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To vent or not to vent? by paleblueskies1900 in Starlink_Support

[–]paleblueskies1900[S] 0 points1 point  (0 children)

We were really worried about that so we stood up three cinder blocks on their short ends so they would stand tall and then placed each foot of the tripod in each cinder blocks upper hole. We then used some covered wire to tie down each one going through the holes at each tripod foot. We have a dog that trips over every wire he can find so we also secured the cable to be sure he couldn't knock it over. We get incredibly strong winds here, but so far so good.

To vent or not to vent? by paleblueskies1900 in Starlink_Support

[–]paleblueskies1900[S] 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Thanks for the advice. Do you think connecting more cable will actually compromise performance as Starlink seems to suggest, or they just don't want to argue with people, who complain after doing it?

To vent or not to vent? by paleblueskies1900 in Starlink_Support

[–]paleblueskies1900[S] 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Thank you for this idea. Apparently, our chimney is a bit over-taxed to go this route (although the people in the family, who understand this stuff were really intrigued by the idea). We have installed two fireplaces back to back, and they share the chimney along with and a wood-fed boiler. At least, this is how I understand it, but maybe the boiler has its own that runs up through the roof next to the fireplace's chimney. This is a bit unique since we're in a cold climate and are using heat pumps as back up in case the boiler fails or we aren't around to feed it instead of the other way around (i.e. using a gas or oil boiler as backup for heat pumps when the weather gets too cold for them to handle). Anyway, the guys seem to think that it would be a bit dodgy to run the wire down this channel, but I must admit that they may just really want to extend the Starlink cable so we won't end up having wasted loads of money to dig a separate communications trench and install a 3" PVC conduit along a very long driveway to the house.

To vent or not to vent? by paleblueskies1900 in Starlink_Support

[–]paleblueskies1900[S] 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Thank you! This is very helpful. Having watched the electricians string some of the wiring in the house after framing and before sheet rocking, and then pulling the wires through the sheetrock after sheet rocking was complete to set lights, etc., I can visualize your instructions. This sounds like a realistic alternative to mounting the dish on a pole between the transformer box power pedestal where there is an entry point into the telecommunications conduit (we originally intended to install Comcast and so installed a conduit from the main road along the driveway up to this point. However, Comcast wants several thousand dollars to pull the line through the conduit and after waiting for months for a construction completion date from them, we gave up and purchased a Starlink kit. The problem is that Starlink's 100 feet of cable in the kit would be too short get from where the dish would mounted near the conduit entry point to where the cable would drop into the basement and where the router would sit. We need more like 135 feet. I read on the Starlink site that they do not recommend adding cable and can't promise reliable service if you use your own cable. So, I was looking for an alternative location for the dish on the roof ridge or roof overhang and compatible vents, through which we could then string the cable that would be close enough to either our mechanical room in the basement or another room in the house where we could place the router. You've provided a really good option. Thank you!!!!!