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Posted: **Wed Jul 22, 2015 12:41 pm**

Idling laser turrets drain energy from accumulators long before energy limit is reached ... the more laser turrets the sooner accumulators lose their charge.

TEST SETUP

Accumulator provides 300 energy.

SETUP WITHOUT LASER TURRET

using more than 300 power -> accumulator stops charging / keeps load -> factory slows down
using 300 power -> accumulator stops charging / keeps load
using less than 300 power -> accumulator charging

SETUP WITH SOME LASER TURRETS

using more than 300 power -> accumulator discharging! -> factory slows down
using 300 power -> accumulator discharging!
using between 299 - 278 power -> accumulator discharging!
using 278 power -> accumulator stops discharging / keeps load
using less than 278 power -> accumulator charging

SETUP WITH LASER TURRETS ONLY

using more than 300 power -> accumulator stops charging / keeps load -> laser turrets lose charge
using 300 power -> accumulator stops charging / keeps load
using less than 300 power -> accumulator charging

Using more than one laser turret in mixed setup

Code: Select all

1 laser turret  / 1 accu					power usage >= 278 - accumulator discharging
2 laser turrets / 1 accu					power usage >= 260 - accumulator discharging
3 laser turrets / 1 accu					power usage >= 245 - accumulator discharging
4 laser turrets / 1 accu					power usage >= 235 - accumulator discharging

4 laser turrets / 2 accus				  power usage >= 520 - accumulator discharging

edit:
using only laser turrets and no other energy consumer act exactly like "SETUP WITHOUT LASER TURRET".

Posted: **Wed Jul 22, 2015 12:45 pm**

Well, yes. Pretty much everything drains power even when idling, including laser turrets. Or am I misunderstanding something?

Posted: **Wed Jul 22, 2015 1:10 pm**

Oxyd wrote:Well, yes. Pretty much everything drains power even when idling, including laser turrets. Or am I misunderstanding something?

In the setup (game.always_day = true) 10 solar panels -> 1 accumulator -> factory, while solar panels are not connected to the factory

* when i use 288 power total with "machines" only -> accumulator charging
* when i use 288 power total with one or some laser turrets attached -> accumulator decharging
* when i use 288 power total with only laser turrets -> accumulator charging

i.e.
* 12 laser turrets drain 288 power and the accumulator is charging.
* 11 laser turrets and one "assembling machine 2" drain 269 power and the accumulator is decharging.

Posted: **Wed Jul 22, 2015 1:22 pm**

I am investigating this together with https://forums.factorio.com/forum/vie ... =7&t=13833

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