Hello all, I've been playing for about 1-2 weeks and decided to finally stop lurking. I hadn't seen this idea yet and thought it might be worth while.
Low Voltage Battery (Working Title)
The block has 1 input side, which faces the user when placed and 5 output sides.
Max EU in = 32.
Max EU out = 5 (Or 4 if they really prefer!)
Max storage = 4,000 EU. (Fills in 125 packets, discharges in 800)
Primary function is to power Luminators and low use, low energy machines. By sending low voltage packets it is able to make use of Tin wires, but is useless for high end equipment. It is not suitable for high end, high voltage machines and simply can't move EU fast enough for those functions. As it functions like a specialized Batbox rather than a transformer, they can't pump packets through it like mad. (IE downstep x4, downstep x4, downstep x4 then deliver 64 low end packets at once )
The recomended configuration of the device is as follows:
With as boards, as tin cable and as a standard RE Battery.
You'll notice that I intentionally made this design expensive. It has a circut and a RE Battery and still only holds 4,000 EU at full(compared to 13,333 EU per battery in a Batbox). I recomend having a slot to boost it with a battery, but not one to recharge a battery...as it is so weak.
When compared to a Batbox this is a far more expensive solution, price and energy storage. However, as I said this is for low end devices (Luminators included). This should give players more flexibility in options without forcing them to burn more EU's then they use, in certian situations. Also it makes tin cables a lot more useful as for now they seem only viable to bring renewables to a batbox.
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If this makes sense to anyone else, please let me know. This is the first time I spoke up here.