I've been experimenting with my first attempt at building Reactorcraft reactors, and playing with different ways of managing the enormous power output from the turbines. While doing so, I've run into something that's completely confusing my understanding of how Electricraft power merging and splitting works, and I'm hoping that someone can explain what I'm missing here. (This is Electricraft V6a and Reactorcraft V6e.)
I have two turbines running at full speed here, producing ~930 MW each:
When each turbine/induction generator pair is connected to a single motor, I get 930 MW out of each motor:
However, if I connect the cables together and then split them between the motors -- combining the amperage from the two induction generators -- EC shows the correct combined amperage on the lines (~3600 amps), and it splits correctly at the junction into two flows of ~1800 amps, but each motor outputs only 450 MW! The entire output of one of the two turbines is effectively being lost.
What am I missing here about the way that power merging and splitting works?
I have two turbines running at full speed here, producing ~930 MW each:
When each turbine/induction generator pair is connected to a single motor, I get 930 MW out of each motor:
However, if I connect the cables together and then split them between the motors -- combining the amperage from the two induction generators -- EC shows the correct combined amperage on the lines (~3600 amps), and it splits correctly at the junction into two flows of ~1800 amps, but each motor outputs only 450 MW! The entire output of one of the two turbines is effectively being lost.
What am I missing here about the way that power merging and splitting works?