So, I've got a couple extrabees machines running, and as anybody knows who have used these machines they suck up a lot of power. In fact, the two I'm using right now can accept 75MJ/t for one and 100MJ/t for the other. In both cases, the machines claim to be able to accept more power than they actually use per tick, so the storage bar should remain maxed even in operation.
My power network is massively over designed and actually has this as excess capability.
Except the machines don't receive that amount of energy. In fact, they're really getting some very small amount of MJ per visual update, which is more than a tick. This number is a guess, as the machine I'm looking at uses 50MJ/t, and the indicator will climb to 5, 10, or 15, then down to zero.
If I slap a redpower storage right next to the machines (in addition to the normal power feed, which is coming in from below) they operate as one would expect with a tremendous amount of power. When that storage goes to zero, I can put the storage back up for charging - which happens to be on the same "arm" of redstone conduit, further down - and they charge at their normal very fast speed by receiving 100MJ/t, each for two of them, so I don't think it's either distance or overall conduit network size causing it.
The potential reasons that occurred to me, and why I don't think they apply:
The network is out of power - I don't think this is true, because of the speed the redstone storage cells charge
The extrabees machines arn't accepting that amount of power - They do, when the redstone storage cell is directly next to them.
I've had similar issues with magmetic engines used to power liquid transposers. Direct connection means the engine will freeze at some point, as everybody already knows. Using a single piece of conduit stops the freezing, but also means the machines get 2 or 3MJ/t, read by the information tab on the transposer, even though the engine claims to be outputting 4MJ. However, putting a magmetic engine directly next to an energy cell, and then have that cell power the transposer means that the engine runs at full speed and the transposer also receives 4MJ. It doesn't matter if the energy cell is empty or full, except that if its empty it won't really build up a charge - there's nothing extra, as it all goes to the transposer.
My power network is massively over designed and actually has this as excess capability.
Except the machines don't receive that amount of energy. In fact, they're really getting some very small amount of MJ per visual update, which is more than a tick. This number is a guess, as the machine I'm looking at uses 50MJ/t, and the indicator will climb to 5, 10, or 15, then down to zero.
If I slap a redpower storage right next to the machines (in addition to the normal power feed, which is coming in from below) they operate as one would expect with a tremendous amount of power. When that storage goes to zero, I can put the storage back up for charging - which happens to be on the same "arm" of redstone conduit, further down - and they charge at their normal very fast speed by receiving 100MJ/t, each for two of them, so I don't think it's either distance or overall conduit network size causing it.
The potential reasons that occurred to me, and why I don't think they apply:
The network is out of power - I don't think this is true, because of the speed the redstone storage cells charge
The extrabees machines arn't accepting that amount of power - They do, when the redstone storage cell is directly next to them.
I've had similar issues with magmetic engines used to power liquid transposers. Direct connection means the engine will freeze at some point, as everybody already knows. Using a single piece of conduit stops the freezing, but also means the machines get 2 or 3MJ/t, read by the information tab on the transposer, even though the engine claims to be outputting 4MJ. However, putting a magmetic engine directly next to an energy cell, and then have that cell power the transposer means that the engine runs at full speed and the transposer also receives 4MJ. It doesn't matter if the energy cell is empty or full, except that if its empty it won't really build up a charge - there's nothing extra, as it all goes to the transposer.
