Battery Energy storage 'cheat'

[ChickenMadness]

When you 'disable' a battery it retains the charge/energy and doesn't emit any heat. Just noticed it. I'm using it next to my exosuit forge.

[Neotuck]

it holds it's charge but doesn't emit any Watts along a circuit 

here's a screenshot with a full disabled battery connected to a gas pump

[ChickenMadness]

6 minutes ago, Neotuck said:

it holds it's charge but doesn't emit any Watts along a circuit 

here's a screenshot with a full disabled battery connected to a gas pump

ye, but it's good for the beginning of the game when you have batteries connected to stuff that only gets used occassionally. Instead of letting it sit there emitting heat.

[SharraShimada]

I wont consider this a cheat. Take a rechargeable battery. It gets warm, if you charge, or discharge it. But it wont get warm, it its just lying on your desk. Same here. Its just charged, but it wont do anything. No work is done > no heat generated.

[Neotuck]

2 minutes ago, ChickenMadness said:

ye, but it's good for the beginning of the game when you have batteries connected to stuff that only gets used occassionally. Instead of letting it sit there emitting heat.

1.25kDTU/s is very little early game and shouldn't be a problem, most early game heat issues comes from improperly tapping into steam vents or using a water sieve without being prepared for the set 40C output 

my current game is at cycle 120 and here's my main power production, the incubators cause the most heat at 4.5kDTU/s

[JukedByLife]

You probably lose more energy from dupes running back and forth to toggle the battery than if you just left it enabled.