Dry camping with satellite TV possible?
Update/Edit: It seems some people were confused by my original post, and I have some new discoveries. Looking into getting Dish Network's Tailgater and VIP 211K receiver. Or anything, really. ...
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Guysakar wrote:
Looking into getting Dish Network's Tailgater and VIP 211K receiver. Or anything, really.
The receiver draws around 22 watts when off, in standby mode. That is too much daily power consumption for dry camping.
Apparently unplugging and plugging the receiver daily is not recommended, as it is not designed for that. Plus, it takes a while to boot up from cold.
I use a 211k and Tailgater.
When dry-camping, I do unplug the 211k at least once every day; and overnight for sure. My Kill-A-Watt says 30W when plugged in. On or off makes no difference; it is 30W.
Where did you get the idea that unplugging was any problem? It takes about 15min to completely reboot.
HTH;
John
