Hobbyist's steam engines producing hardly any power

[kahrkunne]

The upload thingy isn't working for me, so can't do a screenshot. Will try again later.

Basically what I have going on is 6 hobbyist's steam engines connected to stone conductive pipes. These pipes are connected to:

A rolling machine (which is using a bit of power because it's internal buffer falls from 500MJ to 499MJ)
Some forestry machines which are doing nothing
A pulverizer
A powered furnace
And a pump which every now and then pumps some extra water into the engines.

All engines say they are producing 1.6MJ. The pipes are pretty short. The furnace is using 0.8MJ and the pulverizer is using 1.7 MJ at max (or so they say)

You can tell me a lot but 5*1.6 doesn't equal 0.8+1.7.
Where is all my power going?[DOUBLEPOST=1367607410][/DOUBLEPOST]Edit post thing isn't working properly.


Here's the screenshot.
You can't really see it clearly but it might help.[DOUBLEPOST=1367607454][/DOUBLEPOST]Also, the pipe to the quarry is broken so that isn't stealing my power. I thought about that.
All pipes are driven by redstone engines.

EDIT: I may have fixed it by removing the genepool (on the left with the waterproof pipes near it and the pipe that goes into nothing)
I ran out of ores to process and iron to roll in my rolling machine, but if the genepool eating power was a known issue, feel free to close this.

 

[Yusunoha]

if you are low on power, then any of the extra bee machines that require power shouldn't be used, they suck up alot of power, and I mean ALOT
also, BC conductive pipes are not a wise choice to use for transferring power, if you can you should immediatly use TE conduits, since they transfer MJ with no loss.
but if you choose to use BC conductive pipes, then the stone pipes are not the ones you should use, since they really lose alot of power compared to golden pipes.
now if you had alot of power generating, then that wouldn't be a problem, but seeing as you're still using the RC steam engines, you're not that far with power generation yet.

 

[myrddraall]

"Some forestry machines which are doing nothing" some forestry machines will consume power even when not doing anything

 

[Dravarden]

try using steam engines from TE, use an aqueus acummulator from TE for water, use golden conductive pipes (since is a short distance), remove forestry machines (like the thermionic frabircator, that sucks energy like a boss)

 

[NosePicker5555]

Holy mother of god!
I didn't read the post as it looks it's been solved..
Quote this and tell me and I will smack my laziness in da face.
I like how you're a crazy scientist with all those pipes everywhere and such.
I love playing the game light that.
Nice!

 

[Mageleon]

1. That steam engine isn't really suppose to make alot of power since it is like the "Starter" steam engine if you get some lava production going you'll be alright untill you get steel.
2. I see there is a extra bee machine there they take ALOT of power and it takes power if it isn't in work

 

[Azzanine]

if you are low on power, then any of the extra bee machines that require power shouldn't be used, they suck up alot of power, and I mean ALOT
also, BC conductive pipes are not a wise choice to use for transferring power, if you can you should immediatly use TE conduits, since they transfer MJ with no loss.
but if you choose to use BC conductive pipes, then the stone pipes are not the ones you should use, since they really lose alot of power compared to golden pipes.
now if you had alot of power generating, then that wouldn't be a problem, but seeing as you're still using the RC steam engines, you're not that far with power generation yet.

While I agree that conduits are the superior choice for MJ distribution. To say they have no loss is a lie, they have a passive 5% loss as energy is put in. So if 100 MJ goes in it's only sending 95.

@OP I say you totaly and utterly re do your rig becasue I can't make heads nor tails of it...

 

[Hydra]

While I agree that conduits are the superior choice for MJ distribution. To say they have no loss is a lie, they have a passive 5% loss as energy is put in. So if 100 MJ goes in it's only sending 95.
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Still oodles better than the STONE conductive pipes the op is using. With the added benefit that they dont blow up when you output more than you use.

 

[Dravarden]

Still oodles better than the STONE conductive pipes the op is using. With the added benefit that they dont blow up when you output more than you use.

if you place an engine, 2 pipes and a machine, is better to use wooden + stone/golden, since the lost is 0%

 

[Hydra]

if you place an engine, 2 pipes and a machine, is better to use wooden + stone/golden, since the lost is 0%

The loss is quite unimportant since they BLOW UP. BC pipes were mrginally useful before. Now they're just terrible.

 

[Dravarden]

The loss is quite unimportant since they BLOW UP. BC pipes were mrginally useful before. Now they're just terrible.

or you can set them to turn off when not in use?

 

[AliveGhost]

Stone conductive pipes loose like 1% of the power each block they travel. That equates to a LOT, like a LOT. Best to use golden conductive pipes, as some others said, or again, as others said, TE Energy Conduits.

 

[Hydra]

or you can set them to turn off when not in use?

Or you can not bother with a stupid mechanic and switching off engines that are designed to keep running and just make some conduits.

 

[Dravarden]

Or you can not bother with a stupid mechanic and switching off engines that are designed to keep running and just make some conduits.

I guess you place an engine and 2 conduits doing into a pulverizer and loosing 5% instead of simply using 2 pipes and a redstone signal with no energy loss