dearmad Posted August 1, 2018 Share Posted August 1, 2018 I have smart battery and generator, but I do not know what type of wire or switch to make it so smart battery tells generator (natural gas) to turn off? automation wire to generator? or regular, or what? I've been looking for basic video but there are only advanced crazy things I can't even comprehend, Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Nutter Posted August 1, 2018 Share Posted August 1, 2018 Automation wire from the smart battery to the generator. Then you control the generator with the sliders on the battery. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
dearmad Posted August 1, 2018 Author Share Posted August 1, 2018 Oh wait I see you have to double wire it with both... wow, the layers... thanks man!!! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
thebebinator Posted August 2, 2018 Share Posted August 2, 2018 You can also run the automation wire to transformers to cut off drain from certain circuits. This is something I intend to play around with more. Seems like it could really boost efficiency. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SkunkMaster Posted August 2, 2018 Share Posted August 2, 2018 34 minutes ago, thebebinator said: You can also run the automation wire to transformers to cut off drain from certain circuits. This is something I intend to play around with more. Seems like it could really boost efficiency. be aware that you lose the whole charge on the transformer doing so. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
martosss Posted August 2, 2018 Share Posted August 2, 2018 You can try reading my electricity tutorial - it gives the rules, shows the basic setup of smart batteries and then an advanced setup that makes your base run mostly on normal wires, so there should be a little bit for everyone. For a basic setup - link the smart battery with your generator using a logic cable, also link the smart battery to the circuit using (heavi/normal/conductive) wires. Then set the top/bottom sliders of the smart battery to 100%(Disabled state - reaching more than this stops the generator until the other value is reached) / 5% (Active state - when the smart battery reaches less than this, it becomes active and starts generators that are logically connected to it, so it can get charged. Charging stops when the first value is reached). Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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