I understand that in general, but it confused me when I wired "identical" collectors together, and they behaved differently - because of different individual contents. Maybe add an info tooltip detailing the behavior? I'd like it even better if there was a checkbox to toggle the behavior ...

Another thing: Why is the same behavior not implemented for Requester Chests? There read contents and set filters is exclusive.

I understand that in general, but it confused me when I wired "identical" collectors together, and they behaved differently - because of different individual contents. Maybe add an info tooltip detailing the behavior? I'd like it even better if there was a checkbox to toggle the behavior (...

I'd expect this collector to filter for Carbonic & Oxide asteroids, but it doesn't: There is nothing on the red wire, it's just to enable circuit network.