Power output is a direct product of the daytime light level.
Rimworld how many solar panels for a sun lamp.
A sun lamp will illuminate tiles within a five block radius at 100 and outside tiles at only 50 or less.
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.
Sun lamps automatically turn themselves off at night to save power while the plants are resting.
Use them either with roofed over arable land or with hydroponics basins.
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.
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 example at 50 daylight a solar generator produces 850w of its 1700w maximum.
A solar panel at max output is 1700 or more.
A sun lamp is used to grow crops indoors.
There s a mod with time of day switches that makes it a lot less hassle.
Sun lamps provide artificial light to roofed growing zones greenhouses at high power expense 2 900 watts.
It depends a lot on how far north you are and the season.
A sun lamp uses 1600 kw.
For the remaining 6 hours the missing 1450 w will have to be provided by other means usually a solar panel.
Adding 1 battery was enough to extend the evening lighting until the resting time.
None of the power costs make sense on anything.
For my last colony spring 11 to fall 6 iirc 3 solar panels was just enough for 2 lights.
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.
I do miss the 1 1 ratio but i don t consider it unbelievably absurdly high.
This will only be enough to power the sun lamp for 6 hours during the day.
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.
Essentially takes two solar panels to power one sun lamp in a normal sun cycle biome.
It is possible to fit 24 hydroponics basins inside the brightly lit area of a sun lamp with the following configuration.