Question
Will a magnetic Starlink mount work on the Pebble shell?
Eden MorrisOwner9 months ago
Also, will magnets work on the shell? I want to get a magnetic Starlink mount for the roof.
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Also, will magnets work on the shell? I want to get a magnetic Starlink mount for the roof.
I just received a Starlink Mini mount from SeaSucker, a suction-cup mount. Don't have my trailer yet, or a Starlink Mini, but they were running a 12 days of Christmas deal for 20% off. Purchased the regular flat (horizontal) mount along with the vertical add-on option.
SeaSucker suction mounts have very impressive holding power and a visual indicator if the vacuum begins to loosen. I will find a place somewhere, vertical or horizontal, on the Pebble or on my Rivian truck to mount it.
Note, however, my understanding is that the only OEM ingress point for wiring is on the right-side bottom just inside the gear tunnel, through a grommet, according to another owner.
Your info about the ingress to the Pebble is correct. There is a cutout about 1.5 inches in diameter in the floor of the gear tunnel, about a foot toward the front of the trailer from where the power strip is located. It has a plastic cover on the floor of the tunnel and a rubber-lined outlet on the bottom of the trailer. You can feed your wire(s) up through that into the gear tunnel.
No. The shell is non-metallic/non-magnetic, so a magnetic mount won't work unless you use some sort of adhesive to attach a metallic base plate to the roof.
Personally, I'm planning to use this antenna mast with a suction-cup mount because I didn't want to do anything permanent or invasive to the Pebble. I'll rest the bottom of the mast on the ground and use the suction cup to stabilize it against the side of the trailer. I haven't had a chance to do more than a quick test so far, but I'll post more about my setup once I have more experience with it.
If you are willing and able to get to the roof for a magnetic mount, you could use a suction-cup mount directly on the roof without the mast. I'd avoid using the suction cup on the solar panels, so you'd have to see whether the non-solar area is big enough; the solar covers most of the roof.
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