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Hey,
the boilers do not seem to work they produce nearly no steam..

Thanks

I just made a quick test setup, and when powered with 900 kW they produce 30 steam per second, or 1800 per minute.

Do note that the coal-fired boiler produces twice as much steam

Ahhh okay, thats why it runs empty when putting 2 Steam engines behind it..

but isn´t it nonsense if i use a boiler that needs 900kw to fire an engine that produces 900 kw??

It's intended for providing steam for things like coal liquefaction, or advanced oil processing (if using a modified recipe that uses steam instead of water).

While you could use it to make a solar power plant store steam for night-time usage, that's not what it's really meant for.

okay thanks, got it. Thought it was intended as an alternative for the normal boiler.

Is it possible for you to add such a boiler maybe?

Any electric boiler is going to require as much power to run as you get from putting its steam through an engine, unless the designer explicitly gives it more than 100% efficiency.

This mod seems more what you're after, but it hasn't been updated for 0.17 yet:
https://mods.factorio.com/mod/CW-thermal-solar-power

OKay got it, thanks.

Can you update the prerequisite technologies for your mod?

advanced-matrerial-processing-3 should depend on production-research tech.
advanced-matrerial-processing-4 should depend on utility-research tech.

That way it is ensured that you can only unlock them after the base research (bottles) have been unlocked.

Fixed, thanks for pointing that out.

The mod electric furnace not working with latest version 0.17.53-54-55

I use some mods but before those factorio versions the electric furnace worked.
Mod: 5 dim

Hey, love this mod and have used it every time I've gotten back into Factorio in the past few years. I'm having issues cooking stone into stone bricks for some reason in my current pack with Space Exploration, haven't yet tested it outside of my pack but incase this is a common issue it may need some quick fixing. Thanks again for the incredible mod, love it!