Solar panel wiring

t-master · August 31, 2011 at 12:28 AM

I would make it this way:
32 Solar collectors feed 1 batbox
Another 32 solar collectors feed another batbox
Both of those batboxes have a seperate cable running to a third batbox and from there the EU
get transported to your machines.

So you got 3x 40k EU Buffer, the "central" batbox gets filled with 2x 32EU/t during day and outputs 32EU/t all the time

However you have to consider that night & day don't have the same duration (and I'm not sure if solar collectors generate energy during Sunset/dusk),
so your plan might not work that well.

Offtopic: Am I blind or has the "new topic" button disappeared?

Zane6888 · August 31, 2011 at 12:39 AM

Offtopic:It's gone!!

BR41ND34D · August 31, 2011 at 1:16 AM

Quote from Alblaka

Nope.
The 1st (from the solar panels direction) batbox will still only emit 32 EUt... the other batboxes wont get the 32 EUt overflow. Unless you put 2 batboxes NEXT to each other, wiring both of them directly. That would work, though without buffering.

yeah but I meant as a buffer for the night. the first batbox should catch the surplus energy and give it out during the night...

Zane6888 · August 31, 2011 at 2:13 AM

the "buffer for the night" is gone if you go to bed once

Ranakastrasz · August 31, 2011 at 2:29 AM

Quote from Zane6888

the "buffer for the night" is gone if you go to bed once

I never use beds aside from once to set my initial spawn point to my house. If I really want to use beds, I will activate the Somnia mod, hence why this does not apply to me.

Beds reduce the difficulty of the game, and really don't seem to have been implemented very well. I think some of the reason people find Solar panel OP is that they use their bed, so they are almost always working.

hyperbadger · August 31, 2011 at 4:37 PM

Quote from Alblaka

Nope.
The 1st (from the solar panels direction) batbox will still only emit 32 EUt... the other batboxes wont get the 32 EUt overflow. Unless you put 2 batboxes NEXT to each other, wiring both of them directly. That would work, though without buffering.

Does this mean if you have 2 batboxe's in parallel you'll still get 32EUt?

Gorni · August 31, 2011 at 4:50 PM Official Post

Quote from hyperbadger

Does this mean if you have 2 batboxe's in parallel you'll still get 32EUt?

Not if you have them paralell, but if you have them in line, that whats was menat before. If you place them paralell, each will emit 32eu/t.

Alblaka · August 31, 2011 at 4:51 PM Official Post

If you place them parallel, they will both emit 32 EUt, thus you will not loose any energy at all.
However, they won't buffer up energy, and you will be sitting in the dark when it becomes dark (lol).

hyperbadger · August 31, 2011 at 7:44 PM

Quote from Alblaka

If you place them parallel, they will both emit 32 EUt, thus you will not loose any energy at all.
However, they won't buffer up energy, and you will be sitting in the dark when it becomes dark (lol).

Well when the Luminators work

Viktor_Berg · September 1, 2011 at 2:24 AM

If I recall correctly, there is a mod that adds a light sensor block. You can just use that and wire the signal to the buffer batbox (assuming you have 2 batboxes in parallel). That way, when sun goes down, the sensor activates and (if needed, inverted) redstone signal dies, which makes the batbox release power.