Coal Furnace Energy Consumption

[BioVenomTechnologies]

I noticed that the furnaces (excluding electric), have an energy consumption.
They stop working automatically once the coal runs dry, not when the power goes out, if you manually insert/remove it in.

So, realistically they should not affect the energy consumption.



Thoughts?

[Teurlinx]

They don't consume electricity. The coal (and wood and solid fuel) have their own energy value though.

[ssilk]

There are different types of fuel. https://forums.factorio.com/wiki/index.php?title=Fuel
You can use to warm up water to generate electricity or - like anything with a burner (furnaces, car, train) - use the containing energy directly.

[krux02]

k = 1000
W = J/s
M = 1000000

8MJ / 180 kW = (8000000*J*s) / (180000 J) = 400/9*s = 44.44s

that's the time one coal lasts in a furnance.

[BioVenomTechnologies]

Thanks for the update.

Good to know I was the one making the mistake.