reactant dynamos

[DREVL]

You need a fuel and a reactant. How the total get figured out? Is it a total rf between the reactant and fuel? For instance, energized glowstone (750k) and blaze powder (640k) = 1400k at 8rf/t?

 

[Elessar]

TE Dynamos all output at 80 RF/t. The different values for each of the components just determines how long each of them lasts.

So a Blaze Powder will last for 640k RF. At 80 RF/t that means it lasts for 8000 ticks. And at 20 ticks per second it will last for 400 seconds before needing another one.

The same for Energized Glowstone. One bucket lasts for 752k RF, lasting 9400 ticks, or 470 seconds.
(Edit for spelling)

 

[DREVL]

I know values to the fuels and reactants. My question is, do I have to have both fuels and reactants at the same time to run the dyno, or can I run it on just fuels or reactants? If I have to use them both in tandom, what is the formula of the outputted rf , not in ticks, but in total rf?

 

[RJS]

Reactant dynamos need both fuel and reactant. I believe the way it works is that if you put a blaze powder and a bucket of energised glowstone in, the dynamo will run for 400 seconds until the blaze powder is consumed. There would however be 70 seconds worth of liquid glowstone still in the dynamo (going off the numbers above). If you were to put more blaze powder in, it would run until the glowstone ran out

 

[Elessar]

You need both. It is 80 RF/t no matter what you put in it, BUT if it runs out of one of the fuels, in your example the blaze powder will run out first, then it will just not be able to produce any more power until more is put in.

So if you only put one fuel in and one bucket of reactant, then whatever lasts for less time/gives less power is the total RF output.

Edit: ^ What RJS said

 

[DREVL]

Roger...