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Per the article, it's already been tested and works. Just throw a sprinkler on the thing. Clearly, though, the tolerances weren't chosen correctly when they d
by newacct583 5y ago
Per the article, it's already been tested and works. Just throw a sprinkler on the thing.
Clearly, though, the tolerances weren't chosen correctly when they designed the thing. 122F isn't actually that hot for a device designed to sit stationary in the sun all day.
- sleepybrett 5y agoAt least they made it white, dishtv's, and others I'm sure, antennas are black.
- dylan604 5y ago> Just throw a sprinkler on the thing. Yeah, that's a brilliant plan for a part of the world that is severely restricted on water usage and is routinely in drought conditions.
- adamcstephens 5y agoGiven the size of Phoenix, people don’t give a fuck about their resource use.
- dylan604 5y agoI read an article some time back, maybe a link from here, talking about how the up tick in population of AZ/NV were during an unusual wet period which people thought was acceptable and normal. Now, it seems the area is going back to its more natural dry period. Mother Nature's perception of time is very different than human's.
- ineedasername 5y agoMount it in a kiddie pool with a pump to reclaim the water. Starlink can sell it as a package deal: dish, pool, pump Extreme Weather package. Complete with puncture repair kit for the pool. Of course there's still evaporation, so you just station a half dozen condensing dehumidifiers around the pool to capture as much as you can in the immediate area and feed it back into the system. And there you go: For just a few $thousand in supplemental equipment you get cheap broadband.
- slipframe 5y agoDehumidifiers are really just air conditioners, so at that point you might as well cut out the middle men and air condition the dish directly. An air conditioner will set you back a few hundred dollars, plus power costs.
- dylan604 5y agoSorry, but the voice of my dad yelling, "I'm not paying to air condition the outdoors" haunts this comment!
- jsight 5y agoBuilding a closed loop cooler isn't exactly rocket science. And, tbh, if I lived in an area where satellite internet was my only practical option, I'm not sure that I'd consider that particularly burdensome. Despite all the hype, this is still basically a niche product.