Help with Gates and Redstone Energy Cell

[cookieb123]

Hey all,

So I am having trouble with using gates, I do not know much about FTB you see. I have a Biogas engine producing MJ that feeds to a redstone energy cell which then provides my machines with energy. Now and then a gold conductive pipe blows up and I believe this is due to the build up of energy. So i researched it and I found some information about gates and I would like to know the following on how to fix my problem:

-What gates do what function
-Where I should put these gates
-And how to I make them

Thankyou

 

[Riuga]

Which version? 1.4.7 or 1.5.2.

Use conduits in 147. Conductive pipes will constantly loose energy IIRC in 152, but won't blow up.

 

[cookieb123]

1.4.7 and I do nut currently have the gold, guess ill go mine for a bit

 

[Dreigon]

Well, there are two solutions to the same problem. You are having conductive pipe explode. The reason is in 1.4.7 the engines will continue to work on the pipes as long as they have fuel and a redstone signal. Teh explode because you have energy building up with no where to go, ie: no machines running or redstone cell full. Ok easiest fix is use conduits they don't explode. However you still have the issues your engines will continue to run and waste energy and fuel. Solution is use logic gates or computers to read your redstone cell. Simplest one is the first gate. if you place it on cobblestone structure pipe, or your conductive pipe(assuming you don't have conduits yet) next to your redstone energy cell. Set the gate to room for energy, emit redstone signal. Make sure you hook up red alloy wire or however you have your redstone signal to engines running to the gate. The gate will then only signal your engines to run when the redstone cell needs energy, and will shut them off when that work is completed. Saves your pipes from blowing and from running your engines when you don't need to. Hope it helps.