EU (IC2) Power Creation

[Atte]

Hey All,
So I'm pretty far into the Unleashed 1.5.2 modpack, but I am having a problem. I am running 10 Mass Fabricators and a ton of other IC2 machines with 8-10 overclockers. All this is creating a TON of EU usage as you could imagine, and I need more of it. What is the best way to make tons of EU in the Unleashed modpack? Currently I am running a steam turbine at 100% and 20 Ultimate Hybrid Solar Panels and it isn't enough. I could always add more U.H. Solar Panels but I am wondering if there is a better way.

[EDIT] This is enough to run my base but I would like to have the mass fabs going faster, and also having some excess EU.

Thanks in Advance!

 

[Bickers]

you should split UU matter creation from your machines power one mass fab is enough more power you give it faster it will go i currently have 27 ultmate solars and it goes crazy fast just remember mass fab takes 512 eu max per packet if you connect solars directly to the mass fab you can give it a massive ammount of eu

 

[Yusunoha]

you should split UU matter creation from your machines power one mass fab is enough more power you give it faster it will go i currently have 27 ultmate solars and it goes crazy fast just remember mass fab takes 512 eu max per packet if you connect solars directly to the mass fab you can give it a massive ammount of eu

this. you only need 1 mass fabricator, and if you want more UU from it you just shove more EU in that little block and cram some more scrap in it. having more then 1 mass fabricator is less efficient.
but the best vanilla IC way of getting loads of EU has to be nuclear. if you've IC addon mods installed, it'd be UHSP and if you've other mods installed besides that, you could try going the MJ steam route and use a powerconverter

 

[Celestialphoenix]

Depends on fuel/materials
Solars= most expensive, but no fuel
Nuclear= uranium, cost depends on design.
Boilers= cheap/efficient fuels- but iron/steel heavy.

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Personally I like boiler route- its something about building massive overcomplex systems to produce a stupid amount of power. Nukes are fun too.​

(I might of been running a matterfab at full moo+ at least 1200MJ/t extra into magma crucibles/AE ect... fuelled via liquid boilers from ecstatic bees and a witch shard fuel booster)​

 

[xbony2]

Hey All,
So I'm pretty far into the Unleashed 1.5.2 modpack, but I am having a problem. I am running 10 Mass Fabricators and a ton of other IC2 machines with 8-10 overclockers. All this is creating a TON of EU usage as you could imagine, and I need more of it. What is the best way to make tons of EU in the Unleashed modpack? Currently I am running a steam turbine at 100% and 20 Ultimate Hybrid Solar Panels and it isn't enough. I could always add more U.H. Solar Panels but I am wondering if there is a better way.

[EDIT] This is enough to run my base but I would like to have the mass fabs going faster, and also having some excess EU.

Thanks in Advance!

TEN mass fabricators!?! Someones playing way too fast. Slow down, buddy. Try gregtech

Try pumping lava from the nether to the overworld. That's worked great for me.

Edit: Going Nuclear would be a great idea too.

 

[Atte]

Thanks for the answers everyone, I will take out 9 of them and pack in 10-50 solars on it. Just to clear somethings up, this wasn't a cry for help, this was a post for suggestions to be able to run 10 mass fabs faster.

[EDIT] Its my first time using the forums and it was a great experience, thanks!

 

[Atte]

I probably shouldn't ask this here, but it seems like you people know; what's the difference of packets of energy vs energy per tick

 

[Bomb Bloke]

How much gets sent, versus how often that value gets sent.

Typically machines are happy so long as they get the packet size they want, whereas the frequency usually doesn't matter so much (though some machines will reset their progress to 0 without a stable supply).

Machines can be spammed with energy packets, but if a single one of those individual packets is larger then the size it'll accept, then you've got a crater to deal with.

 

[MagusUnion]

Try pumping lava from the nether to the overworld. That's worked great for me.

Second this. I usually pump every resource like this right off the bad, even if I don't "plan" on using that resource until much later...

 

[Physicist]

Like xbony said, you seem very tech-hungry. Try the Unhinged Pack (has gregtech) and work to a Fusion Reactor.