Seriously dude, you left a the cable-end exposed to the weather and then wonder why the cable stopped working

I am mowing with my ZD28 today, which I have come to love. It has been very good to us. I wish I had the 72" deck. My gear box is so incredibly hot today i can smell the belts. I think it needs oil, or worse. Wait, did you cut that hole in the footplate? That makes adding oil a lot easier.

Yes, this came in perfectly like the cure to the Corona Virus, except the end. Why couldn't you show the hose and connector in place? . I do not need to see your attic or know the story behind it. I want to see how it fit in the satellite connector. I' tell you, some of these You Tubers don' t have their shit together sometimes!

Thank you so much! I also noticed the problem with the how connector became lousy (and it's only in 3 month of using, not the 2 years as in your case) but didn't thought it will be really THE problem. Thumbs up and kudos to you

thank you that was helpful ❤

Aha. Got a used Gen2 like yours very cheaply, just to play with & see how they work. Only plugged it in once so far and saw it disconnect a few times but it also managed to download an update over around 5-10 mins, so I wasn't sure if I bought a lemon or if the app was just playing up on my device. I see the cable IS a bit loose fitting so I'll know what to look at if it's flaky when I get around to playing with it a bit more. Also very handy to understand those cables are just regular CAT5/6 type twisted pairs. Thanks for your video.

I have the same issue. Bad design. Regret buying Gen2. And cables are expensive

You "reached out to customer support"? This is a joke right?

DEOXIT brand electronics cleaner.

May be it will be useful for someone. You can replace the connector with IP rated waterproof RJ-45 connector. Video in Ukrainian kzbin.info/www/bejne/Y6jKqoyQrZtnrNE but pretty self-explanatory. You do not need disassemble it. He showed the opened one just for better understanding what he is doing. Just find same video in English kzbin.info/www/bejne/fXy8fpdvqamfm9k

Freedom Units?

I think you measured everything except the inside diameter of the big hole which I was wanting to know…. Didn’t do me any good

man you're thorough...appreciate your time - my unit should arrive tomorrow & wasn't aware of the cable connector issue

Water and copper pins dont go well together! Cap off the end outside when not in use.

I live in SWFL and installed a Flat HP dish to use for backup to Comcast (and Verizon) - that was out for 6 weeks (and 2 weeks) after Hurricane Ian. Comcast also goes out during beautiful weather, so... At any rate, I plan to leave the Starlink up and mounted unless a hurricane is predicted near my home, but pop it off and bring inside as hurricanes potentially pass. I would NEVER consider leaving that frail wire exposed to wind and weather and plan to waterproof and secure the cable end as each hurricane passes and the dish is removed. Again, the dish itself will come inside. Hurricane Irma destroyed my tile roof. I had a metal roof installed that Ian then destroyed 4 years later (plus so much more). Starlink is cool... but not Hurricane proof - especially their flimsy cables!

The whole design of the cable is wrong, you (Well Starlink) should really allow for proper termination of the cable by the router and dish and then use short patch leads to make the final connection on both ends, that way if anything gets damaged on the end of the cable you can just swap it out, I ended making my own cable and terminate both ends with proper Ethernet connectors, outside it is in a IP67 (overkill) rated Ethernet box, if it is not in use I just unclip it and store it inside. Good find re the loose connection, that is just sloppy design. I will keep that in mind if I need to troubleshoot anything

Going through this rn. Damn thing is on top my roof and my 24 foot ladder is still in transit They sent me a new cable and router

What size pipe should I get for my pipe adapter?

Gracias amigo me salvaste 🙌🏻 that cable is a piece of shet, I had the same problem , thank you😂

Yep that connectors junk. I have the same type of install. My cable just quit at midnight one night.

those are expensive mountings. neat, but costly. me, i just plant a 10x10cm log in the ground and drill a hole at the end of it for starlink's neck to be inserted there, along with a gap for the cable to go out of the hole.

Thank you so much! I got a new cable sent from starlink ( their dime). Fixed nothing. Chanced onto your video and I fixed it in 5 minutes. Took a short piece of 1/4 in.vinyl tubing and put it bteween the mount and connector. Locked it back down in the base and now its a rock solid interference fit. Problem solved! Thanks again.

My Starklink failed suddenly and it took one month to get it . Never could speak to a human , and they sent me one piece of equipment at a time, starting with the router. Turned out is was the cable, which meant hiring my builder to uninstall on my 2-story roof. Very frustrating

I've had 3 dishes fail in 3 months...taking the bitches at Starlink to court to get my $699 back

Thank you for posting this. I have a very similar setup to you but I used a bigger junction box on the pole and my 150 foot Starlink cable exits the bottom of the box through a small hole. I don't have a cable gland like you do. After about 8 months my cable failed. The connector seemed to be well seated into the dish. Fortunately I had laid in a spare cable in the conduit and it was wrapped and stored inside the box on the pole. I switched over to this cable and my internet started to work again. I wonder how long the second cable will last ? I read that one owner fixed his cable connection by spraying it with DeOxit contact cleaner. I haven't tried that. I will try that if the second cable fails although without fault finding, I don't really know the cause of my failure. There may be several failure modes that owners are experiencing.

I'm having the same issue...your video was helpful!

This was exactly what was wrong with ours but i couldn’t figure it out. Once i watched your video, my husband climbed back on the roof and secured the cable with electrical tape to stop the loose fitting and voila! We’re back online! Starlink has already sent out a replacement cable at no charge so we might just keep it for backup.

WhaaaAt! You didn't try to splice in a descent quality, regular USB (x) cable? Or is it not following that form factor?

Cancel my Tesla car order asap......

Will the newer version cable and plug alleviate these issues ?

cant believe you just left the connector unprotected, Draw it back into the pull box or clingfilm and tape at very least. Really asking for trouble otherwise.

I had to pull out my spare Starlink cable from storage to give it a good look and it looks like a Mini-HDMI Type-C connector. Once those pins get mangled, it is a pain to repair that. I keep my cable on the dish side plugged in at all times to prevent any tiny critters making themselves at home on the dish side. If I do have it disconnected for quite some time, I give it a good going over with compress air to prevent any chance of squashing a bug between the two connectors since the dish side is pain in the neck to get a tool in there to clean out the aftermath.

Great video! How did you set up your tp link load balancing done? I didn’t see the video on that one. Thank you

One other area of concern would be whether the connector is getting water infiltration from the cable end as it's hanging there. I am hoping to get up to my place this week to work on my own connectivity issues up there (I'm in MN, so this is subject to whether we start getting snow or not.) It's a Roaming setup, so for the moment everything is powered down, but I'm not sure the dish is in 'Stow' configuration as I had been getting a good signal up until I drove off for some food and had no signal when I got back. New cable, also ordered th Ethernet adapter for when I finally get the setup in my power shed, and may go to 24x7/365 coverage, but not this winter.

The cable ends are very delicate. I had the same problem...

I don't know why they didn't just make the cable rated for burial to begin with. You'd think they would have considered that some people may not have any other option but to bury it. At least your video has given me an idea of how to run the cable for mine.

Thank you, but sincerely thank you. I watch technical design videos, and I'm a retired designer. I have never seen a video in detail, but in addition to the detail also the measurement unit switch. Congratulations and respect. I forgot, your video solved my questions about installing starlink and possibly building accessories yourself. (I haven't purchased it yet) Thanks, subscribed and liked. Antonio - Italy 👍

Wow, you do nice work.

great video!

What is the size of the pipe you used to mount the adapter too? Thanks for the video.

perfect, thanks! "Freedom units", lol. :D

Starlink needs to link to this video on their pipe adapter product page. This is EXACTLY what I was looking for on the Starlink site. Thank you!

Can you give me a couple dimensions? what is the size of the button pop out indentation and how close is it to the top. Looks like its 1/2" x1/2" and maybe 1/4" from the top.

I have a question, I live in Alabama, don't hold that against me LOL. I finally ordered my StarLink 4 days ago. Where I live we have had to use the phone service with Hughes Crap (Net). Do you know or anyone if I can hook up a Magic Jack so I can have a phone at home? No cell service where I live that gets service. If I can will I need that Ethernet plug? Thank you for the help or not in advance.

The router can be left outside? *mind blown* I'm not sure I would do that, but that's pretty cool that they made it that way. Thanks for the detail of this video, man. I can't imagine you could have made a better video for this. Seriously, great job.

Thank you! The Starlink web site isn't very clear about the dimensions. This is very helpful.

Freedom units? Haha

Thank you! I lost my hex key ,the extra screws and the rest of the kit. I have to move my dish mount to a new pole. I now know what size hex key to go buy.

I wish more people provided info like this!

are you getting any faster speed with the ethernet adapter over wifi