Starlink with SoreinUpdated a month ago

A Sorein Power Station is a great way to power a Starlink Standard or Starlink Mini, without any chance of running down your RV batteries.

You can plug a Starlink directly into a Sorein Power Station, while simultaneously powering another appliance, or while powering the entire RV from the power station.

Starlink Standard

Starlink Standard can be plugged into an AC power outlet of the Sorein Power Station. Due to the fairly high power consumption of Starlink Standard, we recommend you turn off the AC power outlets on the power station when you don't need Internet service from Starlink.

Estimating power consumption

A Starlink Standard consumes an average of 75-100 watts when in use, and 20 watts when idle. You can roughly estimate the amount of time you'll be able to power your Starlink Standard by dividing the watt-hour rating of your power station by the expected daily power draw (in watt-hours).

For example, let's assume you will use Starlink for 4 hours each day and then turn it off. At roughly 4 hours of use per day, a 1kWh power station would be able to keep Starlink Standard running for about 3 days.

Here's how that's calculated: 4 hours usage per day X 85W average = 340Wh per day.  1000Wh power station capacity / 340Wh = 2.94 days. This doesn't count the consumption of other appliances that might also be using the power station, or the inverter efficiency. To estimate the impact of power consumption of the inverter, take another 10-15% off your estimated run time.

Starlink Mini

Starlink Mini can be powered in one of several ways:

• plugged into an AC power outlet, using the AC adapter that came with the Starlink Mini.
• plugged into a USB-C outlet on a power station. This requires a Starlink Mini USB-C Cable. These are readily available from Starlink and many Amazon sellers. Note that this method supplies ~12 volt DC nominal, and this may cause the Starlink to reboot occasionally.
• using an AIR GEAR MiniLink. The MiniLink works with most trailers.
• using another DC power source, such as a portable battery.

Methods which don't require the AC adapter are more energy-efficient, which is important when camping away from an electrical hookup ("boondocking"). 

Estimating power consumption

A Starlink Mini consumes an average of 18-20 watts when in use, and 15 watts when idle. (More power is required when starting up, and when the "snow melt" mode is on.)

You can roughly estimate the amount of time you'll be able to power your Starlink Mini in the same manner as described above.

At roughly 4 hours of use per day, a 1kWh power station can keep Starlink Mini running for up to 12 days.

Here's how that's calculated: 4 hours usage per day X 20W average = 80Wh per day.  1000Wh power station capacity / 80Wh = 12.5 days. Actual runtime will probably be less, as this calculation doesn't take into account the consumption of other appliances that might also be using the power station. This also assumes that USB-C is being used, and that the power station's inverter is turned off.

Saving energy

Starlink includes a "Sleep Schedule" feature that can save a lot of power. You can set it to automatically go to sleep at night. Look for this feature in the settings of the Starlink app.

For users of Starlink Standard, we recommend powering down your Starlink whenever you don't need it.