Re:Solar Shed Summary: My Off Grid Office
by mdorazio on Monday October 04, 2021 @03:41PM
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Do you have any measured stats on your Dishy's power consumption? I've read it's 90-100W nominal, which seems reasonable if you switch it off at night when not in use. Like other commenters, I've been also been thinking about off-grid home requirements.
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https://www.sevarg.net/2021/06/20/so-starlink/
It's around 85W continuous on the white hardware, I understand some of the newer generations are a bit more power efficient. Power use while transmitting goes up higher.
I just run it on the grid. :/ Yes, it's 2kWh/day.
Re:Solar Shed Summary: My Off Grid Office
by madaxe_again on Tuesday October 05, 2021 @02:58AM
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Seems reasonable until you realise an LTE router draws 1-2W. I live off grid, as do a number of friends. They all rushed out and got starlink as they were making do with bad LTE installs - and now can’t use it as it’s way outside of their energy budget. I won’t consider moving to it until we have hydropower and wind. It’s just too much power for a damn internet connection.