Bertha Overland

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Boondocking In The Space Age

From the looks of the Starlink coverage map nearly the entirety of the interior west is covered.

“Power consumption is an important consideration when boondocking and living off your vehicle’s battery. Starlink reportedly draws between 60-70W an improvement on the 80-100W draw from just a year ago.”

Rough costs math below, though the first step is powering Starlink off-grid. Don't forget to factor the costs of battery and some quality PV into the budget.

** Don't rely on the car battery. **

300 Wh * 0.85 / 65 watts = 4 hrs of juice

Starlink = $600

Yearly sub = $1320

Add "Portability" to sub = $300

300 Wh solar generator = $300

100 watt PV = $150

Justifying costs for many folks will be even rougher math.

Check out these off-grid Starlink setups found on Reddit.

Some off-grid living, solar power basics.

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