and I need to know what are the best engines to use to power them. My choices are limited to electrical and Magmatic at the time being.
Trying to power 3 Magma Crucibles...
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What is the best cable to use to power electrical engines? I don't have access to loads of diamonds and I'm looking for a cable to give 6 engines power.
I'm pretty sure copper cable can fully power an electric engine. Remember that it only matters how big the packets are, not how many travel trough the cable.
The engines consume 6EU/t each, so a thermal generator should suffice for four, but the result will only be 8MJ/t. The crucibles want 30MJ/t, each, to operate at full speed. Iron tubes in the engines will improve that ratio ever so slightly but they only take one each. All other tubes make the ratio worse.
That you're wanting to run multiple crucibles makes me suspect you're trying to turn netherrack into lava in order to generate power. If so, then you should be using magmatic engines instead of electrical. Don't expect much power back that way either, but at least it should give you a net gain.
If you're trying to convert cobble to lava in order to make power, then, well, don't. Either pump it in from somewhere (eg the Nether) or use bees to generate it for you.
That you're wanting to run multiple crucibles makes me suspect you're trying to turn netherrack into lava in order to generate power. If so, then you should be using magmatic engines instead of electrical. Don't expect much power back that way either, but at least it should give you a net gain.
If you're trying to convert cobble to lava in order to make power, then, well, don't. Either pump it in from somewhere (eg the Nether) or use bees to generate it for you.
Yeah, the op already decided to use electrical. What the problem is, is that his engines aren't getting powered. If you could post a picture that'd be great. And also, are you applying a redstone signal to the engines?
Of course they aren't getting powered. He has six electrical engines. As stated, the thermal generator only provides enough power for four. With iron tubes across the board? Still not quite five.
Ummm.. 3 magma crucibles? The only think i could think of is that you're trying to make lava, so.. Just make a pump (cheaper and faster), connect it to a single magmatic engine and an ender chest. You're done, infinite lava in the nether or a lot in 1 - 10 Height if you don't have access to the nether/chunk loader.
Believe me, it's better that way.
And.. if you don't mind the extra hardware, just go straight to combustion engines with oil (if u have diamond, fuel with the refinery).. That way you will never lack energy.
Believe me, it's better that way.
And.. if you don't mind the extra hardware, just go straight to combustion engines with oil (if u have diamond, fuel with the refinery).. That way you will never lack energy.
What's wrong with using cobble? It's easy to generate and you don't have to mine it or go to other worlds. I'm starting my world from scratch and because the recipes were changed for a lot of the items, I have to make due with what I have.
Using cobble takes more MJ than it can create, therefore you're losing energy.
You can easily use enderchests or tesseracts to transport items, energy or liquids.