Powering starlink

[NYSail]

Hello all….. so got my wife a starlink mini for Christmas (boat present). Looking for simple suggestions for powering the unit. By inverter I would want it dedicated to just the starlink separate from my older 3000 watt house inverter which I’m pretty sure is modified sin wave. Can a cigarette lighter plug in type function in this capacity? I know it would have to be pure sun wave. All suggestions welcome!

thanks!

 

[dlochner]

I think the Mini can be powered directly from 12v so you don't need the inverter. If I had a mini I would hard wire to the 12v system with a dedicated circuit breaker. Here's one third party cable you might consider.

Mini 12V DC Power Cable — TRIO Flatmount Starlink Mounts

** Now shipping in the order received ** The Starlink Mini dish accepts 12-48V input but can be difficult to use at 12V due to voltage drop along small gauge wire. Thus we came up with our own 14 AWG power cable with over-sized weatherproof barrel connector so that you can plug directly into the s

www.trioflatmount.com

One more thing, be sure to disable the Snowmelt feature it draws a lot of current and sometimes comes on when its not needed. It can be done on the app. I'm pretty confident that you won't be sailing in the snow.

 

[ShawnL]

I was writing almost the exact same thing as @dlochner. Guess he beat me to it.

 

[NYSail]

I think the Mini can be powered directly from 12v so you don't need the inverter. If I had a mini I would hard wire to the 12v system with a dedicated circuit breaker. Here's one third party cable you might consider.

Mini 12V DC Power Cable — TRIO Flatmount Starlink Mounts

** Now shipping in the order received ** The Starlink Mini dish accepts 12-48V input but can be difficult to use at 12V due to voltage drop along small gauge wire. Thus we came up with our own 14 AWG power cable with over-sized weatherproof barrel connector so that you can plug directly into the s

www.trioflatmount.com

One more thing, be sure to disable the Snowmelt feature it draws a lot of current and sometimes comes on when its not needed. It can be done on the app. I'm pretty confident that you won't be sailing in the snow.

yea no….. only thing cold we like on the boat are beers and cocktails

 

[colemj]

While the mini operates on 12V, there are many reports of it failing when directly wired because 12V is the minimum limit and voltage drop comes into play, particularly when it is operating hard getting first fixes. So it might be beneficial to use an inexpensive 12-24V converter, or at least make the connecting cord as short as possible. Otherwise, our Gen2 works fine off an inexpensive 250W cig-plug type inverter, and it draws twice what the mini does.

Mark

Edit: I didn't notice dlochner's link that says the same thing I just did about 12V being a minimum.