chemie Posted April 5, 2019 Share Posted April 5, 2019 Brothgar video benches the ice machine at more than 200,000 dtu or 20 weeze worth of cooling, all for 240w. Why use an aquatuner at 4x the power and it only moves heat? You can just run the ice machine on a automated pool at 5c, run radiator through it and cool your base, cool your berry water, and cool wheat water. All for one machine 240w and a bit of dup time (not much since 20 weeze is huge). ps dont waste DUP time on the icedrofan, far better to use the cold pool option and radiator it with in coming o2 gas or just radiator passive base cooling vs the ice fan. Link to comment https://forums.kleientertainment.com/forums/topic/104615-does-ice-machine-trivialize-cooling/ Share on other sites More sharing options...
lunazone Posted April 5, 2019 Share Posted April 5, 2019 I'm pretty sure the building is still being tweaked Link to comment https://forums.kleientertainment.com/forums/topic/104615-does-ice-machine-trivialize-cooling/#findComment-1175003 Share on other sites More sharing options...
natanstarke Posted April 5, 2019 Share Posted April 5, 2019 Well im using FOUR of them and my water is at 28 c and climbing up, even with some cold polluted water passing by just a little, so for my experience i would say no, sheer numbers may impress but thats it. Link to comment https://forums.kleientertainment.com/forums/topic/104615-does-ice-machine-trivialize-cooling/#findComment-1175004 Share on other sites More sharing options...
chemie Posted April 5, 2019 Author Share Posted April 5, 2019 2 minutes ago, natanstarke said: Well im using FOUR of them and my water is at 28 c and climbing up, even with some cold polluted water passing by just a little, so for my experience i would say no, sheer numbers may impress but thats it. what are you cooling? if a geyser, then yes. but I am talking about a closed loop. no new water in the ice pool and then radiator for cooling items listed in op...so water would be coming from sieves for berries and wheat Link to comment https://forums.kleientertainment.com/forums/topic/104615-does-ice-machine-trivialize-cooling/#findComment-1175006 Share on other sites More sharing options...
natanstarke Posted April 5, 2019 Share Posted April 5, 2019 They take a super long time to actually produce the ice and the energy consumed is far greater than it seems, again on my base i had tons and tons of petrol and my reserves NEVER got under the max, then i activated my 4 machines to cool all the plastic and refined metal being produced down there " they're conveyored to my principal pool inside the base, ice machines on top". Now only a few cycles after 4 of my reservoirs are empty and falling even chose to stop the cooling for some time to avoid wasting all my petrol. Tuners are super strong because they can combine with turbines for power cost mitigation, heat sink and even help to create a cool source for radiate purpouses if you want :). Link to comment https://forums.kleientertainment.com/forums/topic/104615-does-ice-machine-trivialize-cooling/#findComment-1175007 Share on other sites More sharing options...
chemie Posted April 5, 2019 Author Share Posted April 5, 2019 Just now, natanstarke said: They take a super long time to actually produce the ice and the energy consumed is far greater than it seems, again on my base i had tons and tons of petrol and my reserves NEVER got under the max, then i activated my 4 machines to cool all the plastic and refined metal being produced down there " they're conveyored to my principal pool inside the base, ice machines on top". Now only a few cycles after 4 of my reservoirs are empty and falling even chose to stop the cooling for some time to avoid wasting all my petrol. no reason to cool plastic or metal...they cool to 40c when you build something Link to comment https://forums.kleientertainment.com/forums/topic/104615-does-ice-machine-trivialize-cooling/#findComment-1175009 Share on other sites More sharing options...
pacovf Posted April 5, 2019 Share Posted April 5, 2019 4 minutes ago, chemie said: no reason to cool plastic or metal...they cool to 40c when you build something Well that’s... odd. I feel like that shouldn’t work that way. Link to comment https://forums.kleientertainment.com/forums/topic/104615-does-ice-machine-trivialize-cooling/#findComment-1175012 Share on other sites More sharing options...
suicide commando Posted April 5, 2019 Share Posted April 5, 2019 They have already tweaked them a bit since the latest update. now they take longer to freeze hot water, which means they produce more heat. I don't know how the math currently works out, but I'm guessing that they don't work as well as they used to. Link to comment https://forums.kleientertainment.com/forums/topic/104615-does-ice-machine-trivialize-cooling/#findComment-1175022 Share on other sites More sharing options...
JohnFrancis Posted April 5, 2019 Share Posted April 5, 2019 As stated they are still in flux so lets see where the numbers land. I believe the target will be something to tide you over to mid game without have to strike it lucky with the wheeze gods. Link to comment https://forums.kleientertainment.com/forums/topic/104615-does-ice-machine-trivialize-cooling/#findComment-1175029 Share on other sites More sharing options...
lee1026 Posted April 5, 2019 Share Posted April 5, 2019 Aquatuners are used for heating as much as they are used for cooling, at least in my usage. Ice machine is neat and all, but unless if it can heat things up, they won't replace Aquatuners. Link to comment https://forums.kleientertainment.com/forums/topic/104615-does-ice-machine-trivialize-cooling/#findComment-1175034 Share on other sites More sharing options...
Gurgel Posted April 5, 2019 Share Posted April 5, 2019 Just has been modified by hotfix. Anybody have any now numbers? Link to comment https://forums.kleientertainment.com/forums/topic/104615-does-ice-machine-trivialize-cooling/#findComment-1175215 Share on other sites More sharing options...
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