[Suggestion] A new transformer and maybe new wire

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    I have been building a power plant and distribution network for SMP.
    And as you might understand there is a loot of energyflow through those wires. I am currenctly using EV and, it is still quite allot energy loss.
    I suggest we get a get a new level, UH! (which is Ultra high). Which converts 2048 EU to 8192 and vice versa.
    Then we might need a new wire. This wire will have an insane loss if we use 512 EU packets, but if we use 8192 packets we have for example 5 eu/t loss every 10 block.
    The wire/cable will be very cheap, but the transformator will be expensive!
    Recipies:
    Cable(Tin=iron):
    :Rubber: :Rubber: :Rubber:
    :Tin Ingot: :Tin Ingot: :Tin Ingot:
    :Rubber: :Rubber: :Rubber:
    =16 UH cable


    Transformer:
    :HV-Transformer: :Energy Crystal: :HV-Transformer:
    :Coolant Cell: :Advanced Machine: :Coolant Cell:
    :HV-Transformer: :Energy Crystal: :HV-Transformer:
    =1 UH Tranformer


    This would be very helpfull for SMP servers, and maybe it should be an addon since this is something that only a few of us need. If this idea is something someone wan't to code, I can try to balance this more.
    What you think? It would be very usefull! :) Have a nice day!

    Hmm... could really be useful for servers. I would guess that compressing smaller packets into one large would reduce lag. So this is also a reason for server's to use it (or I'm wrong with that guess).


    But the cable should change, use Alloy and Redstone maybe, for something futuristic, tin is a to realistic approache for such a cable.

    1.The recipe is already used by the HV Cable


    2. A HV Cable has a loss of 1EU/t per block
    Your cable has a loss of 0.5 EU/t
    It should have a loss of 2-4 EU/t


    3. EV is already good enough

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    1.The recipe is already used by the HV Cable


    He might mean normal iron, not refined.


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    2. A HV Cable has a loss of 1EU/t per block
    Your cable has a loss of 0.5 EU/t
    It should have a loss of 2-4 EU/t


    An HV cable has a loss of 1 EU/p per block.
    (S)he said the cable has a loss of 0.5 EU/t/block, which doesn't tell us anything about the EP/p/block.


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    3. EV is already good enough


    Almost certainly. You can go 1024 blocks with an uninsulated HV cable before you get to 50% loss, and this is well beyond the chunk loading range.

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    Quote from Marc010

    1.The recipe is already used by the HV Cable


    2. A HV Cable has a loss of 1EU/t per block
    Your cable has a loss of 0.5 EU/t
    It should have a loss of 2-4 EU/t


    3. EV is already good enough

    1. No, the HV cable uses refined iron


    2. It was just an example


    3. Nah, depends on what you are powering, distanced for example


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    Hmm... could really be useful for servers. I would guess that compressing smaller packets into one large would reduce lag. So this is also a reason for server's to use it (or I'm wrong with that guess).


    But the cable should change, use Alloy and Redstone maybe, for something futuristic, tin is a to realistic approache for such a cable.

    Yep, that's what I first though.
    And yes, that is true. The lag is also reduced if everyone uses a powerplant instead of solar flowers on every house.


    I wrote that tin is iron. FOr realistic purpuse it should be aluminium, but since we don't have that I chose iron, but a change might be good. What do you think wheen you write alloy? Advanced alloy?

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    (S)he said the cable has a loss of 0.5 EU/t/block, which doesn't tell us anything about the EP/p/block.


    If you're going that route:
    0.5 EU/t would mean "1 EU all 2 cables per tick, regardless of the number of packages sent", thus
    0.5 EU/t is even LESS loss then 0.5EU/"p" and even more inbalanced.


    Agreed to the guy above you, 2 EU loss per block would me wthin the scheme (4x capacity, 2x loss = 2x efficiency).


    Don't see a real reason to introduce an even higher voltage level though.

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    Don't see a real reason to introduce an even higher voltage level though.

    If we could get somebody to update Energy Coupler addon, we wouldn't have to worry about this.. since with BC + Additional Pipes you can teleport energy around at much lower losses...

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    this isn't about arrogance or ego, I have a block that I put a lot of freaking work into


    Every Mod Author, in existence. And yet, you STILL say otherwise.

    I think I should rise the white flag... Hehe :)


    Yes, after a little more thinking you are right, all of you.


    Since so few people need this it's no reason to take more blockID and coding time. This should have been a addon suggestion instead.
    Next time I think more before I post, hehe :)
    Thanks for replies everyone!