Wire EU power?

[behedwin]

Cant remember where i read it, but something about how to drag the EU power lines to be more efficent.

Like this:
http://prntscr.com/1wm660

First one goes from power source direct to MFSU and from MFSU direct to machine.

Second one goes from power source direct to machine but have a separate line that goes into a MFSU



Which method is best to use?

 

[Omicron]

The second method creates a loop that will cause the MFSU to output into itself.

Also, why are you still making a new thread every day about single short questions when we have this thread stickied at the top of the forum?

 

[behedwin]

Thanks.
So i take it your answer is that the first one is best.

Is it against the rules of the forum to create a post to ask a question?
Personally i prefer to create a thread for the topic i want to talk/discuss/ask about.

But point me to the rule page and ill read up.

 

[Omicron]

No, there's no rules. To me it just feels... more efficient, I guess, to use existing infrastructure.

Plus, a lot of knowledgeable people have subscribed to that thread and get alerts when someone posts in it, whereas they might not always see every new thread.

 

[Siro]

Cant remember where i read it, but something about how to drag the EU power lines to be more efficent.

Like this:
http://prntscr.com/1wm660

First one goes from power source direct to MFSU and from MFSU direct to machine.

Second one goes from power source direct to machine but have a separate line that goes into a MFSU



Which method is best to use?

It depends on your total throughput and wire distance. The second one is bad because of the loop. But if your power generation is greater than an mfsu can output, you can either run two completely separate lines that don't touch (one with the mfsu) or you can use a second mfsu or hv transformer at the point where you had 1 mfsu to increase parallelism. Efficiency is had by limiting the number of glass fibre cable in each segment to 40 (including those used in increasing parallelism).

Although this advice comes with the caveat that the newer ic2 experimental power network has different mechanics that are still a work in progress and this advice would not apply to that.

 

[namiasdf]

Um.

The first allows you complete control over the power consumption of your system. An MFSU has a maximum output EU/t, so the sum of all your consumption cannot exceed this.

The second one is probably a bad attempt at creating a backup storage system, where:

(a) You have an excess production of EU compared to your consumption

(b) and/or your EU production is continuous whereas your consumption is not and vice versa

What you would need to do is to throw a transformer between the line connecting the producer and the consumer, right below the MFSU. If you want to increase the throughput of that line, you need add more transformers in parallel. The second system is a lot more useful for when you have multiple systems producing and consuming EU. This will allow you to have a variable EU throughput that regulates itself.

Though it is technically possible with the first set up, the second one is more redundant. My system uses a combination of the first and the second to regulate the flow of EU in my system. Keeping in mind that it regulates EU in two ways:

(1) If your production/consumption are not equal or continuous, fluctuation in these rates will be handled by the "backup" MFSU storage (i.e. A buffer)

(2) The error in the second set up shown in the image is called a feedback loop. Though it is different than how it works with signals, the principle is the same. The MFSU is charging itself. Though, I do not know if the programming would cause the MFSU to send an EU packet to itself. i.e. When EU is requested from the MFSU, does the MFSU acknowledge the state of the MFSU as non-full and would send a packet through the loop back to itself and the consumer, simultaneously (since it is a valid path in the wiring). To avoid all problems with this, directing EU flow with transformers or additional MFSUs is appropriate.