TE Redstone Energy Conduit vs BC Conductive Pipes

[the_martines]

Hey guys.

I was wondering if there is any reason to use the Thermal Expansion Energy Conduit?
It is far more expensive to craft than a Buildcraft stone or even golden conductive pipe.

There is not much information about it on the TE wiki:

There is energy loss, it is not distance based; suffice it to say that these are indeed an improvement over conductive pipes.

What is the improvement?

 

[Dafuq?]

The real improvement comes when you use them with the redstone energy cells, as those allow you to store bc energy...

 

[foshka]

Well for one thing conduits don't explode when you put even a modest amount of mj through them.

Plus you don't need dorky wooden pipes to put energy into them.

 

[Evil Hamster]

More expensive - true.

Better in every conceivable way - also true

 

[Vovk]

Pros:
They intelligently distribute MJ, if there is no destination then a redstone energy cell will stop outputting.

They seem to have a constant rate of energy loss equal to around 5%, no matter how long the conduit is. If your system is bigger than 50 blocks long OR if you're using an energy cell, it's almost always better to use a conduit.

You can make a loop in the circuit and your conduit will handle it properly.

Haven't tested with bigger numbers, but they can have a throughput of at least 2000MJ per tick and they don't explode. Golden pipe explodes at 1000 MJ/tick.

Cons:
You can't attach gates to them.