Support Request: Nuclear reactor producing no power [solved]

CommandoDude · Oct 30th 2011

My reactor has 5 chambers. it has 2x squares of water surrounding it on 3 sides except for the entrance into the reactor chamber. It has 4x Insulated cable running up the top chamber to a HV Transformer.

When I inserted some Uranium I got no power. I checked the cable connected to the reactor for a current but there wasn't any. I tried removing all the internal cooling to the point the reactor was smoking but it still wasn't producing any power.

Am I doing something wrong?

EDIT: It's a bug.

Noert · Oct 30th 2011

it's wired to a storage device right?

CommandoDude · Oct 30th 2011

It's wired to a HV transformer, which is wired to a MV transformer, which is wired to an MFEU.

nallar · Oct 30th 2011

It should be wired to an MV transformer, the high side, and the low side of the MV transformer to the MFE. Make sure the transformer is not redstone powered.

CommandoDude · Oct 30th 2011

It's still not producing any power. Am I not suppose to use HV cable?

nallar · Oct 30th 2011

give some images?

ARe you putting in uranium cells?

Do use a sensible design...

CommandoDude · Oct 30th 2011

These are two pictures of my reactor. One from the front, and one from the power room on the other side of the containment wall.

Yes, I am putting uranium cells into the reactor.

Noert · Oct 30th 2011

that's MV transformer's switch is off, right? and incoming is wired into 3-dots?

CommandoDude · Oct 30th 2011

The MV transformer has no switch, that's the MFEU on the right.

Yes, the incoming is wired into the 3 dots

CommandoDude · Oct 30th 2011

I tried wiring it directly to an MFSU and still no power generation.

MJEvans · Oct 30th 2011

Is there anything at all that could be sending a redstone (on) charge to /any/ part of the reactor? That will stop Uranium ticks (but not any other heating elements)

CommandoDude · Oct 30th 2011

No. Is there ANYthing else that could affect the power generation?

Is this some kind of bug?

MJEvans · Oct 30th 2011

Unlikely. However to be safe please do the following.

1) Remove all fuel from your reactor.
2) deconstruct the entire electric grid between your reactor and the first storage unit.
2.b) Also deconstruct said storage unit.

3) Carefully placing the items back together so that you are sure the faces work out:
a. Count the cable sections in each segment.
b. Make sure that the high voltage (3 dot) face of your transformers is facing correctly.
c. Make sure that your initial off-reactor storage can sink (in a tick) the full reactor's output for that tick. The transformers won't buffer, and even if they did, the reactors tick 20 times for each of their pulses and then stop.

Return to us when you can describe what A, B, and C, are.

It may also help to mock up your reactor using the tools in the Nuclear Engineering part of the forums.

CommandoDude · Oct 30th 2011

There are 7 glass fiber cables between the reactor and the MFSU. Which IS facing the right way. There is no redstone anywhere near the reactor, it is encased in water, iron, and obsidian.

It will still produce no power when I insert uranium cells into it.

CommandoDude · Oct 30th 2011

Confirmed. It's a bug.

I hooked it up to an MFEU I installed in another part of my base a long time ago and it started producing power.

So there's some sort of bug where the reactor won't recognize any new storage units, since any I place down and connect power generators to don't get charged.

Goddamned.

Rick · Oct 30th 2011

Reactor containment chamber made from iron lulz?

Make sure you wire it correctly then it will work. Transformers output/input higher voltage from the 3 dots and lower voltage from the 1 dot sides. With redstone power you can change whether it will transform it to higher voltage or to lower voltage.

diablothe2nd · Oct 31st 2011

Signed up just because I've got the same problem. No matter what cable or order i put the MFU and Transformer in, I get no power at all from the running reactor.

I have TMI, RP, BC, and Optifine installed. Wonder if the other mods are conflicting?

diablothe2nd · Oct 31st 2011

AH HA!

problem solved thanks to Voker57 on the IRC chat. you have to connect the power to the NON DOTTED side of the MFE !

BrickedKeyboard · Oct 31st 2011

I can tell you from experience that this IS bugged.

The fix I found was don't have the power cable come out from the bottom only - also have it come out from the side.

CommandoDude · Oct 31st 2011

Quote from Rick

Reactor containment chamber made from iron lulz?

That's just asthetics. The reactor is surrounded by a 6x7x7 box of obsidian. Also, wiring is correct. It's bugged.

Quote from BrickedKeyboard

I can tell you from experience that this IS bugged.

The fix I found was don't have the power cable come out from the bottom only - also have it come out from the side.

I installed Industrial Craft as part of the Technic Pack, so it could be as a result of mod conflict. I'll try this.

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