Getting Started

Getting started

1. Put a photovoltaic generator under open sky during daylight. Run electric cable from the generator to a battery array.
2. Insert a rechargeable battery into the array. An empty array is not a battery. Open it and watch the installed battery gain charge.
3. Add an LED bar to the line as a small load. Check its light, then interrupt the generator connection without breaking the battery-to-LED path. A charged array can supply the load until the charge runs out.
4. Try an electric furnace with a known smelting input. Check for a finished item, not just a lit power indicator.

If you have no charge, check daylight, redstone, cable continuity and whether the battery fits. For a hydroelectric test, put horizontal flowing water immediately below the generator. A still source directly below will not turn the turbine.

For a restart test, note the battery charge and machine inventory, stop the game or server, reopen, and run the same load. Check the output and charge together so an animation alone can't mask a stalled machine.