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Hi all,

I'm trying to automate my steam engines so they kick in if accumulator charge falls below a certain level (specifically 10%). This actually wasn't too hard, but kind of an annoyance I'm having is they flicker off and on a lot when my network's charge gets low.

Right now the way I'm doing it is if signal A (from accumulator) is <10, the steam engines activate. Is there another way to do it either with a time delay, or something like "once on, don't turn off until >15%"?

Thank you.

Use a rs-flipflop, one input goes to your "switch on" combinator (<10%), the other input goes to the "switch off" combinator(>15%). One of the outputs from the flipflop goes to the powerswitch which hooks your steamplant on and off your main power network

What you need is the S-R latch section of this thread:
viewtopic.php?t=14556

This will allow you to have the power switch on at a minimum level and turn back off at a maximum level