Floodlight savings

Mansfield moved kick off to 1pm to save money, others expected to follow suit.

seems a v sensible idea

Obviously pre-empted the EFL meeting to discuss doing just that.

Clubs have to do whatever they can to save money at this level don't blame them at all

I live an hour and a half away. My kids have classes / training on a Saturday morning and I can’t set off until just after 12:00.

I bought a season ticket, as I have done for the last 20 years, on the basis of games kicking off at 3pm. Of course I can make an exception the odd week, but if it’s routine through the winter my ST would be effectively null and void.

I won’t be the only one in this position. I think Town, with a large exile following, would need to think long and hard before following suit.

flipping hell that means kick offs times move from 7am to 4am for me!

Quoted from Poojah

I live an hour and a half away. My kids have classes / training on a Saturday morning and I can’t set off until just after 12:00.

I bought a season ticket, as I have done for the last 20 years, on the basis of games kicking off at 3pm. Of course I can make an exception the odd week, but if it’s routine through the winter my ST would be effectively null and void.

I won’t be the only one in this position. I think Town, with a large exile following, would need to think long and hard before following suit.

Our floodlights are all LED bulbs too. They don't actually cost that much to run.

It would be interesting to know what it costs to power the floodlights, and therefore what the savings are.

Quoted from GYinScuntland

Mansfield moved kick off to 1pm to save money, others expected to follow suit.

It’s in mid October, doubt they’d even need the floodlights then though.

Quoted from gtfc98

flipping hell that means kick offs times move from 7am to 4am for me!

Central time?

Quoted from mimma

It would be interesting to know what it costs to power the floodlights, and therefore what the savings are.

You would think with all the roof space the club would be looking into the possibility of solar power and potential battery storage for all the grounds electrical needs

Whilst there’s no doubt that energy bills are gonna cripple everyone, has anyone looked in to the cost of running floodlights?

Fans at our level are a valuable income stream, if this is just a knee jerk reaction then it could back fire. Save a small amount on one hand but lost on the other…

If the start time is1 pm instead of 3 pm this should mean Mariners TV can televise the full match.

We've got LED lights now, haven't we? Wouldn't cost much to run, in the grand scheme of things. Probably less than a tenth of the electricity of their predecessors. How many clubs have older incandescent bulbs in their floodlights these days?

Installation of solar panels and energy storage would cost a lot of money. Wouldn't generate much power at all during the winter months when the usage is highest so would take many years to pay itself back. Better to wait a few years down the line when, hopefully, panels and storage should be cheaper.

If their not on their not using energy every little helps in combatting climate change.

Stick a wind turbine in the centre spot. Could add a bit of crazy golfness to the game and big hoofs down the middle would have 50/50 chance of getting past the halfway line  

According to the GTFC website from November our Saturday ko's
are 4pm and evening ones 8.45pm.

We must be rolling in money !

Quoted from gtfc98

Our floodlights are all LED bulbs too. They don't actually cost that much to run.

I think we upped the lux level when we changed them and they will still cost a fair bit to run, I would guess that each corner is about 300-400W.

Still cheaper than their halogen equivalents mind.

Quoted from Caveman

According to the GTFC website from November our Saturday ko's
are 4pm and evening ones 8.45pm.

We must be rolling in money !

Have they forgotten the clocks go back?

Quoted from jamesgtfc

I think we upped the lux level when we changed them and they will still cost a fair bit to run, I would guess that each corner is about 300-400W.

Still cheaper than their halogen equivalents mind.

They'll cost a fraction of the amount used in the hospitality areas. Running fryers and ovens and heating will use loads more energy than the floodlights.

At least the PA system is energy efficient. Or I assume it is because you can never hear what they are saying.

Perhaps our new sponsors might take the opportunity to use BP as a showcase for their technology?

I have the solution: 10 exercise bikes around each pylon connected to a dynamo which runs the lights for matches, pedalled by substitutes, the youth and reserves and anyone else that wants to get a bit fitter!?

Sh*t, I'm genius..

They could turn a few off, especially they one the is playing havoc with my cataract.  

Quoted from wuffing

I have the solution: 10 exercise bikes around each pylon connected to a dynamo which runs the lights for matches, pedalled by substitutes, the youth and reserves and anyone else that wants to get a bit fitter!?

Sh*t, I'm genius..

Unfortunately for you this was an idea already in the pipeline from the previous regime.., harking back to JFs days of having a dynamo on his Raleigh Grifter he tabled this idea at the same time as launching the " be mighty Mariner opportunity" initiative, he was thinking he could set up a spinning class with a bank of second hand bikes in each corner, wired to the floodlights with a length of 2 core cable found in Peter Furneaux's old store under the mainstand, charge individuals £15 for a 90min spinning class led by Dave Smith and market it as an opportunity to "power the park".