Hello. I had to install my dish in a saltwater tidal marsh to get clear of tree obstructions. It’s a tidal creek so is slow moving water, but the cable will be exposed to direct salt water with each high tide. Starlink warns this is a bad idea saying the salt & water motion will compromise the cable. I’m thinking the best solution would be to install in schedule 40 electric conduit to seal the salt water away, then attach the conduit to a series of posts from the dish back to dry land so the motion of the water rising & falling doesn’t move the conduit & wear on the cable. The other idea is to bury it in the marsh, but it’s so mucky I’d have to go down pretty deep to be secure that it won’t work it’s way back up. If I go that route, and since this is low-voltage wire, any reason the cheaper pvc waterline pipe wouldn’t work for less $? Anyone have any experience with this or better ideas? Thanks
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You’re welcome. Excellent, that sounds like it will be a long lasting install! Hmmm that’s a good thought.. I have not personally worked with the rolls before but I imagine it would be a great solution for long runs and for smooth transitions in the bends. Let me know what you end up going with and if you can find the connectors. The other thing I was going to mention is running a pull string with your cable in case you need to replace it any point, always nice to have the backup. Thanks for the pics!
Hi Bryan, This is a unique situation that I haven’t personally experienced. That being said I have ran plenty of different types of cabling through conduit (buried,suspended,etc). I would go with the conduit attached to the posts for sure. And there is no reason the cheaper PVC pipe wouldn’t work. You may have already considered this but I would recommend having a 45 of the pvc (pointed down) at both ends of the run to avoid any rain water getting in and the line freezing/cracking during cold days (unless the conduit goes directly into the home on the one end). Let me know if you have any other questions and I hope the install goes well. If you do have a chance to post some pictures of your install I would be interested to see them. We have an installation category in our forum and it’s nice to get the visuals.