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That’s some large continuous power consumption for off grid use. Curious if they’ll come up with a way to put it into some sort of low power idle mode during l

That’s some large continuous power consumption for off grid use. Curious if they’ll come up with a way to put it into some sort of low power idle mode during low utilization?

bombcar 6y ago
Yeah https://conversation.sevarg.net/t/starlink-satellite-based-internet/397 https://conversation.sevarg.net/t/starlink-satellite-based-i... talks about it - 100 watts idle is too high if you’re on battery. It’s noticeably high so I assume at some point it’ll be reduced unless it’s caused by continuous “transmission” so the satellite doesn’t lose the connection.
- gpm 6y ago
  Depends what sort of battery you're on. The cheapest car Tesla sells (or at least that is displayed to me when I visit their site), for example, has a 54 kwh battery. It could run a 100 watt load for ~22 days between charges (not counting driving). Or to put it another way, if you charge every day, and you never turn the dish off, this would only drain 1/22nd of your range.
  - state_less 6y ago
    Tesla batteries are sweet, but ~22 days isn’t long enough if you’re off grid full time. I am trying to keep power generation 100% solar rather than burn diesel/gas to charge batteries when I can. So 2.4kwh per day might require roughly 500 watts of additional solar panels in a sunny locale. More solar could be added, but there are some space and weight limitations on a vehicle. I’m at 1400 watts of solar now. Anyhow, just hoping they can figure out how to get the average power draw down over time.
    - Dylan16807 6y ago
      > Tesla batteries are sweet, but ~22 days isn’t long enough if you’re off grid full time. If you start running low you can stop letting it idle. > More solar could be added, but there are some space and weight limitations on a vehicle. It can be a problem if you're off-grid and moving around, yeah. For general off-grid use it's annoying but not a big deal to set up an extra panel or two.

That’s some large continuous power consumption for off grid use. Curious if they’ll come up with a way to put it into some sort of low power idle mode during low utilization?

bombcar 6y ago

Yeah https://conversation.sevarg.net/t/starlink-satellite-based-internet/397 https://conversation.sevarg.net/t/starlink-satellite-based-i... talks about it - 100 watts idle is too high if you’re on battery. It’s noticeably high so I assume at some point it’ll be reduced unless it’s caused by continuous “transmission” so the satellite doesn’t lose the connection.

gpm 6y ago
Depends what sort of battery you're on. The cheapest car Tesla sells (or at least that is displayed to me when I visit their site), for example, has a 54 kwh battery. It could run a 100 watt load for ~22 days between charges (not counting driving). Or to put it another way, if you charge every day, and you never turn the dish off, this would only drain 1/22nd of your range.
- state_less 6y ago
  Tesla batteries are sweet, but ~22 days isn’t long enough if you’re off grid full time. I am trying to keep power generation 100% solar rather than burn diesel/gas to charge batteries when I can. So 2.4kwh per day might require roughly 500 watts of additional solar panels in a sunny locale. More solar could be added, but there are some space and weight limitations on a vehicle. I’m at 1400 watts of solar now. Anyhow, just hoping they can figure out how to get the average power draw down over time.
  - Dylan16807 6y ago
    > Tesla batteries are sweet, but ~22 days isn’t long enough if you’re off grid full time. If you start running low you can stop letting it idle. > More solar could be added, but there are some space and weight limitations on a vehicle. It can be a problem if you're off-grid and moving around, yeah. For general off-grid use it's annoying but not a big deal to set up an extra panel or two.