Well I screwed up a bit. I thought I was being sooo smart getting a nice fancy high quality timer. It can hold a bazillion events in its memory and even be set to change its times based on the changing night sky or the rise/fall of the moon.
Unfortunately it was a bit smarter than me I'm afraid. You see it also knew about daylight savings time of course. My normal light period is 9 pm to 9 am. So last night when we went off daylight savings time (fall back), my timer automatically went back an hour. As a result, the lights went off at 9 am as usual and thus my girls got 13 hours of light instead of 12. So now what? Should I start their next light period at 9 pm, giving them a full 12 hours of dark but ultimately getting them an hour off of their original schedule, or start at 8 pm, keeping them at their original schedule but shorting them an hour of dark today?
In summary, what's the best light schedule given I've already given them an extra hour of light:
a.) 12dark, 13light, 12dark, 12light
b.) 12dark, 13light, 11dark, 12light
c.) 12dark, 13light, something else
Also, anyone got a feeling how likely this mistake is to screw up my girls?
Thanks!
Unfortunately it was a bit smarter than me I'm afraid. You see it also knew about daylight savings time of course. My normal light period is 9 pm to 9 am. So last night when we went off daylight savings time (fall back), my timer automatically went back an hour. As a result, the lights went off at 9 am as usual and thus my girls got 13 hours of light instead of 12. So now what? Should I start their next light period at 9 pm, giving them a full 12 hours of dark but ultimately getting them an hour off of their original schedule, or start at 8 pm, keeping them at their original schedule but shorting them an hour of dark today?
In summary, what's the best light schedule given I've already given them an extra hour of light:
a.) 12dark, 13light, 12dark, 12light
b.) 12dark, 13light, 11dark, 12light
c.) 12dark, 13light, something else
Also, anyone got a feeling how likely this mistake is to screw up my girls?
Thanks!