Thank you, Mark, Charles and those who replied off-list. The whole building is and will be completely off-grid. It's mostly just a shell right now. If I find anything more specific and clear than what you've shared, I'll be sure to let you all know.
Happy Halloween! Jeff On Oct 30, 2009, at 11:28 AM, Mark Smith wrote: > > Nice project - seriously. And the rest isn't meant to be cynical > either... > > On 30.10.2009, at 16:07, Jeffrey Hergan wrote: > >> what I need is 300 watts of light > > no it isn't. > >> I have fluorescent fixtures that produce 100 watt > > no you don't. You have fixtures that *consume* 100 Watts of power. > > > ...I would imagine you know some/most of this, but here goes... > > Watt is not a measurement of light intensity. It is a gauge of the > amount of power a light bulb consumes. If you look at energy saving/ > efficient incandescent light bulbs, you will see that a "modern' bulb > can be about 4 to 8 times more power efficient than a "traditional" > bulb. IOW, you get the same amount of light for far less power > consumption. So, just for starters, you can divide your wattage by at > least 5 and reckon with getting the same amount of light. > > However, what you really want to know is how much light you need in > particular locations. Its probably most efficient to have very low > level environmental lighting and more energetic (and even more energy > efficient) lighting hitting specific locations - since you won't need > to have cooking light when you are at your desk. etc. So you *might* > get by with as little as a tenth of the power consumption you are > currently anticipating. (You'll pay for that financially (and heavily) > up front for expensive tech, but I guess you are anticipating that. > > Maybe you could ask in your vicinty if anyone has any light measuring > instrumentation you could borrow to make some tests to find out how > much light you need. At the moment all you know (it seems) is how much > power you are currently consuming to produce an unknown amount of > light that seems adequate ? > > Doubt you'll be finished by dinner time though. > > Mark. > > > _______________________________________________ > OSX-Nutters mailing list | [email protected] > http://lists.tit-wank.com/mailman/listinfo/osx-nutters > List hosted at http://cat5.org/ _______________________________________________ OSX-Nutters mailing list | [email protected] http://lists.tit-wank.com/mailman/listinfo/osx-nutters List hosted at http://cat5.org/
