Re: Floodlights : Wed Jan 17, 2018 9:21 am  

Has rent been re-instated? Weren't we dossing at Odsal rent free last season?

Re: Floodlights : Wed Jan 17, 2018 10:28 am  

Scarey71 wrote:

Has rent been re-instated? Weren't we dossing at Odsal rent free last season?

That was widely rumoured but never saw it quoted as actual fact anywhere credible. But another way of looking at is the central funding that the RFL withheld from the the new company was just them getting there rent up front.

[Bulliac]

Re: Floodlights : Wed Jan 17, 2018 10:40 am  

Scarey71 wrote:

Has rent been re-instated? Weren't we dossing at Odsal rent free last season?

Don't think it's re-instated, and it probably won't be until we get back into the championship. Then we'll be back to being resposnible for all the maintenance. All that said, I can't imagine we'll get off with buyng what they might call consumables, printer ink and paper, the leccy bill, light bulbs and tea for the tea lady's urn, etc.

Re: Floodlights : Thu Jan 18, 2018 2:24 pm  

amberavenger wrote:

Good idea, we could call it BulbBuilder

Re: Floodlights : Thu Jan 18, 2018 2:27 pm  

I suggest we get sponsored by JD Gyms, and get them to replace all the seats in the stand with exercise bikes, hooked up to generator wheels. 2000 people in the stand generating at the rate of 40W each is 80,000 watts.

It might get a bit dimmer after the hour mark.

[Bullseye]

Re: Floodlights : Thu Jan 18, 2018 3:21 pm  

It's getting dimmer on here that's for sure.

[Bulliac]

Re: Floodlights : Fri Jan 19, 2018 11:14 am  

A glimmer is better than nothing.

In any case, the exercise cycles sound like a decent idea - With January starts, Summer rugby gets a tad on the cool side in the stand sometimes so it might warm us up a bit. In fact a few of those wind farm machines on the stand roof would definitely be an earner..

Re: Floodlights : Fri Jan 19, 2018 12:09 pm  

On a very rough and ready calculation I reckon that solar panels on the stand roof would generate at a rate of around 400kW on a sunny day. Whether the old roof could stand the strain of course is a different question, but it faces towards the south and is already at an ideal angle.

What with solar panels, wind generators and the exercise bikes, we could soon be powering half the city

Re: Floodlights : Fri Jan 19, 2018 12:52 pm  

Ferocious Aardvark wrote:

On a very rough and ready calculation I reckon that solar panels on the stand roof would generate at a rate of around 400kW on a sunny day. Whether the old roof could stand the strain of course is a different question, but it faces towards the south and is already at an ideal angle.

What with solar panels, wind generators and the exercise bikes, we could soon be powering half the city

Then when we get back we can certainly claim 'Super League; with Bull Power!'

I have 16 panels which generate about £1700 per annum, and they are old/inefficient. Imagine the income.....but then imagine the cost to cover the roof with em???

[Bullseye]

Re: Floodlights : Fri Jan 19, 2018 1:13 pm  

Is there the means to store the power from the panels and use it when it's dark? I always thought the problem with solar and wind power was storing the power until it was needed? Or is that just on a very large scale?