Goya37 Posted August 17, 2019 Share Posted August 17, 2019 Hi guys, hopefully this post is made in the correct way and the photos are visible... I'm still figuring out how to make my circuits run properly. The plan here is to have the base first run on the natural gas. That battery is set 70-100. All the coal batteries have a smart battery attached with 40-70 setting. The issue now is that the coal generators still keep working, and the natural gas generators do not. All the smart batteries in this system are still being filled up via the coal generators. What am I missing? And whatever stupid other thing you see here, please do tell!! I know it isn't perfect, so happy to get comments! Link to comment https://forums.kleientertainment.com/forums/topic/110634-help-power-circuit/ Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dan_Daniel2000 Posted August 17, 2019 Share Posted August 17, 2019 Your batteries seem to be unevenly charged, I would suggest to force the Natgas Gens to run a bit to bring all batteries to maximum charge. Second, setting Smart Batteries to turn off at 100% charge wastes a tiny bit of power, because Generators turned off mid-Animation still finish their Animation and overproduce power. Set it to 90 or 95 as the upper bound. Link to comment https://forums.kleientertainment.com/forums/topic/110634-help-power-circuit/#findComment-1246299 Share on other sites More sharing options...
Craigjw Posted August 17, 2019 Share Posted August 17, 2019 As per what Dan mentioned above. Whenever a new battery is added to the main power backbone, I find it best to temporarily set all control battery parameters to 0/1, so that every battery discharges, then when they have all discharged, reset the battery parameters to their respective values. Now, all your generators will switch on at the correct times because all batteries are evenly charged. The downside to this, is that if you keep discharging for too long, your substations will use all their reserve battery power and you may likely get power outages in critical areas, so to prevent this, do it efficiently. Link to comment https://forums.kleientertainment.com/forums/topic/110634-help-power-circuit/#findComment-1246304 Share on other sites More sharing options...
Goya37 Posted August 17, 2019 Author Share Posted August 17, 2019 Thanks guys, will try that. So it isn't the location/placement of my smart batteries that is the issue?! Link to comment https://forums.kleientertainment.com/forums/topic/110634-help-power-circuit/#findComment-1246329 Share on other sites More sharing options...
mathmanican Posted August 17, 2019 Share Posted August 17, 2019 34 minutes ago, Goya37 said: it isn't the location/placement of my smart batteries that is the issue You've got them all on the same circuit, so you're good. You just need them to even out, as mentioned above. You're doing fine. Link to comment https://forums.kleientertainment.com/forums/topic/110634-help-power-circuit/#findComment-1246339 Share on other sites More sharing options...
KittenIsAGeek Posted August 17, 2019 Share Posted August 17, 2019 I can't tell for sure since you didn't do a gas pipe overlay, but the screenshot also looks like your CO2 output line is backed up -- that will prevent the Nat Gas generators from operating. 2 hours ago, Craigjw said: The downside to this, is that if you keep discharging for too long, your substations will use all their reserve battery power and you may likely get power outages in critical areas, so to prevent this, do it efficiently. A solution is to have a battery on the critical area's circuit. This battery will always be fully charged as its on the 'small' side of the transformer. Spoiler In this example, the battery in the upper-right is a backup for my oxygen supply system and is on the "low" side of the transformer. The transformer in the center runs off a conductive wire line from a hydrogen generator, and the battery in the upper left, connected to the "high" side of the transformer, controls the generator. If, in the future, I decide to save ALL my hydrogen for whatever reason, I can deconstruct the lines going to the box and rebuild them connecting to a different power supply without worrying that I'll lose my oxygen supply. Link to comment https://forums.kleientertainment.com/forums/topic/110634-help-power-circuit/#findComment-1246370 Share on other sites More sharing options...
Gus Smedstad Posted August 17, 2019 Share Posted August 17, 2019 2 hours ago, Goya37 said: So it isn't the location/placement of my smart batteries that is the issue? All objects (generators, transformers, batteries, consumers) on a single connected circuit are effectively adjacent. Distance and location don't matter. Battery position only matters if they're connected to different circuits. Note that the point of transformers is to isolate circuits - power transfers from the big end of the transformer to the little end, but the two circuits are not connected. I think you've gotten good answers to your other questions. Link to comment https://forums.kleientertainment.com/forums/topic/110634-help-power-circuit/#findComment-1246384 Share on other sites More sharing options...
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