First hours on the clock.
On Sunday afternoon, I replaced the Thorn Gamma 6 on my back patio with another lantern and while I was at it, I thought I may as well add some meters to see how much energy it uses and how many hours it runs for.
This was on Monday morning a few hours after the lamp had switched off.
It seemed to use about a kilowatt in 14 and a bit hours which means the total system power of the 50w SON lamp plus gear is about 70w.
Probably a bit high but then again my voltage is quite high at 248v during the day and as high as 253 at night!

First hours on the clock.

On Sunday afternoon, I replaced the Thorn Gamma 6 on my back patio with another lantern and while I was at it, I thought I may as well add some meters to see how much energy it uses and how many hours it runs for.
This was on Monday morning a few hours after the lamp had switched off.
It seemed to use about a kilowatt in 14 and a bit hours which means the total system power of the 50w SON lamp plus gear is about 70w.
Probably a bit high but then again my voltage is quite high at 248v during the day and as high as 253 at night!

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Danny   [10 Feb, 2026 at 03:44 PM]
I’d hate to know how much all of mine use lol
FrontSideBus   [10 Feb, 2026 at 03:58 PM]
Well if it really did use 1000 watts, it cost me 24p for the night.
Danny   [10 Feb, 2026 at 04:12 PM]
I’ve got 2 70w SONs, 3 35w SOX, 2 55w SOX 2x8w and a Philips Truforce core LED LAMP 17-50w on all night and 2x 2x11w PL, 2x7w PL, 2x9w PL on part night so god knows what I’m using over night. Probably too much haha

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