Re:Starlink dishes go into “thermal shutdown” once they hit ...
by andrewmcwatters on Friday June 18, 2021 @08:18PM
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There's a cost to building multiple SKUs. Also you massively overestimate the cost of materials for withstanding such temperatures.
Re:Starlink dishes go into “thermal shutdown” once they hit ...
by cortesoft on Friday June 18, 2021 @08:48PM
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Sure, but I was replying to your general comment that it is simply unacceptable for something not to be engineered to withstand heat above 122.
I think it is a design decision, and the costs and benefits have to be weighed. If the extra cost per unit is more than the lost revenue from not being able to sell to consumers in hight temperature locations, it might make sense not to design it for high temperatures.
As long as these limitations are communicated to potential customers, I don’t see a problem with that.
I don't think it is a simple as saying that. If, for example, it cost twice as much to design something that works up to 140 as it does to make it work up to 122, I don't think it makes sense to make everyone in the world pay twice as much for something they don't need.
You should sell a more expensive version that works up to 140.