Question: What is the purpose of insulation and what does the magnatizer and how does one make the pump work?

Quote from M11xStryker

Hello, I just downloaded IC2 and WOW IS IT FREAKIN AWESOME! I thought IC1 was awesome...but IC2 just makes it look worthless.
However I do have a few questions:

(1) What is the purpose of insulation?

(2) What does the magnetizer do?

(3) How does the pump work?

I realize these are fairly trivial questions, but I am unable to find any documentation regarding these questions. If there is some sort of read-me I did notice, or other form of documentation, please do point me in the right direction.

Thanks!

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1st: More isolation = slightly less loss of eu/block and for HV lesser/no more shocking. But shocking aint implemented by now, so at the moment just a bit better conductivity.
2nd: didnt understand that perfectly, but place iron fences in a stack on top, and you should be able to slide down slowly (press shift)
3rd: theoretically: having water below it, it would pump water 2 blocks above (no source blocks) making a nice decoration (this works by now). and it should (but doesent work by now) fill empty liquid cells with water (by using source blocks below it.).

Quote from Gorni

Hello, I just downloaded IC2 and WOW IS IT FREAKIN AWESOME! I
2nd: didnt understand that perfectly, but place iron fences in a stack on top, and you should be able to slide down slowly (press shift)

@2: You can always use IRonPoles to slide down on them. However, with an active Magnetizer, while wearing metal-ish boots, the pole will accelerate you upwards. Consider it a fast 2way lift.

now thats good to know

Quote from BR41ND34D

another question about the pump: will it also fill buckets? (after it's fixed that is)

Currently, no.
Pumps are meant to use cells only, as cells are "more handy" and stackable.

Quote from BR41ND34D

it would fit the machine though, plus you can't cool a nuclear reactor with cells (according to yer tutorial)

The point is, you cant stack buckets, thus you would have a whole machine setup, using 200 EU, just to fill a single bucket... rightclick much?
Cells can't be directly fill, and filling them manually is a pain. That's where the pump excels.

Quote from Viktor_Berg

I am later going to set up an automated lava cell filling machine using BuildCraft. Does the Miner still pump up lava?

Nope, but Miner+pump next to it does, for exactly this reason.
At least it's meant to, but apparently doesn't.

Quote from BR41ND34D

my reason for asking is quite simple: using BC and RedPower to create a highly efficient nuclear reactor, using solely water buckets (and passive surroundings) for cooling

The question is:
Does the time used by pumps to fill something + pump energy consume outbalance the uses of effective reactors? :3