Energy and conversions etc etc

[DarkDuck]

could you have the engines powering a mj energy block instead and that pumping out 20 mj to the cruicable? would that save juise?

[OranjeJus]

Originally Posted by DarkDuck

could you have the engines powering a mj energy block instead and that pumping out 20 mj to the cruicable? would that save juise?

That's what the [RE] is in my diagram for. A configurable MJ output valve.

I actually thought the crucible was a 32 cap, not 20... (hence me talking about 6 engines for 30 MJ)

Redstone Energy conduit has a special function: It is a 1 way pipe when it connects to something, you wrench it to specify if it's an 'in' or an 'out'. MJ cannot flow back into the engines but! I have not yet seen what happens to MJ produced and put into that network when the Redstone Energy Cell is full. I will know in a day or 2 tho =)

It might be a sink, or it might build up in the engine. I just don't know.

There is also a 5% energy loss using Redstone Energy Conduit, but it's a 1 time cost no matter the distance travelled by conduit and it doesn't explode. So I use it (plus it looks cooler than conductive pipe.)


- OJ

[Irimar]

Originally Posted by OranjeJus

That's what the [RE] is in my diagram for. A configurable MJ output valve.

I actually thought the crucible was a 32 cap, not 20... (hence me talking about 6 engines for 30 MJ)

Redstone Energy conduit has a special function: It is a 1 way pipe when it connects to something, you wrench it to specify if it's an 'in' or an 'out'. MJ cannot flow back into the engines but! I have not yet seen what happens to MJ produced and put into that network when the Redstone Energy Cell is full. I will know in a day or 2 tho =)

It might be a sink, or it might build up in the engine. I just don't know.

There is also a 5% energy loss using Redstone Energy Conduit, but it's a 1 time cost no matter the distance travelled by conduit and it doesn't explode. So I use it (plus it looks cooler than conductive pipe.)


- OJ

A redstone energy cell network is supposed to be able to soak up 1000 MJ in excess power and hold it. Past that, your engines will have nowhere to put power out to.

[OranjeJus]

Originally Posted by Irimar

A redstone energy cell network is supposed to be able to soak up 1000 MJ in excess power and hold it. Past that, your engines will have nowhere to put power out to.

I think you mean the conduit? 1000 is nothing. The Redstone energy cell itself (not the conduit) stores 600k MJ.

Good to know, I'll have a think about and test of the idea and see where I get to. At the end of the day, it's still a simple matter to use a gate next to each engine to shut it down if it gets too hot.


- OJ

[Irimar]

Originally Posted by OranjeJus

I think you mean the conduit?
- OJ

You are correct, conduit is what I meant. It doesn't blow up, it just stops accepting energy. Engines from Thermal Expansion (Steam and Magmatic engines) will scale themselves back if not enough energy is being consumed, eventually shutting down.

[Cheith]

Originally Posted by Irimar

You are correct, conduit is what I meant. It doesn't blow up, it just stops accepting energy. Engines from Thermal Expansion (Steam and Magmatic engines) will scale themselves back if not enough energy is being consumed, eventually shutting down.

Indeed, but if you are using combustion engines they will overheat (as the power cannot be output) and blow up unless you have an auto-shutoff valve.

I looked at the redstone energy cell and decided not to bother as it only holds 600k MJ (which one engine on biofuel would fill up in less than 2 hours of operation). There are also some posts on it being buggy when full and how it reports that.

Cheith