04-17-2020, 04:42 AM
Hey Kubius, I don't know if this is a bug, non-intentional weirdness with the powergrid, or actually intentional! But I was setting up the solars and noticed that the massive array to the west seems to be the last in line for power draw. It charges the SMES really well because of it's size, but never seems to get used! The small northeastern solar array on the other hand had maximum power draw no matter what I set the SMES output to, which is really odd considering the engine was running quite well while I was doing this. This basically means that unless you disable the output on the northeastern solar SMES, the power draw will drain the battery no matter what you do, whereas the western solar SMES will have a ton of power stored but none of it is ever utilized in the grid.
Is the northeast array meant to be a dedicated AI chamber setup? That would explain the draw, but it doesn't really explain why the big western array never saw any power draw at all.
Sorry if I've interpreted this wrong and it's all intentional, it just struck me as odd.
Side note: NE array peaks at 90k generated power (but very rarely gets that much) and W peaks at 140k (but bounces between 100-120k most of the time), for those interested in SMES settings
Is the northeast array meant to be a dedicated AI chamber setup? That would explain the draw, but it doesn't really explain why the big western array never saw any power draw at all.
Sorry if I've interpreted this wrong and it's all intentional, it just struck me as odd.
Side note: NE array peaks at 90k generated power (but very rarely gets that much) and W peaks at 140k (but bounces between 100-120k most of the time), for those interested in SMES settings