Factorio Forums

Hey,

My furnace was doing fine but suddenly it stopped producing? Only 8 out of 16 are producing. What is going on?

Ok, I saw it myself. The inserters are not aligned with the hole in the furnace. But still some are working. Like the one on the top right. Isnt that weird?

You have several inserters stuck trying to insert Coal into the furnaces. Clear out that coal, replace the inserters, and you should be good to go.

1: You don't need to align the inserters with the hole in the furnace, just anywhere is fine.
2: Top row inserters 2-7 are stuck trying to insert coal.
3: Lower row firnace 1-2 don't have an inserter for output and therefore probably have run full.

Moved from General to Gameplay Help

Keep in mind that it is pretty easy for different ores/coal/stone to get mixed together if you are mining where different resource patches are right next to each other. Remember that electric mining drills will mine anything directly underneath them and also one tile out in all directions. This may have been what happened to you here and a piece of coal or two got mixed in.

mergele wrote:1: You don't need to align the inserters with the hole in the furnace, just anywhere is fine.
2: Top row inserters 2-7 are stuck trying to insert coal.
3: Lower row firnace 1-2 don't have an inserter for output and therefore probably have run full.

Actually, the lower left ones also have inserters trying to insert coal

nobodx wrote:Actually, the lower left ones also have inserters trying to insert coal

Oh yes, indeed. Never should settle for the easy problem.