well magically the recipe is working now. 
I put 6 storage upgrades in the recycler with 16 OC's and 2 transformers running off a fully charged MFSU. It's cranking through most of a stack till the internal storage runs out, then slows way down. I'm going to put it on it's own MFSU. And I def need to automate the scrap/UU setup, it's too time consuming feeding it manually right now.
Yikes, my AV did not like that link.
Also, I tried 15 OC's and the max I can get the machines to operate with is 13? After 13 it locks up. I'll try again in my single player game, that was on my friends server.
Too many overclockers or too few MFSUs will make it lack energy.
If you are using IC² experimental, MFSU is now 2048 EU/t , but still, machines with 13 OCs consumes quite a lot of energy.
Hey, I'm just trying to make scrap as fast as possible for hybrid solar panels 
I tried 15 OC's and all it did was lock up the machine lol. I may try another MFSU in parallel or maybe a reactor and MFSU just for the recycler and mass fabricater, with some kind of auto feeding system. Still learning the ropes. Also becoming interested in the v2, which i believe is the experimental version you mentioned?
Energy storage upgrades aren't vanilla IC2.
Actually they are.
QuoteAlso, feed them directly from MFSUs and use transformer upgrades.
I am.
I thought you meant you could place the Reactor Chambers without them touching a normal Nuclear Reactor.
And yes, my sig fits my descriptions well
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lol. No. Here's what I originally wrote.
"Yes Spwn, took me a couple minutes to figure out that additional reactor chambers must touch the main reactor.
Hi, I have several machines overclocked to 13 and 2 transformers running straight off an MFSU via glass fiber cable. I've noticed that some of them will start hiccuping and the red energy icon will begin showing low to no energy so I thought I would try a couple internal energy storage upgrades. Unfortunately neither my ME crafting table nor the regular table will craft it? Is this a bug, or is it just my game? I have not encountered anything else thus far other than the advanced solar config issue that I have fixed. Gregtech is disabled.
Oh ok, thought you meant the extension ones
I did. According to IC those are labeled Reactor Chambers. 3 Reactor Chambers assembled with a generator and advanced circuit are a Nuclear Reactor. Then, to increase the number of cores, you add additional Reactor Chambers to the outside of the Nuclear Reactor, with each Reactor Chamber having 3 columns respectively.
You are living up to your sig. 
On another note, this reactor is a leap above the Beginner Reactor. 5x the EU for twice the cost. I wish I had built it first. 
By reactor chambers do you mean the reactor blocks themselves? Ultimate Hybrid Solars beat any other power sources anyway space wise
Yes, they are called reactor chambers are they not? There are 3 inside the basic reactor block, then an additional 6 (edited from 3 :/) reactor chambers can be attached to the outside of that original reactor, making 9 columns total inside. Semantics really, I'm sure you already know this.
Yes, the Ultimate Hybrids are pretty amazing. And expensive. I just built a matter fabricator and recycler so I can manufacture iridium and something else.
I've also just discovered underwater mining in my creative world.
Choc, re-read my comment.
Yes Spwn, took me a couple minutes to figure out that additional reactor chambers must touch the main reactor.
So, report.
12 uranium cells
15 overclocked heat vents
15 component heat vents
5 heat exchangers
1 reactor heat exchanger
1 component heat exchanger
Pretty cheap IMO, I wish I had built this one to start with.
So far, no degradation or heat or adverse affects that I can tell. I thought it was cool till I hooked it to an MFSU, then threw 5 Ultimate Hybrid Solar Panels on a seperate MFSU to see which would fill faster.
Choco, HA!
Ok, so because I am a noob I hadn't done the thing I see a lot of people talking about, going in creative mode to experiment.
I now have a working 9 chamber reactor. We'll see if it blows a huge hole in my creative world.
Containment? Nah. 
I would like to upgrade my current reactor to one with more chambers. I currently have 3, and would like to upgrade to 9.
Is this as simple as taking reactor offline, placing back in crafting table and adding more reactor chambers?
Is the footprint still one block?
I want to upgrade my reactor from the "Beginner Reactor 3", that I built using the recipe from the New Design sticky, to the "HIgh Efficiecy zero running cost" from the same sticky. The Beginner 3 has worked well for two builds, but I'm getting to the point 100 EU/t isn't quite satisfactory. OK, it works, but I want more power
Thanks in advance. 
As an aside, for the second build, in that world I skipped the standard solar panels completely and went right to the beginner reactor. Time and resources much more well spent IMO. I haven't done an actual cost benefit analysis, but my previous experience building an array with 0ver 100 panels, for what you get, I wont ever do that again. After that I built a few advanced panels for my miner.
I have a very positive report!
The reactor is online and functioning perfectly. My fuel rods are at around 2/3's, and none of the components show any degradation. This seems like a nice low maintenance and economical to build power supply that fits my current needs very well and will allow me to divert time and resources from building solar, carrying lava and worrying about finding fuel sources.
Thanks so much for the forum and recipe.!!!!!!!!!!!!!
Now I just need to figure out a circuit that will turn on the reactor automatically when the MFSU gets low.
I currently have enough uranium for around 18 cycles, and I expect to find a lot more.
3.33 efficiency isn't bad. You could technically do better, but it's a nice compact setup.
Reactors output to every single side. Use a lever attached to the reactor for the redstone.
I'll try the lever directly attached if the indirect method doesn't work. I have visions of removing the lever and bricking the reactor back to a blank white cube. BTDT with a couple expensive machines, an FMU being the biggest heartache.
I coud have gone bigger and more complicated but I am definitely in unfamiliar waters here, so for a first build I decided to be very conservative and use this to learn.
Thanks for the reply!
edit: not sure why it double quoted, still learning the controls here. 
- I can't answer your first questions,I am on an iPad.
- You need to apply an indirect signal-i.e.going through a block
- Obsidian blastproofness is nerfed in IC.
Thanks!
In the sticky for new designs it is labeled Beginner Reactor 3.
I'll try the indirect, I think I like that better than a lever on the reactor as mentioned by another reply.
Obsidion nerfed? LOL, all that work *facepalm*.
/gets out diamond drill
Good morning!
I've just spent half the night assembling everything for this reactor from the New Reactor sticky. Beginner Reactor 3:
I have a couple questions.
First, is this considered a Mk 1 reactor and is it a good first build, or am i in over my head?
Second, the reactor instructions on IC wiki say use a redstone signal to tun the reactor on and off. For some reason I can't make this work with only one block of space all the way around he reactor. I'm sure the solution is simple it's just eluding me at the moment.
And lastly, I can't find any info on which side of the reactor is the output? Probably staring right at it but my eyes are crossing at this point.
I still need to install the fuel rods and make the final connection. I've built a 3x3x2 containment room with one layer reinforced stone walls, floor, ceiling and door, and outer shell of obsidian with a hooded arrangement for the power cable.
Thanks in advance for any help.
