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I currently have this setup: EU comes from solar panels and go through electrical engines that feed a redstone energy cell. The problem is that the machines continually suck power even if they are full. What can I do since they are not beside the engines? Edit: Seems like the Themionic...

Thanks. I just realized that after going around a corner with an insulated wire then through a wall of machines, only the one on the corner still worked. Well, it's still better than energizing the whole room :) Edit: Yep that's it, thanks!

With further testing I saw that the insulated wire doesn't send a signal through a block to the lamp on the other side while a red allow wire does it. The wiki says "insulated wire will not energize any blocks it comes into contact with, except along the" ends", I think it's kinda true but it...

I wanted to optimize one of my machine so I changed the red allow wire for a white insulated wire because the wiki says it won't energize each block it touches (which means less lag), however, I found that it does energize the transposers it touches even if the wire just goes over it and I tried...

This is the bluelectric engine we are talking about, it must be the source of the problem. The wiki also mentions problems with reliability with the redstone energy cell which means it can't be trusted at all for use.

I tried that and the energy cell is stuck at 599999/600000 and the engine keeps running and wasting the blutricity. This must be the bug the others are talking about which renders this engine impossible to use.

RedPower in decay? I knew the dev was not very public but didn't know she completely stopped. Too bad, I like the way of generating power in RP a lot more than BC.

I tried an electric engine on TE machines are the engine was still working and wasting power even when the machines were not working, does the same problem occur with lasers?

The guy above you says the energy cell is bugged and that requires an absurd setup to bypass. I don't want to put patches over patches over patches in my base because a mod isn't working correctly. IC2 machines don't suck energy when not used and that's how it should work and I will not use a...

Well ok that comes back to my first problem which is the bad management of energy in BC. I'll cancel all that and stick to IC2 as I thought would happen. Thanks guys.

I tried putting a blulectric engine directly beside a thermal expansion machine and even if the machine is fully charged and not working, the engine is still running. Is that normal? The wiki says the engine is supposed to stop when not used. Is it only visual or is it really wasting energy?

The wiki says the redstone energy cell doesn't work with the engine so I can't do that one.

I want to use a blulectric engine to power the lasers for an assembly table. I read that the engine can't interact with a laser so I must use something to link them. Now the problem is that I find conflicting information about whether or not it would work with a redstone energy conduits. The...

The problem is that engines are slow to build momentum and turning them on/off loses efficiency and time and anyway, all of this is not required in IC2, just get in the room, put ore in machine, get result, leave. I find it hard to go to another less efficient system.

I probably didn't consider that since it requires already having power and advanced TE machines to make which is not something you can do when you start and the wiki points out many issue with these.

When I started Mindcrack I tried using Thermal Expansion since it looked so good but I found out that they were always using electricity even if they were not working and if they were full, the MJ would all gather in the pipe behind and grow bigger and bigger until it blows up so I said screw...

So what is your setup to not lose energy to TE machines even if they are not running while at the same time not requirering human intervention?

4 tin makes 4 cells in IC2 so that's why I say it takes 16 tins to make 16 cells. I added that computer I was talking about and now when no item came for 5 minutes it sends a signal and I know the miner is done. Great!

I did that, thanks! Now I could hook up a computer and if it doesn't get a redstone signal for a couple if minutes it will pulse on a note block so I know when the miner is done! Someone knows the answer for my question about the ender chest bug above?