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dpruden
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Dec 23, 2020

MS60

WILL COLD CLIMATE HURT MY UNIT? eg. putting 1 sattelite unit in a unheated garage? 

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  • CrimpOn's avatar
    CrimpOn
    Guru - Experienced User
    Dec 23, 2020
    dpruden wrote:

    WILL COLD CLIMATE HURT MY UNIT? eg. putting 1 sattelite unit in a unheated garage? 

    Each product has an environmental range. The RBS50 Orbi satellite, has an operating temperature range of 0C to 40C. (32F to 104F).

    Too hot obviously has a serious effect on electronics.  I am not so certain what the effect of "too cold" is.  I believe there have been posts in the past about Orbi satellites "getting too cold".

     

    I put the cat's bed in the garage inside a Home Depot cardboard box with a heating pad on the bottom.  (Damn cat refused to sleep in the toasty warm house.) Cat needed one side open to get in and out.  Orbi satellite would not need that.

    • plemans's avatar
      plemans
      Guru - Experienced User
      Dec 23, 2020

      I've got a RBS50Y in an unheated garage. its at least insulated though. Rarely drops below freezing even though I live in minnesota. It has dropped below freezing though and still worked.