Posts by velusip

Quote from Altaree

the shut off circuit will save energy if you have loss on the cable. Loss is charged per packet. If you lose 4 eu on the cable, you will lose 4 eu if you are sending a packet of 5eu or a packet of 512 eu....

Yes, the circuit is intended to prevent EU wastage when transfering large, full packets of EU out of a transformer. This is assuming that transformers always send full packets, unlike storage blocks which can send partially filled packets.

Assumptions:
- HV Transformer (configured EV to HV) transmits 512"V" packets containing 512EU ALWAYS. (yes? no?)
- MFSU transmits 512"V" packets containing anywhere from 1EU to 512EU depending on the request. (yes? no?)

An example would be a Battbox sends a 32"V" packet containing 1EU to an induction furnace to keep it hot. The Battbox is now not full and makes a request up it's supplying cable for more power. Since it is not connected directly to another storage block -- which would have sent a single EU of power this tick -- it instead requests a full 32"V" packet containing 32EU from a transformer. 31EU is wasted in this request. Again, this is the assumption about transformers that I need confirmed.

The topic my thread was initially asking has many prerequisites, so I'll try to get them answered in order.

Meanwhile, my testing is not going well because it's so very miniscule and requires huge samples to determine.

I built this auto shutoff circuit to prevent large packets of EU from being wasted to fill that last little bit of an EU storage block as it is being slowly drained from another consumer block. Perhaps it is unecessary?

Thanks FenixR, your reply is much appreciated.

One more I forgot to include on the topic of your reply... if a requesting machine is connected to a LV transformer which is fed 128 and outputting 32"V" packets, is there ever a time when four 32"V" packets are not sent? e.g. will the LV Transformer hold three 32"V" packets and just send the one until more requests are made? Or will 128"V" packets always output as four 32"V" packets leaving 3 of them to disappear if not needed that tick?

Hello. I have some questions about how cable splicing works in IC2.

Does a transformer always send maximum "voltage"? Will a transformer outputting 128"V" ever send a partially filled packet? Even when cable splitting is next in line?

Does the EU within the packet get divided at a cable split? e.g. Does a
128"V" packet containing 128 EU get split into two 128"V" packets each
containing 64EU? (128EU/128"V" -> split -> 64EU/128"V" + 64EU/128"V")

Must you always place an EU storage machine before a cable splice to ensure only appropriately filled packets are sent to requesting machines? e.g. If two machines want different levels of power after a splice, will the cable split offer precisely enough EU to each machine so long as the origin is a storage block? Or will both machines get equally filled packets with wastage on one line?

What happens when a transformer is before the split and only one machine of the the split lines requests power? Does the large packet get split up evenly and the remaining EU is lost on the non-requesting machine? Or do the split packets contain variable amounts of EU, effectively not splitting the EU down the non-requesting line? Should a feedback loop be installed to counter any loss after splits?

How does power pass through a split when each cable connects to a machine that requires different amounts of EU? Are the EU amounts variable after a split?

I'm just trying to account for a lot of missing power even after all cable loss is calculated in a very massive grid. I was trying to use as few storage devices as possible to simulate brownouts in an active grid, but the power usage is unreal and I have a feeling the cable splices after transformers are to blame.