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**gordon_s1942** · 21-11-09, 01:20 PM

I have just received an email from my server to advise me that I and others 'MAY' experience connection problems due to the LNB exceeding its 50C operational parameters during hot spells.
I got this same email last year but I dont think it was this early into the summer.
We all understand the problem but what annoys me is that all the advise I have is to 'Shut it down'.
If Global warming is now a fact of life and all the 'Experts' are saying Summers are getting hotter, what is being done by the manufactures to reduce heat stress on this equipment ?
Australia is not the only country in the world to have extreme Summer Temps so does this mean that Satelitte communications are going to be interupted Globaly because the LNB's are overheating?
PayTV or passive receive only LNB's most likely wont have as bad a problem with heat as those LNB's that have a transmitter generating heat inside the case.
I can reach my internet dish with a hose so I could direct a fine spray of water onto the LNB if it starts to really play up but I wont be standing out there all damned day.
My ISP like most is only an Onseller of the service and has no part of the instalation or equipment but they are quite happy to receive money from me so as far as I am concerned instead of just shrugging their shoulders,they can help find a solution to this problem.
I will have no problem complaining to the Communications Omsbudman and I suggest other Satelitte and Wireless Internet users keep notes on dropouts and consider making a complaint if the problem gets untenable during the summer.

21-11-09, 01:20 PM	#1 (permalink)
gordon_s1942 Premium Member Join Date: Jan 2008 Posts: 1,707 Thanks: 229 Thanked 193 Times in 132 Posts Rep Power: 44	Heat stressed LNB's on Satelitte Internet. I have just received an email from my server to advise me that I and others 'MAY' experience connection problems due to the LNB exceeding its 50C operational parameters during hot spells. I got this same email last year but I dont think it was this early into the summer. We all understand the problem but what annoys me is that all the advise I have is to 'Shut it down'. If Global warming is now a fact of life and all the 'Experts' are saying Summers are getting hotter, what is being done by the manufactures to reduce heat stress on this equipment ? Australia is not the only country in the world to have extreme Summer Temps so does this mean that Satelitte communications are going to be interupted Globaly because the LNB's are overheating? PayTV or passive receive only LNB's most likely wont have as bad a problem with heat as those LNB's that have a transmitter generating heat inside the case. I can reach my internet dish with a hose so I could direct a fine spray of water onto the LNB if it starts to really play up but I wont be standing out there all damned day. My ISP like most is only an Onseller of the service and has no part of the instalation or equipment but they are quite happy to receive money from me so as far as I am concerned instead of just shrugging their shoulders,they can help find a solution to this problem. I will have no problem complaining to the Communications Omsbudman and I suggest other Satelitte and Wireless Internet users keep notes on dropouts and consider making a complaint if the problem gets untenable during the summer. Last edited by gordon_s1942; 21-11-09 at 01:21 PM.