Most stuff requires power. Some more than others. It would be nice to be able to measure how much a group of entities requires.
Trying to do this would require separating the equipment to a separate power grid, which is certainly doable. The issue then becomes supplying that grid separately. There are only cheaty ways to do so easily.
Basically what I am looking for is something similar to the power switch, but instead of breaking the connection on command, it measures the power consumption. Both right now and over time.
Power meter
Re: Power meter
I made a mod which kinda does that:
https://mods.factorio.com/mods/Yoyobuae ... ransformer
Open it's UI and set a signal type and it will output that signal with the power transferred across it as it's count. For example, set it to signal P and it would output P=1.8M (1.8 MW). It shows the current power averaged over more or less 1 second.
https://mods.factorio.com/mods/Yoyobuae ... ransformer
Open it's UI and set a signal type and it will output that signal with the power transferred across it as it's count. For example, set it to signal P and it would output P=1.8M (1.8 MW). It shows the current power averaged over more or less 1 second.