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[BlueLance]

That would work well for some of my hungry systems which are only active during certain periods.

[Denisetwin]

8 hours ago, Neotuck said:

on the topic of transformers you can use a smart battery to keep them cool by shutting them off when not needed.  I had this one running for almost 50 cycles and it hasn't heated up at all

I built but can't make it work, what's the trick?  I hooked the battery up to the "small" size of the transformer, ran the automation wire from the battery to the shut off that is on heavy duty wire that is going into the "big" side of the transformer.  The automation screen shows that the wire is red - off, but the shut off is still keeping the transformer in power?  I think I don't understand how that works.

[Luminite2]

1 hour ago, Denisetwin said:

I built but can't make it work, what's the trick?  I hooked the battery up to the "small" size of the transformer, ran the automation wire from the battery to the shut off that is on heavy duty wire that is going into the "big" side of the transformer.  The automation screen shows that the wire is red - off, but the shut off is still keeping the transformer in power?  I think I don't understand how that works.

I can think of two possibilities: 

1) Sometimes when you first hook automation wire up to something, it won't immediately react. This can be fixed by toggling the signal in the wire. To do this with a battery, just raise both the active and standby values to the same number, which should make the battery quickly switch between standby and active.

2) Transformers have an internal buffer if 1000J, kind of like a really small battery. If you cut power into the transformer but there are no consumers on the "small" side of the circuit, then that buffer will empty veeery slowly, only at the rate of power runoff for the smart battery. It will generate heat until this buffer depletes.

If the automation overlay shows that the wire connected to the shut-off is red, but the shut-off has the green light on, then you're in scenario 1. If not, but in the power overlay the transformer displays some number of Joules that is slowly falling, then you're in scenario 2.

If neither, post a screenshot.

[Denisetwin]

19 minutes ago, Luminite2 said:

I can think of two possibilities: 

1) Sometimes when you first hook automation wire up to something, it won't immediately react. This can be fixed by toggling the signal in the wire. To do this with a battery, just raise both the active and standby values to the same number, which should make the battery quickly switch between standby and active.

2) Transformers have an internal buffer if 1000J, kind of like a really small battery. If you cut power into the transformer but there are no consumers on the "small" side of the circuit, then that buffer will empty veeery slowly, only at the rate of power runoff for the smart battery. It will generate heat until this buffer depletes.

If the automation overlay shows that the wire connected to the shut-off is red, but the shut-off has the green light on, then you're in scenario 1. If not, but in the power overlay the transformer displays some number of Joules that is slowly falling, then you're in scenario 2.

If neither, post a screenshot.

It was number 2.  After the transformer "drained" veeeery slowly as there was not a consumer, the shut off, shut it off.

[Neotuck]

1 hour ago, Denisetwin said:

I built but can't make it work, what's the trick?  I hooked the battery up to the "small" size of the transformer, ran the automation wire from the battery to the shut off that is on heavy duty wire that is going into the "big" side of the transformer.  The automation screen shows that the wire is red - off, but the shut off is still keeping the transformer in power?  I think I don't understand how that works.

 

13 minutes ago, Luminite2 said:

2) Transformers have an internal buffer if 1000J, kind of like a really small battery. If you cut power into the transformer but there are no consumers on the "small" side of the circuit, then that buffer will empty veeery slowly, only at the rate of power runoff for the smart battery. It will generate heat until this buffer depletes.

I agree with ^

I usually set the smart battery to off at 90% and on at 10% this makes sure any leftover charge in the transformer transfers to the battery and also keeps the small circuit running so there are no power downtime 

It's possible to leave the off setting at 100% if your small circuit is connected to machines that are always on and will drain the leftover power in the transformer, but I would still set the on settings at 10% so there won't be any power interruptions