Throttled from HP boiler to Resonant Energy Cell?

[Siigari]

Hey all, I've got a a setup that seems to be throttling at 2096~ RF/t.

Any help you guys can offer would be great. Thanks!

Spoiler: Current boiler setup

 

[YX33A]

Looks like you may want to increase the connections to the cell methinks.

 

[ljfa]

Don't think so, the conduits and cells can transfer 10k RF/t per connection.

 

[Cellfire]

You haven't forgot to change the limit on your energy cell? They default to like 2k I think.

 

[Siigari]

You haven't forgot to change the limit on your energy cell? They default to like 2k I think.

No, it's maxed. When I go over 2096 RF/t input on the cell all the dynamos start draining.

 

[XLT_Frank]

Hey all, I've got a a setup that seems to be throttling at 2096~ RF/t.

Any help you guys can offer would be great. Thanks!

Spoiler: Current boiler setup

When does the math start working?

Suggest that you put an energy cell on each boiler. Each boiler should produce 1440rf/t in your current setup of 18 steam engines.

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[Siigari]

Right, I already calculated 5760 RF/t. But it's being seemingly throttled. Perhaps it's just my understanding of how all the dynamos distribute energy but I know what I see. I dunno, I dunno.

 

[XLT_Frank]

Right, I already calculated 5760 RF/t. But it's being seemingly throttled. Perhaps it's just my understanding of how all the dynamos distribute energy but I know what I see. I dunno, I dunno.

Try using glass covers to create parallel lines of Redstone conduit instead of a mesh.

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[Siigari]

Try using glass covers to create parallel lines of Redstone conduit instead of a mesh.

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Okay but where is my buffer going to be? If the redstone conduit can take 10,000 RF/t then why would making them parallel up until the entry face matter?

 

[ljfa]

How and where did you measure the energy? If you have multiple connections it will split up.

 

[Siigari]

How and where did you measure the energy? If you have multiple connections it will split up.

I played with the input until a few of my dynamos were no longer draining their reserves, nor acclimating them.

 

[namiasdf]

Yeah, this looks like it'll work. Are all your dynamos getting steam? Do you have random redstone signals stopping things from working?

 

[Siigari]

Yeah, this looks like it'll work. Are all your dynamos getting steam? Do you have random redstone signals stopping things from working?

No redstone anywhere. Yes they are all getting steam, I'd imagine.

 

[namiasdf]

Well, the only reason why you aren't getting the throughput you want is (1) not all of your dynamos are working (2) there is a choke point in your energy transfer system. You already justified that (2) is invalid (I would suggest checking again), so it'll have to be (1).

 

[Dkittrell]

Your boilers are at 1000C correct?

If this were me i would go to each dynamo and double check the output on all of them, it will list this on the right side tab. Will will determine if all dynamos are on and working at 100%

 

[zemerick]

When you say the Dynamos are draining, do you mean power reserve or steam?

TE Dynamos throttle themselves down based off of how much internal power they have. Basically, when they are making more power than is being used, they will build up the internal buffer. To respond to the lower demand for power, they throttle down to conserve fuel. At 4,000/40,000RF stored they should run at full speed. With a full buffer, you will get 4 RF/t instead of 80 RF/t. So, they SHOULD lose their internal buffer.

Another test of the system would be to set the resonant cell to output exactly 5,760 ( Use ctrl to change it by 5s ) then watch to see if things stabilize. After the dynamos are all drained, you should see the number in the resonant cell pause on an exact number. Then, check the boilers to make sure their steam levels are not going down.

 

[Siigari]

Right right. Steam is always at 100%. The reserves are what are 0 when I flip the cell to 10,000 RF. I thought I could have it to something like 5760 input and it'd be even, but it shouldn't really matter should it?

e.e I just want to know that I'm making full power. I might try leaving it at 5000 and see if they slowly all fill their reserves.

 

[zemerick]

Right right. Steam is always at 100%. The reserves are what are 0 when I flip the cell to 10,000 RF. I thought I could have it to something like 5760 input and it'd be even, but it shouldn't really matter should it?

e.e I just want to know that I'm making full power. I might try leaving it at 5000 and see if they slowly all fill their reserves.

That won't work. They slow all the way down to 4 rf/t. That would be a total of 288 rf/t. Anything at all over 288 will see the reserves in the engines drop.

The only way to make full power, is to let the internal buffer drain.

Another thing you can check though to see that things are working right: When the dynamos reserve is completely empty, you can click the button in the top right, this shows the current energy numbers. The first one is the "Energy Output", and that should be 80RF/t.

The best thing to watch though, is the energy cell. Set it to 5760 in and out, and make sure the dynamos are completely drained. It both inputs and outputs the tick at the same time. This means the number will never appear to change if the input and output match exactly.

 

[PiggyWhiskey]

Have you tried using the multimeter?
Right click with it on the energy cell or conduits will show you input/output values.
Also with the dynamic power output of the dynamos it will even out the usage so you're only consuming the steam needed that your energy cell is outputting.
For example if I had 1 dynamo at 80RF/t to 1 furnace at 40 RF/t it would fill the internal buffer of the furnace (your energy cell) and as the dynamo buffers start to fill it will dial back on steam consumption to and even 50% dynamo buffer (give or take 1%)