Power output is a direct product of the daytime light level.
Rimworld how many solar panels for a sun lamp.
Essentially takes two solar panels to power one sun lamp in a normal sun cycle biome.
Adding 1 battery was enough to extend the evening lighting until the resting time.
For the remaining 6 hours the missing 1450 w will have to be provided by other means usually a solar panel.
For example at 50 daylight a solar generator produces 850w of its 1700w maximum.
Sun lamps provide artificial light to roofed growing zones greenhouses at high power expense 2 900 watts.
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.
Use them either with roofed over arable land or with hydroponics basins.
A sun lamp uses 1600 kw.
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.
Batteries are a useful supplement to solar generators since they will store power during the day and keep the base online through the night.
Sun lamps automatically turn themselves off at night to save power while the plants are resting.
It is possible to fit 24 hydroponics basins inside the brightly lit area of a sun lamp with the following configuration.
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.
None of the power costs make sense on anything.
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.
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.
This will only be enough to power the sun lamp for 6 hours during the day.
For my last colony spring 11 to fall 6 iirc 3 solar panels was just enough for 2 lights.
I do miss the 1 1 ratio but i don t consider it unbelievably absurdly high.
It depends a lot on how far north you are and the season.
There s a mod with time of day switches that makes it a lot less hassle.
This setup will use 4580w at day and 1680w at night a solar generator produces 1700w and a geothermal generator 3600w so 2 4 solar generators and a few batteries or one geothermal generator are needed to power it.
