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if it's possible to put a plastic dome, can we just make the dome such that the snow won't build up? (which will probably make self-heating unnecessary... or a
by More-nitors 5y ago
if it's possible to put a plastic dome, can we just make the dome such that the snow won't build up?
(which will probably make self-heating unnecessary... or are there temperature requirements?)
- scarab92 5y agoStarlink dishes don't have a dedicated heater inside to melt snow. I don't know where the author of the article got that idea from. They are just power hungry and produce enough waste heat that it's not a problem.
- fignews 5y agoI think the idea is they can run extra-inefficiency to produce even more heat if needed.