Power generator circuit connections
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Re: Power generator circuit connections
It can be accomplished with a single decider. (A < T1) or (S > 0 and A < T2) -> 1 S, with the output fed back into the input. T1 is your low power threshold and T2 is your high power threshold. An output of S signifies the need for additional power production. People have been using setups like this for years to throttle their steam power while transitioning to solar.Spychotic wrote: Sat Jun 28, 2025 11:06 am There's no way to do this - well, there might be but it's far too complicated if there is - using the accumulator readouts.
Re: Power generator circuit connections
It took me a while for me to figure out what you were communicating, but I got there. This does not allow me to do things that I want to do because it depends on the accumulators being partially charged. It also lags the actual power consumption.computeraddict wrote: Sat Jun 28, 2025 3:35 pmIt can be accomplished with a single decider. (A < T1) or (S > 0 and A < T2) -> 1 S, with the output fed back into the input. T1 is your low power threshold and T2 is your high power threshold. An output of S signifies the need for additional power production. People have been using setups like this for years to throttle their steam power while transitioning to solar.Spychotic wrote: Sat Jun 28, 2025 11:06 am There's no way to do this - well, there might be but it's far too complicated if there is - using the accumulator readouts.
Re: Power generator circuit connections
You can use a Tank to read the Steam level of the system - and control the Water being fed to the Boilers by toggling a Pump on/off for a number of Ticks. When the Steam level is too low, increase the rate of Water flow; and decrease it as the Tank fills up until it levels off. Be careful not to try to Pump the Steam! You will experience brown-outs under heavy load (whoops…)
1 Pump at “Normal” speed will move 20 Units of Water per Tick (assuming that there is space in the Output side) that it is operating, which increases to 200 Units of Steam - you can calculate the Power output of your Generators/Turbines purely based upon how much Fluid is going into the system.
1 Pump at “Normal” speed will move 20 Units of Water per Tick (assuming that there is space in the Output side) that it is operating, which increases to 200 Units of Steam - you can calculate the Power output of your Generators/Turbines purely based upon how much Fluid is going into the system.
A similar technique can be used to calculate the load on Fusion Reactors / Generators: read the Cryoplant using the “Read Finished” for pulse every time it finishes a batch of Coolant.
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Re: Power generator circuit connections
That is an indication that you are using more than you are producing, yes. You have not communicated how this would be insufficient.Spychotic wrote: Fri Jul 11, 2025 7:58 pm because it depends on the accumulators being partially charged
Yes? What's the problem with that?