... 1: Prologue Like all bases, mine started with steam. At this point I was paying little attention ... when the power went out. Then I discovered solar+accumulators. I learned that by using solar, ... from the wiki: Electricity is provided on a priority basis. The demand for energy is satisfied ...

... are on the wiki. Electricity is provided on a priority basis. The demand for energy is satisfied by generators in following order: Solar panels – Top priority; they always work at maximum ... of the network, in which case they match demand. Steam engines and Steam turbines – They match whatever ...

... power producer tip) that informs people the priority for what system generates what power first (solar before boiler). -We still get a lot of questions in the steam forums on why their accumulators don't seem to be working ...

... Each Accum = 300kw of Production capacity, Solar Panels 60kw, Steam engines 900kw, and Turbines 5.82Mw, all of which get ... affect those numbers. Accumulators are the lowest priority on the system, but their ability to be both production ...

... extremely complex AND lacking; Hook your steam generators to one side of a power switch, ... '[P] < 1' Neither complex nor lacking. Vanilla priority: solar panels > steam engines > steam turbines > accumulators ...

... to even lower power production, until your steam power plants endup shutting down. (Being short ... you have enough surplus coal miners and/or use priority splitters to prioritise coal to the boilers, ... production at night (ie excluding the solar panels) is only 115.2MW, which is less than ...

... mods. Apparently you cannot simply change the priority of accumulators like you can with power ... from most important to least important: 1.) steam turbine priority is the same as or lower than ... below accumulator priority Vanilla priority: solar panels > steam engines > steam turbines > ...

... on neighbors have any power production. A solar field at day is enough to trigger this rule. ... priorities. Solar production has a higher priority to be consumed than steam power.

you could change the usage_priority under energy_source of "trafo-target-"..i.."-sw" ... are just a pair of electric boiler and steam turbine. There is no priority adjustment there. ... if there is an excess for example, or only from solar cells. I'm assuming it can be modified ...

you could change the usage_priority under energy_source of "trafo-target-"..i.."-sw" ... are just a pair of electric boiler and steam turbine. There is no priority adjustment there. ... if there is an excess for example, or only from solar cells. I'm assuming it can be modified ...

... the input and output terminal should have a priority setting. So for example I want to take power from the emergency steam engines (so input priority high enough to draw ... if there is an excess for example, or only from solar cells.

In factorio the electric network has some priority. E.g. steam engines don't produce power if solar panels produce enough. Or assembler don't get any power if laser ...

Is there any priority according to which electricity network powers ... of them? Network #1: 1. Water pump 2. Boiler 3. Steam engine Network #2: 1. Solar panel 2. Accumulator The consumer is a lamp which can be ...

Is there a way to vent steam from cooling towers? You can run it through a steam engine, but if your base is solar-powered this only works at night because steam engines have lower priority than solar panels. The flare stack won't vent steam, ...

Is there a way to vent steam from cooling towers? You can run it through a steam engine, but if your base is solar-powered this only works at night because steam engines have lower priority than solar panels. The flare stack won't vent steam, ...

... (all three of them) are very basic. Take the steam boiler to start. The boiler is the most basic ... machines are used throughout the game for low priority or niche purposes, and setting them up ... of the game, at least until you have access to solar panels, and quite likely all the way up until ...

... into a circuit network. I hooked up a steam tank to get an idea of steam production/useage, ... what are you trying to track? If you have any solar+accum on the network (even a few of each) ... about fluids is to use pumps to create "priority" areas that need them out of the source, ...

... isolate circuits... I would often have a small priority coal plant whose ONLY function is to provide ... main plant... Also, as you start to deploy a solar/accumulator system, having a coal system on standby can be useful... (hunting down the LAST steam plant on the grid can be annoying, particulalryy ...

... isolate circuits... I would often have a small priority coal plant whose ONLY function is to provide ... main plant... Also, as you start to deploy a solar/accumulator system, having a coal system on standby can be useful... (hunting down the LAST steam plant on the grid can be annoying, particulalryy ...

... (4 stacks) * 100 accumulators (2 stacks) * 100 solar panels (2 stacks) * 5 radars 5/6/12/1.2 assemblers ... of things that are moving too slowly. The priority here is research--the rocket silo is a ... that's the version. It was before the boiler/steam engine overhaul, and pumps annoyingly required ...