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Outdoor satellite blinking yellow amber when weather drops below 30F
I have a RBS50Y installed outdoors and it has been stable (after much testing and moving and re-testing and finally finding a spot where it works) during the summer and fall and most of the winter. ...
FURRYe38 wrote:However I believe that 30F falls below and outside the recommended temp of the RBSY range.
I expected it to work fine down to normal winter temperatures, the manual reads: "The recommend temperature range for your
satellite is 4°F to 122°F (-20°C to +50°C)." It obviously needs to be unplugged or removed in the cold, I was not anticipating having to do that. Elsewhere I discovered that it says the light will blink when it goes below 40F as the unit is warming up, which I must have missed when I was first looking.
At least I know it is functioning as expected, and I can re-think my mounting stratgies to make it easier to remove when the weather gets cold as you recommended. I do the same with my outdoor patio and umbrella, so this will just be another cold-weather prep I do from now on.
At least it should work fine as before when the warmer weather arrives this way.Thanks again, I appreciate the guidance.
However I believe that 30F falls below and outside the recommended temp of the RBSY range.
FURRYe38 wrote:However I believe that 30F falls below and outside the recommended temp of the RBSY range.
I expected it to work fine down to normal winter temperatures, the manual reads: "The recommend temperature range for your
satellite is 4°F to 122°F (-20°C to +50°C)." It obviously needs to be unplugged or removed in the cold, I was not anticipating having to do that. Elsewhere I discovered that it says the light will blink when it goes below 40F as the unit is warming up, which I must have missed when I was first looking.
At least I know it is functioning as expected, and I can re-think my mounting stratgies to make it easier to remove when the weather gets cold as you recommended. I do the same with my outdoor patio and umbrella, so this will just be another cold-weather prep I do from now on.
At least it should work fine as before when the warmer weather arrives this way.
Thanks again, I appreciate the guidance.
Ok, I didn't see the (-) dash before the 20 and saw that as temp range - 20 to. So my bad. :smileyembarrassed:
Then you should be fine.
I would try to keep it mounted so that there is a external roof or covering the unit to help avoid direct inclimate weather conditions as much as possible.