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| − | A sun lamp provides artificial sunlight enabling plants to grow indoors | + | A sun lamp provides artificial sunlight during the day, enabling plants to grow indoors. Sun lamps need to be protected by a roof, otherwise exposure to rain and snow will cause a short circuit with a fiery explosion. Sun lamps don't produce heat, so temperature control devices may be required to maintain a healthy temperature for plants. Selecting the lamp opens its menu which offers the option to create a growing zone around it which matches the shape of the lamp's light radius. Sun lamps automatically turn themselves off at night to save power while the plants are resting. The excess power produced during the night can be saved up by employing [[Battery|batteries]], which is good because at 2900W, sun lamps use a great amount of power. |
===Light radius=== | ===Light radius=== | ||
A sun lamp will brightly illuminate (100%) tiles within a five-block radius. Tiles outside the highlighted area will still be illuminated, but only at 60% or less. | A sun lamp will brightly illuminate (100%) tiles within a five-block radius. Tiles outside the highlighted area will still be illuminated, but only at 60% or less. | ||
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| + | ===Greenhouses=== | ||
| + | The light from sun lamps can grow plants both in the ground and in [[hydroponics basin]]s. These growing areas can even be combined to collect all the output from sun lamps, for instance, on an [[Biomes#Ice_sheet|ice sheet]] map, it's possible to grow ground-only crops like [[hay]] or [[devilstrand]] in the few gravel patches available while still using hydroponic basins adjacent to them, all under the coverage of the same sun lamp. | ||
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Revision as of 23:48, 21 August 2017
Sun lamp
Lights an area brightly enough to grow crops.
Base Stats
- Type
- Furniture
- Mass
- 4.5 kg
- HP
- 50
Building
- Size
- 1
- Placeable
- Yes
- Power
- - 2900 W
A sun lamp provides artificial sunlight during the day, enabling plants to grow indoors. Sun lamps need to be protected by a roof, otherwise exposure to rain and snow will cause a short circuit with a fiery explosion. Sun lamps don't produce heat, so temperature control devices may be required to maintain a healthy temperature for plants. Selecting the lamp opens its menu which offers the option to create a growing zone around it which matches the shape of the lamp's light radius. Sun lamps automatically turn themselves off at night to save power while the plants are resting. The excess power produced during the night can be saved up by employing batteries, which is good because at 2900W, sun lamps use a great amount of power.
Light radius
A sun lamp will brightly illuminate (100%) tiles within a five-block radius. Tiles outside the highlighted area will still be illuminated, but only at 60% or less.
Greenhouses
The light from sun lamps can grow plants both in the ground and in hydroponics basins. These growing areas can even be combined to collect all the output from sun lamps, for instance, on an ice sheet map, it's possible to grow ground-only crops like hay or devilstrand in the few gravel patches available while still using hydroponic basins adjacent to them, all under the coverage of the same sun lamp.
- Furniture
- Animal bed • Animal sleeping box • Animal sleeping spot • Bedroll (Double) • Plant pot • Sculptures (Small, Large, Grand, Terror
) • Sleeping spot (Double, Baby 
) • Stool • Table (1x2, 2x2, 2x4, 3x3) • Torch lamp • Urn • Animus stone 
• Darktorch • Fungus darktorch • Crib - Complex Furniture
- Armchair • Bed (Double) • Dining chair • Dresser • End table • Royal bed • Shelf (Small) • Brazier (Darklight ) • Drape • Grand meditation throne • Meditation throne • Slab bed (Double) • Baby decoration • Blackboard • School desk • Toy box
- (research)
- Hospital bed • Standing lamp • Sun lamp • Bonsai pot