Starlink

So i'm scrapping my idea of mounting under the canvas. After our mini heat wave this past week I recorded temps upwards of 144 degrees at face of the dishy. It still worked but i doubt for long. Came across this mount on another page and seems to be what I'm looking to do so that i can keep the height low.

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Irie308 said:
So i'm scrapping my idea of mounting under the canvas. After our mini heat wave this past week I recorded temps upwards of 144 degrees at face of the dishy. It still worked but i doubt for long. Came across this mount on another page and seems to be what I'm looking to do so that i can keep the height low.

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That is a great mount and one I would also use in place of my DTV dome. Where did you see that? Great Idea however.
 
SKybolt said:
That is a great mount and one I would also use in place of my DTV dome. Where did you see that? Great Idea however.
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I believe someone from over seas posted it on the facebook starlink for boats forum.
 
SKybolt said:
Here is another viable option. The corners/edges will allow a bottom plate to be added so it could be mounted to where a dome would be.

https://agileoffroad.com/product/star-mount-flat-mount-for-starlink/

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I still like what Grant has done the best. Really cool the way that whole mount came together.
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Not a big fan of how the cable is connected on this starmount. Not something I would put up on my arch as it would be out of sight and out of mind. Not easy to keep an eye on that cable port in my setup.
 
Irie308 said:
Not a big fan of how the cable is connected on this starmount. Not something I would put up on my arch as it would be out of sight and out of mind. Not easy to keep an eye on that cable port in my setup.
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Yeah, I wouldn't use that port. I would put a hole in the bottom that aligns with the dome mount cable hole. Then just seal that port up.

There really isn't much to choose from, all of the slick mount will cost as much or more then the array. That one you posted is custom, very slick, but custom.
 
SKybolt said:
Yeah, I wouldn't use that port. I would put a hole in the bottom that aligns with the dome mount cable hole. Then just seal that port up.

There really isn't much to choose from, all of the slick mount will cost as much or more then the array. That one you posted is custom, very slick, but custom.
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Correct, there isn't. However this doesn't look too hard to have a local fab guy put together.
 
So I thought I would post a warning based on what happened to me this weekend.

I had some good luck with the speed being acceptable until Sunday morning. All of a sudden I heard a pop and smelled that horrid burnt electrical smell. I panicked because I just installed a new BR1 Pro 5G. Luckily I left the cheap switch in between the PL and the SL poe injector. That switch is toast and so is the injector. I am hoping the SL survived. Anyway there was nothing special going on and it just fried. The power supply is fine but no voltage going to the SL.

Anyway this is what the inside of the injector looks like and no sign of burning up except the smell.

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So looking at this further, the SL router (power supply) is rated at 48v@2Amps, but we know that. My guess is the recommended POE injector is not rated that high although I was able to have this running for months. So if I had to do this all over again I would get a more expensive injector like this one: https://www.amazon.com/TRENDnet-Gig...rendnet+tpe-119gi,electronics,269&sr=1-1&th=1

Or simply keep the SL router in the mix acting as a power supply only with the ethernet adapter. No telling what could have happened if I wasn't around and unplugged that thing. Could have been another marina fire in progress and the reason I posted this.

I'll be setting up my array tomorrow, at some point, with the original equipment after I splice some cables back together. To see if my array is still alive or not, the ethernet adapter is a POE injector of sorts as well.
 
Scary to think. Haven’t heard any similar stories with that injector and it seems most conversions use the same. Will have to keep a watchful eye on this.
 
SKybolt said:
... I'll be setting up my array tomorrow, at some point, with the original equipment after I splice some cables back together. To see if my array is still alive or not, the ethernet adapter is a POE injector of sorts as well.
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So no surprise here that the array is also dead as well.

So I took this opportunity to hack this thing open. I wasn't methodical or neat in doing this I just setup a rotating saw blade (3" should have been 4") on the drill press and set it to 1" off of the deck and ran the array through. I had some trouble on the short ends, the blade didn't reach all the way in, so I took a saws-all and cut the rest with a metal blade even though this is ABS. I don't think I would do that on a new array however, but since mine wasn't working I didn't care. Knowing what I know now, I could have used a table saw and this would have come out great. Screw/clamp an piece of plywood to the fence and it would be perfect.

Things to take note of, 1" off of what ever surface you are using is critical. Just over 1" by maybe a 16th or so, is the height of the motor mount cover. So setting higher will force you to cut through that as well. Also the blade(s) were parallel to the array. The only thing you really need to take note of that is in the way are the cables. They are towards the end where the dimple is for the pole mount. Meaning 4.5" in from the short end bottom and 5" in from the right side is the motor plug. 2.5" up from the same and 7.75" over is the ethernet plug. Both of these cables (wires) go to the pole mount in the center. When cutting the back off you may want to go real easy by those area's. That said I didn't hit anything. And there isn't anything other then the cable plugs.

The first shot just the back off and the cable snipped ready for a new end. The second is just showing that the electronics are covered by the rest of the housing so nothing to hit. The two thumbs are the motor housing covered and not.

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Not sure if I am going to go back to the SL or not. But if I do I will be using their EQ only with the motors unplugged. Speeds were not the greatest after the plan change and my new slip, starting in the fall, will be under a roof this coming winter and going forward.
 
very interested in the piece you hacked off to make template for the mount i posted above.
 
Irie308 said:
very interested in the piece you hacked off to make template for the mount i posted above.
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Funny, I was about to PM you about just that. PM your address and I'll send it to you, less the motors, unless you want them?
 
SKybolt said:
Funny, I was about to PM you about just that. PM your address and I'll send it to you, less the motors, unless you want them?
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Will do. Don't need the motor but maybe the mast if you don't needed it.
 
Irie308 said:
Will do. Don't need the motor but maybe the mast if you don't needed it.
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Cut the mast up already trying to get to the wire connector in the mast. Wanted to see how bad that was. Also it made me feel better hacking this thing up after it fried on me.

EDIT: Also the mast and the motors are attached together then pressed into the actual mast itself.

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Thanks again. BTW In the midst of deploying a Starlink to the Bahamas for work. Connecting it in bypass mode in front of a Palo Alto firewall and 2 stacked cisco switches as a dmz. Starlink will be primary and the local 30mb isp will be secondary. So far so good. Not as complex as hacking one up to mount on the boat. ;)
 
So I just logged on to pause my service until I figure out what I am doing. A new option was available strangely enough, "Change Plan" so I clicked on it and this was the only thing that came up -

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Notice the 50GB limit on Priority data ... Then best effort service. The Regional Roam plan is only Best Effort service for $100 less. So $2/GB for priority data. Not liking where this is going.
 

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Since I seem to be on a roll of hacking and cutting this thing up today, glad my boss doesn't have a Sea Ray, here is the final bit of information on the cable from the power supply to the ethernet adapter. There are two sets of wires in this section, one for power and one for data. Quite smart on their part it seems. Anyway, if you cut the end off of the molded one on the cable you will see two sets of four pairs. One set is like 22ga and the other is ~26ga, much thinner in diameter. The thicker ones are for the power and were actually shielded in the case. But if you follow the pin out posted pages back and correspond that to the injector pinout, you get the Orange/Green pairs are for the +48v and the Blue/Brown pairs are the -48v(Ground). This hasn't been tested, but this is how the pinout went and was inside the ethernet adapter. Sorry didn't photo everything.

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