Sun lamp Timer

[Skryabin]

Timers option on Sun Lamps would be nice to have. If plants are resting from 7pm to 5am, why waist electricity? And trying to do it manually every day gets a bit annoying

Maybe after some research?..

[Skryabin]

And actually on regular lamps too. Colonists should at least turn the light off in their bedrooms when they go to sleep     

[Vaporisor]

I would think maybe a researched power switch.  click it and set it like you set the work schedule.  It would mean ensuring two power feeds to any hydroponics area to ensure you don't shut off all your food

[hwfanatic]

There are some mods that do this (e.g. PowerSwitch) but frankly it would be nice to be included in the game itself. That is the primary purpose of the sun lamp, after all.

https://ludeon.com/forums/index.php?topic=2890.0

[RemingtonRyder]

When A13 Power Switch arrived, this is exactly what I used it for - to turn sun lamps on and off at specific times. But the feature to turn things on when a pawn is in the room is nice too.

[Vaporisor]

When A13 Power Switch arrived, this is exactly what I used it for - to turn sun lamps on and off at specific times. But the feature to turn things on when a pawn is in the room is nice too.

I had originally planned for doing that on a nightly schedule, but it got too micromanage tedious.  I still love switches though, specially for hydroponics.  Make use of a backup battery room that switch connects on it's own power circuits to key power systems.  Flick a couple switches and I don't lose that vital crop.

[thestalkinghead]

anybody that uses real hydroponics or grow lamps in real life uses timers to control them so it should logically be in the game, also since the lamps are effectively useless and just a power drain at night having them built in (or maybe an upgraded research) would be good, micro managing that would just be annoying.

[skullywag]

sunlamps on solars, done.

[Mathenaut]

That's quite a few solars per lamp

[b0rsuk]

And actually make it a device which can be connected to any objects, for example give this feature to Switch. Or add a feature - when a pawn goes resting, it turns off all electric objects in his room.

In meantime, you can use solar panels in a separate circuit to power sun lamps. Store excess power in a battery. Uninstall it when it's full.

[skullywag]

That's quite a few solars per lamp

wat? its 1. A solar panel creates 1700 and sunlamp uses 1600.

[hwfanatic]

But not if you are playing near the poles it doesn't. Good luck trying to figure out exactly how many panels you need per sun lamp without being more wasteful than just plugging them directly into your grid. And also, good luck making a separate circuit in a 2D environment. It requires more planning than you may think.