Starlink dishes go into “thermal shutdown” once they hit 122° Fahrenheit

Re:Starlink dishes go into “thermal shutdown” once they hit ... by dathinab on Friday June 18, 2021 @10:25PM (#27557207)

122° Fahrenheit is not "just" hot, a lot of things will have problems operating normally at that degree of heat.

Like in the area where I life a satellite dish reaching 50°C would be the rear exception. And if the alternative is not having proper internet at all other days, Startlink would still be the better option, even if there are a very few days where it fails during the afternoon of the day.

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Re:Starlink dishes go into “thermal shutdown” once they hit ... by alksjdalkj on Friday June 18, 2021 @11:12PM (#27557401)

I'm not sure, it seems like 110+F is pretty common nowadays in parts of the US. Adding a dozen degrees if the dish is in direct sunlight seems pretty realistic.

(not saying things won't break at that heat, just that it's not unrealistically high)

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Re:Starlink dishes go into “thermal shutdown” once they hit ... by slipframe on Friday June 18, 2021 @11:03PM (#27557361)

Eh, while 122F would probably be a rare temperature in most areas, judged by weather reporting, I think if you consider hyper-local effects it might not be too rare. If a dish were positioned over or near tarmac, it would experience weather several degrees hotter than the weather channel was reporting for that area. You'd also want to avoid placing it near the radiators of air conditioning systems, and other things like that.

Just something to keep in mind during installation I suppose, not insurmountable problems by any means.

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