Hey guys I'm Astor.
I've been diving into the wild world of Starlink mods, converters, and setups. Man, some of these solutions are way too complicated. Like, why are people messing with 12V to 48V converters, POE, and extra routers?
I stumbled across this dope YouTube video
. The dude's setup is kinda weird but super clever. He basically turned his Dishy and router into something as compact as the Starlink Mini, which is awesome for saving space. But even he's still using 48V+ to the router and then POE to the dish, which feels like extra steps.
So, I'm wondering: what if we simplify this even more? Like, run both the Dishy Gen 2 and the OEM router on a straight 12V power rail? I saw a post from @Oleg were he powered a Gen 2 dish with a 2200µF 25V capacitor (Want to use a 16V one, since ICE won't go above 14.4V) and ran the OEM router on the same or another 12V rail (Same capacitor).
Could this actually work? Here's the idea:
OEM Router: Powered by a 12V rail with a 2200µF 16V capacitor.
Dishy Gen 2: Powered by a 12V rail with another 2200µF 16V capacitor.
Connection: Just a standard Ethernet cable between the router and Dishy.
I've also seen folks flat-mounting the Starlink Mini, which got me thinking about mounting this setup on a car roof. To keep it safe from the elements, I'm considering spraying it with Plastidip for waterproofing instead of thick enclosures.
What do y'all think?
- OEM Router 12V Rail. Done
- Dishy 12V + 2200µF 16V capacitor. Done
- Missing how to connect the ethernet cable from the ZPDR-10V-S to the router board. (The only way is using this method?)
Basically asking the ethernet from the ZPDR-10V-S must go PHY IC or to the Ethernet Transformer?
My solder wont work on the PHY IC and will break that out :-X
(https://olegkutkov.me/wp-content/uploads/2023/03/starlink2_rework_to_rj45_work_in_progress.jpg)
Quote from: Astor on Jun 17, 2025, 01:53 AMCould this actually work?
Sure. You can power the Dish using 12V, and you can also power the Starlink router with 12V.
There is no need to apply 48V. It will work without any issues.
Hey Oleg. Thanks your reply. Got to make a lot of sounds, tried 2 types of cables and I don't know what can be? Somebody mention current fluctuations but is like something switching very fast like a relay but is not constant...
Using and not using the capacitor
Hello. The router and the Dish are quite noisy when operating. Inductors are "singing" and that's ok.