Big Reactors in Sky Factory 2.5

[Masterown35]

Are they really a practical use for energy? I ask because I recently started to mess with them, and while I was able to make an efficient design with a 7x7 reactor, it seems like it takes a lot of attention to maintain it and make sure you don't waste fuel.

I know they can be automated but I've seen a lot of mixed answers and suggestions on how efficient it is depending on how it's done.

Going back to the practicality part, for what I'm doing right now, a set of 10 lava generators is able to maintain my power just fine and I never seem to run low when using multiple machines. The only reason I'd use the reactor is to make my base cleaner and it wouldn't take up as much space as my lava generator setup is right now. The other problem is getting a surplus of yellorium which is somewhat difficult for me in this pack. At least in my current situation.

 

[Mr_Tiny]

Reactors are pretty effiecient if you do set them up. THere is no right way to set them up but depending on the coolant inside they will give more rf per milibucket of yellorioum.(http://br.sidoh.org/) If you go to that website you can set up the reactor the way you were thinking and it will tell you how much rf you would get for the yellorium, and changing the coolant inside you will see makes a difference. May I ask what pack you are using? I could maybe look into it and help you out.

 

[Masterown35]

I'm using the Sky Factory pack. I've watched tutorials and pretty much know what I'm doing(saying that lightly) and I pretty much figured it out.

 

[Teyrz]

There's actually a simple and effective way to moderate your fuel usage. If you're using a passively cooled reactor (not the turbines), simply add 2 rednet ports beside each other on the reactor, put two rednet cables attached to the ports. Next, assign the first rednet port on the white channel to "Input: Change control rod insertion", then assign the second rednet port (again on that same white channel) to "Output: Energy Amount (%)".

This sounds a little technical, but it's actually quite easy when you install it. It will automatically adjust your control rods based on how much power is in the internal buffer of the reactor--- the higher the internal energy buffer is, the further the control rods will push down. as the buffer depletes, the control rods lift and allow more power to flow.