[1.4.2] Attempting to make a quarry..

[Stanton]

I've been working on creating a quarry that I can let run unattended using combustion engines but I am running into some issues with cooling them down. No matter what I do, the aqueous accumulator I am using to add water to the combustion engines stops adding water after a short amount of time. Is this a bug? I really have no idea why it would work for a while, then stop working without being touched. It's not that there is too little water being added to keep up - there is literally no water being added after a while. My accumulator is surrounded on all sides by infinite springs and it is only pumping about 7 blocks away into two engines. The same problem is happening with a nearby refinery of mine.

Any suggestions? Thanks!

 

[Rikki21]

Running unattended, so you leave the chunk? I know the quarry is a chunk loader, but depending on how far away your engines and aqueous accumulator are it may not be inside the quarry chunk. Maybe leave a world anchor near those?

Or are they running out of water as you watch it?

 

[Stanton]

I believe the accumulator with the quarry is within the chunks that are loaded when the quarry is running. I can't say the same for the refinery. I'll stare at the engines and see if they deplete with me looking at them.

 

[Stanton]

Alright, their water levels randomly started dropping. I didn't go more than 20 blocks away from the accumulator at any point between starting it and this happening. Odd..

EDIT: I just turned them off and water began adding again. Is it possible that one accumulator cannot sustain 2 engines? It seems to me like it should be able to but I suppose you never know. I can't find any information on the rate at which engines use water or on the rate at which accumulators expel water.

 

[PieExplosion]

Sounds like your AA is in a diff chunk that isn't always loaded. How many engines?

Edit: And what pipes?

 

[Stanton]

2 engines running on fuel, cobblestone and wooden waterproof pipe. do low tier pipes cause a bottleneck?

 

[Rikki21]

Well, build another accumulator and see if that fixes the problem. Since you're running a quarry you should have the resources. And if you have enough, build a world anchor and plop it down too, just in-case.

Edit: Ouch, use golden pipes. Since the accumulator will expel water no matter what pipes, never use wooden unless you need to pump out liquid. And yes, low tier pipes can't hold as much liquid.

 

[Harro]

does the accumulator have a watersource block next to it/under it?
That improves the speed it gathers water.

I'm running 1 accumulator with 2 steam engines no problem.

 

[Stanton]

My accumulator is surrounded by a 3x3 square of source blocks (it's the center). Golden pipes seem to have done the trick, at least so far. Thanks for the tips I'm a little new to FTB.

 

[Hydra]

I'm running 1 accumulator with 2 steam engines no problem.

He's using combustion engines, not steam engines. I have 3 steam engines on one AA but for every combustion engine I have one AA to feed them since having one per two engines isn't enough. Once combustion engines start to heat up they start using a LOT of water.

My accumulator is surrounded by a 3x3 square of source blocks (it's the center). Golden pipes seem to have done the trick, at least so far. Thanks for the tips I'm a little new to FTB.

Just having two next to the AA is enough, no need at all to have that many. Just make sure you have one AA per combustion engine. They're cheap to make anyway.

 

[Edoc]

one AA can take care of 3 combustion engines, my setup is a 2:6, never had a problem.

 

[Evil Hamster]

If you get the resources (a bit expensive to set up but works indefinitely) 12 advanced solar panels feeding a MFE, feeding 4 electrical engines. works great and requires zero babysitting.

 

[netmc]

Also, check the version of TE against the changelog. The last several versions of TE have played with the output of the AA. If you have the latest version, or the version with the magic pack, you should be fine. If you updated to one of the in-between versions, you probably want to update to the latest.