There s a mod with time of day switches that makes it a lot less hassle.
Rimworld how many solar panels for a sun lamp.
I do miss the 1 1 ratio but i don t consider it unbelievably absurdly high.
Essentially takes two solar panels to power one sun lamp in a normal sun cycle biome.
For a regular base without mods i recommend using 2 solar panels instead of a geo for a single sun lamp with a battery because geo is better used for other electricity that are constanly at use.
A sun lamp is used to grow crops indoors.
They use a good deal of power about the same as a solar panel puts out during full daylight in fact so having a large greenhouse lit with them is quite power expensive.
This is because during the night only half of the extra 1450 w will effectively charge the batteries storing 8 700 wh of energy 360 wd.
Adding 1 battery was enough to extend the evening lighting until the resting time.
Sun lamps automatically turn themselves off at night to save power while the plants are resting.
For example at 50 daylight a solar generator produces 850w of its 1700w maximum.
Power output is a direct product of the daytime light level.
A sun lamp will illuminate tiles within a five block radius at 100 and outside tiles at only 50 or less.
It s still pretty cheap if you consider they only run while the sun is normally up meaning 2 solar panels can power a grow zone that sustains a 10 20 population colony and is immune to all map conditions.
For my last colony spring 11 to fall 6 iirc 3 solar panels was just enough for 2 lights.
Batteries are a useful supplement to solar generators since they will store power during the day and keep the base online through the night.
Use them either with roofed over arable land or with hydroponics basins.
It is possible to fit 24 hydroponics basins inside the brightly lit area of a sun lamp with the following configuration.
For the remaining 6 hours the missing 1450 w will have to be provided by other means usually a solar panel.
A solar panel at max output is 1700 or more.
My personal energy setup is to have 4 8 depending on turret ammount geothermal power and 16 or 8 at least 8 even with 8 geothermal solar panels those help keeping up the sunlamps duing the day.
None of the power costs make sense on anything.
This will only be enough to power the sun lamp for 6 hours during the day.
But i have no idea if they work at all and if they do i ll bet it s less than 100 light per sun lamp.
A sun lamp uses 1600 kw.
