot less costly than they used to be - if you're fully off grid and won't be connecting to it, having absolute fidelity to electrical code might not be a high priority. If you have some technical ability and can follow documentation and instructions, big 360W panels are like $0.45/watt now, and the setup process for a charge controller and battery bank isn't excessively difficult.
Re:Setting up Starlink by mod on Saturday April 10, 2021 @11:26PM (#26767257)
Sometimes there's not an option to be on the grid.