BigReactors Coolant - Fill or Flow?

[Vircomore]

Hey all,

Quick question for anyone who knows the inner-workings of BigReactors since their wiki is not clear on this:

When it comes to filling a reactor with some form of fluid coolant - does it make any difference if you "Fill" or "Flow"?

Fill = every open spot in the reactor is a source block.
Flow = put a source block along the top ring of the reactor, and let it flow through the chamber.

Thanks!

 

[Darkone84]

I am not 100% sure but when I was playing with it on my 1.5.2 SMP I always filled it. Back than Bigreactors was only in alpha.

 

[Vircomore]

I'll try that out to see if there's a difference. I have a 6-core reactor that currently has ender just along the top layer and it produces 1500 RF/t at full crank. I'll fill it up and see if it makes a difference.

Most difficult part of filling a reactor with ender is if you slip and fall - you're suddenly somewhere else.

 

[wildc4rd]

I use the TE cryo fluid, and have filled it. Didn't think about just the top layer!

 

[Harvest88]

I'll try that out to see if there's a difference. I have a 6-core reactor that currently has ender just along the top layer and it produces 1500 RF/t at full crank. I'll fill it up and see if it makes a difference.

Most difficult part of filling a reactor with ender is if you slip and fall - you're suddenly somewhere else.

Flood gate anyone?