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Re:Starlink dishes go into “thermal shutdown” once they hit ... by admax88q on Saturday June 19, 2021 @02:40AM (#27558332)
This shouldn't even be considered "pushing the envelope" it's not that hot.
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Re:Starlink dishes go into “thermal shutdown” once they hit ... by unfunco on Saturday June 19, 2021 @03:25AM (#27558534)
Not that hot? It's 122°, 134° is the highest ever recorded on Earth, it's pretty hot.
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Re:Starlink dishes go into “thermal shutdown” once they hit ... by SiVal on Saturday June 19, 2021 @05:15AM (#27559063)
It has hit 122 deg in the shade in California both of the past two summers (not yet this year). That's in the shade. Put equipment on a dark roof in full sunshine and your dish becomes a solar cooker. Maybe they could sell it that way, and claim autonomous switching between two useful modes.
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Re:Starlink dishes go into “thermal shutdown” once they hit ... by bellyfullofbac on Saturday June 19, 2021 @03:31AM (#27558562)
122F air temperature or 122F device temperature? Intel CPUs shut themselves down at 212F.
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Re:Starlink dishes go into “thermal shutdown” once they hit ... by mattkrause on Saturday June 19, 2021 @09:47AM (#27560421)
That’s the air temperature. Dark objects in the sun heat up a lot faster.

We have a thermometer with a black plastic sensor (why?!) in our balcony. When the sun hits it in mid-morning, it gets up to 120°F, even when the actual ambient temperature is more like 65°F.

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Re:Starlink dishes go into “thermal shutdown” once they hit ... by moogly on Saturday June 19, 2021 @03:54AM (#27558670)
In the shade.
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Re:Starlink dishes go into “thermal shutdown” once they hit ... by markdown on Saturday June 19, 2021 @04:13AM (#27558779)
The critical components are in the shade of the dish.
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Re:Starlink dishes go into “thermal shutdown” once they hit ... by unixhero on Saturday June 19, 2021 @06:48AM (#27559455)
Fahrenheit not Celcius
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