Industrial blast furnace & grinder

[Evil Hamster]

I built both of these multiblock structures, and found I can attach the "machines" to all 4 sides. The machines take up to 128 EU/t each, should I power each one from it's own MFE to get full speed or will one MFE be able to feed all 4?

If I need 4 MFEs, do I need 4 MV transformers or will one work for all 4?

This is all being fed from one MFSU with plenty of generation capacity behind it.

 

[geoffreak]

My understanding is that if you send a 512EU packet (from a MFSU, per tick) to a MV transformer, it will turn it into 4x 128EU packets (per tick), one for each machine. You could also hook up 4 MFEs to the same line to produce 4x 128EU packets (per tick). IC2 wires aren't like the real thing and don't have a maximum bandwidth, only size restrictions on each packet. You can in fact (at least in theory) have infinite packets (per tick) going down a wire, as long as each packet itself won't surpass the wire's limit.

 

[DoctorOr]

You don't need 4 MFEs, you just need to supply a constant 128EU/t. Any ongoing process will reset if power is interrupted (unless you edit the GT config). One MFE will absolutely *NOT* be able to power all four simultaneously. It wouldn't even power two.

One MFSU and MV-transformer will supply all four. Still, MFE's built with lithium instead of energy cells are nearly free, so....

 

[Evil Hamster]

They started working much better once I added a few MFEs and re-ran the power circuit. I know the MFEs are technically not necessary, but I like having a disposable cheap machine in between my power system and my machines in case of accidental cross-connection. Call it a lesson learned in previous worlds