The IC2 HV solar panel, is made the same way, except for the initial solar panel that requires silicon mostly instead of coal dust. How do you get the silicon/silicon plates to make the initial solar panel. Want to get working on some ic2 power, but am a bit lost here atm.
Gregtech solar panels recipe
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First off, you using 1.6.4? If not, my advice will be off... But you need to get some silicon to make into plates of course. If you can't craft them, then you may need a better blast furnace first.
...and silicon is a byproduct of a handful of resources, but they have to be processed a certain way first, IIRC into IC2 dust, then electrolyzed and you then throw it into a blast furnace that is hot enough and enjoy your silicon ingot... Then you need to make a plate with it. And then you can make some solars.
...and silicon is a byproduct of a handful of resources, but they have to be processed a certain way first, IIRC into IC2 dust, then electrolyzed and you then throw it into a blast furnace that is hot enough and enjoy your silicon ingot... Then you need to make a plate with it. And then you can make some solars.
Yes, I am on 1.6.4. So to make Silicon, I'd have to follow the IC2 progression path of breaking ores down? Or am I misunderstanding ya? And what items can be broken down into it ?
Still a bit lost on this, and NEI isn't particularly helpful either.
I know the IC2 path of crushing ores goes Macerator > Ore Washing > Thermal Centrifuge, but I am lost as to what I gotta crush, or electrolyze to get the silicon. Anyone able to help out here purty please
I know the IC2 path of crushing ores goes Macerator > Ore Washing > Thermal Centrifuge, but I am lost as to what I gotta crush, or electrolyze to get the silicon. Anyone able to help out here purty please
I do, but everything isn't always showing. Gregtech for example would have two or three different kinds of 1 item (say a steel ingot) and it makes it really hard to determine what is used where, or even at all. Which is why I'm asking for help in how to get silicon. Cause I'm sure someone else has made it already.[DOUBLEPOST=1398705160][/DOUBLEPOST]I've been trying to figure it out for the last 3 days and I haven't yet. And I know I have the resources to make one if I get past the first stage of silicon.
To get silicon dust, you'll have to use the industrial electrolyzer. Two possible candidates to get silicon dust from are obsidian dust and clay dust. After you got the dust, you will need an industrial blast furnace to smelt the dust. That will yield ingots. As final step, you will want to process the ingots into plates. This can be done via a plate bending machine or an extruder.
Celestialphoenix
Too Much Free Time
I think silicon cells are also byproduct from centrifuging redstone. (you'll want this one; easy chrome, and less power needed)
If you have Thermal Expansion - electrolysing flint dust/sand is probably the cheapest raw material for silicon- at the cost of energy, and no other byproducts.
-then you'll need a fairly well upgraded IBF (NEI should give you the heat capacity needed)
If you have Thermal Expansion - electrolysing flint dust/sand is probably the cheapest raw material for silicon- at the cost of energy, and no other byproducts.
You can electrolyze sand. Getting the infrastructure for a 128 EU/t machine that runs really fucking slow... Such that you need to scale the process to get anything done, anytime soon...
I would suggest going the MJ route, using MJ orientated machine. Have the minimum infrastructure to run the few IC machines you want to. Once you have a strong infrastructure in place, the progression to build up your IC technology becomes a lot less of a hassle.
Though.. Doesn't GT change TE recipes... Nvm, do whatever you want.
I would suggest going the MJ route, using MJ orientated machine. Have the minimum infrastructure to run the few IC machines you want to. Once you have a strong infrastructure in place, the progression to build up your IC technology becomes a lot less of a hassle.
Though.. Doesn't GT change TE recipes... Nvm, do whatever you want.
Will look into obsidian dust. With the igneous extruder from TE, this should be easy. Thanks for the tips
I'm a whore for solars though
... will keep your suggestions in mind as well [DOUBLEPOST=1398711400][/DOUBLEPOST]
Wasn't thinking ahead to chrome yet, but will keep this in mind
Celestialphoenix
Too Much Free Time
Greg changes 3 things of other mods, and TE isn't one of them.
-even then, TE hardmode is still very cheap compared like-to-like with Greg's machines.