Generation Wiring and Storage

Generation, wiring and storage

Machines use Forge Energy (FE). Do not read an old Electric Advantage electricity figure as the same number of FE.

Equipment	Operation
Photovoltaic generator	Daylight drives output; rain and thunder reduce it. Indoor block light can give reduced generation.
Hydroelectric generator	Requires horizontal water flow immediately below. Default output is 4 FE/tick while operating.
Steam-powered generator	Takes Power Advantage steam; default exchange is 8 mB steam to 1 FE. It stops consuming steam when it cannot store the result.
Battery array	Eight individual battery slots. Each battery stores its own charge; the array can also use compatible external battery items.

Which way is the power going? Generators push FE into neighboring cables or receivers. Cables and scaffold relay buffered FE; they do not pull energy from a passive battery or generator. LEDs are endpoints, not conductors. The network shares a throughput budget rather than multiplying the rating by the number of cable segments.

The electric switch can be toggled by right-click. Applying redstone stops transfer; removing the signal restores transfer. Redstone disables generator output. An array can still receive charge under redstone but will not discharge. Under ordinary operation, network loads are served before arrays charge, and charged arrays can provide backup power.

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