Keep trying, and failing, to start engine - what am I doing wrong?

[Vitatroll]

It will spike and then drop, but shouldn't be dropping to nothing. It should still be plenty enough to power the station for an hour plus.

I usually set up a hellburn because, ironically, it takes me less time, not be cause it provides more power. That and I somewhat enjoy people screaming at me. If I'm not the CE I usually just hotwire solars. By not CE I mean generally any job with maint access. The engine is just icing unless you need money; the station can run just fine without it. I'm convinced it's mostly there to keep engineers from killing themselves out of boredom every round. It also makes a really pretty night light.