Sky lights are not?

[young&keen]

Advise wanted please, Would you put skylights in a cubicle shed? Seams the way to go now is not to bother to keep sun out and therefore not creating 'hot spots'? And use lights on to light it to the recommended 200 lux! Anyone no the answer?

 

[multi power]

ffs sunshine is free, electric costs money

 

[young&keen]

Still have to have lights on if auto censer says its to dark tho!

 

[multi power]

most new cow buildings around here have extra skylights, burning electric lights in daylight is madness, thats not to mention cows actualy benifit from sunlight

 

[Sussex Martin]

Put them on the north side so no direct sunlight on the cows?

 

[Blue.]

Do you get any sun on your side of the valley?

How high is the building peak?

What pitch are you having?

I have a 3rd of my roof with roof lights,very light and airy no worse than outside on a hot day.

 

[young&keen]

Only on South side we get sun! 17* pitch think its 30 foot to peak have to check that tho! At mo thinking of just putting them in on north side!

 

[JNP]

We get asked every time to put as many as possible in cattle buildings. Not yet been asked for one without any.
Phil

 

[Blue.]

 

[Fergus Robertson]

Be generous to 30% coverage on the north side. Less on the south side especially if you have hi-yielders and expect 365 day housing. 17o slope helps; lesser slopes + lots of skylights = a cooking pot

 

[rusty]

We put quite a lot of sky lights in but not over cubicles to stop cows over heating. Having curtain sides lets a lot of light in. We were wary of putting in to many skylights because of them getting blown out on windy days as we are quite exposed.

 

[devon boy]

i must admit we have just recently been working in a new cow cubicle shed with no sky lights and on the end where the robots are installed there are a few skylights and in the hot weather it was very hot down the end with and very cool through out the rest of the building we installed agri lights from cowcare systems to provide light in the shed when the light level fell to a level.So contrary to what i thought before working here i would have to say for a consistent temperature in the shed i would have to say that i wouldnt install skylights.

 

[multi power]

are high temps actualy an issue?

 

[devon boy]

Im not commenting on if it is an issue or not i have no idea im just saying i was very supprised at the effect of sky light for shed temparature.

 

[Fergus Robertson]

High temps are an issue as they can reduce feed intake. Also be careful not to confuse the impact of sunlight through skylights, which can be a problem if there are too many skylights, and the impact of heat build-up in parts of a building that are not well ventilated. Ventilation around parlours and robots is too frequently poor (located in middle of building, no ridge vents above, walls on one or more sides, lots of moisture hanging about......