GregTech Fusion Reactor

[SpartanBlockhead]

On the FTB wiki, I read that the fusion reactor requires 4 supercondensators to most efficiently convert its 32768 EU/t production rate. It also said that it would only require 16 HV transformers. Is that wrong? When you do the math:

32768/8192 = 4 (number of supercondensators)
32768/512 = 64 (number of HV transformers)

How can 16 HV transformers possibly fully convert all of the power of the reactor? With 16 transformers, you could only get a maximum output of 8192 EU/t. Is this a mistake on the wiki?

 

[Chocorate]

Not sure, but the wiki also likes to miss out on such words as "you", "make", and of/and/but/ etc.

 

[noskk]

Because HV transformer 3 dot face can accept extreme voltage and convert it to 512 eu/p (1 dot faces), thus 16*2048 = 32,768.

And, don't follow the wiki, you don't need supercondensators, just connect the fusion reactor directly to 16 HV transformers (the 3 dot to superconductor wire side from fusion reactor).

 

[SpartanBlockhead]

Because HV transformer 3 dot face can accept extreme voltage and convert it to 512 eu/p (1 dot faces), thus 16*2048 = 32,768.

And, don't follow the wiki, you don't need supercondensators, just connect the fusion reactor directly to 16 HV transformers (the 3 dot to superconductor wire side from fusion reactor).

I'm confused; isn't it about the output rate and not the input rate? An HV transformer can only output up to 512 EU/t, while the fusion reactor can output 32768 EU/t on average. With 16 HV transformers, 16 * 512 = 8192 EU/t maximum output, which is only a fourth of the capability of the reactor.

 

[Peppe]

Like all transformers in their default mode it makes 4 packets of the lower voltage.
Hv 2048 - 4*512
Mv 512 - 4*128
Lv 128 - 4*32

 

[SpartanBlockhead]

Like all transformers in their default mode it makes 4 packets of the lower voltage.
Hv 2048 - 4*512
Mv 512 - 4*128
Lv 128 - 4*32

So it outputs all 4 packets at once every tick?

 

[noskk]

I'm confused; isn't it about the output rate and not the input rate? An HV transformer can only output up to 512 EU/t, while the fusion reactor can output 32768 EU/t on average. With 16 HV transformers, 16 * 512 = 8192 EU/t maximum output, which is only a fourth of the capability of the reactor.

If you connect IDSU (2,048 eu/t) to a HV transformer and then to a glass fibre+MFSU, the 2,048 eu/t will be converted to (4 * 512 eu/p)/t and then sent to the glass fibre cable as 2,048 eu/t but in 512 packets. (the eu-reader will give you 2,048 eu/t reading)

 

[Peppe]

So it outputs all 4 packets at once every tick?

Yes.