[Resolved]: Miner does not receive power

    I tried for the first time today to use a miner and I'm experiencing an issue which I am reasonably sure has to caused by a bug. No matter how I wire the Miner it refuses to receive power (the lightning icon doesn't turn red, EU meter shows 0 EU/t flow on the cable leading to it).


    I tried the following setups: Solar flower -> Batbox -> Miner // MFE -> LV Transformer -> Miner // Fully charged energy crystal directly into miner bottom slot


    Here is a picture demonstrating the latter setup:


    And here one demonstrating the first one:



    I have tried using a different miner, moving the miner to a different location, using an OD scanner in place of an OV one and a diamond drill instead of a regular one, powering the miner from the side instead of the top, giving the miner redstone power (just in case it needed it), as well as exiting and reloading to force a chunk reload. Nothing worked.


    I'm using IndustrialCraft v1.15 over MC 1.8.1 with


    MCForge 1.1.1
    Buildcraft 2.2.0
    Optifine 1.8.1 HD S B1
    Zan's Minimap 0.10.6c

    Sorry have to ask the obvious first, did you make sure you had the wire attached to the output and #2 Did you try using the same setup with another machine it it's place to ensure it was actually the miner

    That's interesting... You were absolutely right to ask. I went back in and did some tests and I managed to figure out what had gone wrong.
    A). I "succeeded" in improperly wiring both the batbox and the MFE in their respective setups and then when checking for errors to miss both.
    B). I'm guessing Energy Crystals can't power a device directly which is why the setup in the first picture isn't working. That, I did not know.


    Funny thing is I wanted to be sure of this before reporting it as a bug and as such I double checked everything. I guess I'm a little more tired than I thought...


    Sorry for the trouble everyone.