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I using advanced electric mod. for factorio v. 1.1.5 I used that mod with some mod packs like Bob, Angel, Krastorio 2 even in vanilla. The problem is what ever the mod pack or in vanilla or without advanced electric mod the problem still there. I have 5 boilers and 25 staem engins providing 95 MW. I need 30 MV for my base. But why I have only 5 steam engins on 25 working. So I have only 21 MW. Not enough energy. If I adding 1 boiler and 5 steam engins only 1 engin will work.

I have that problem often in the begininnig of the game. And not enough research to unblock other energy system like nuclear or solar panels.

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Moved to Gameplay Help.
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In the gameplay help they take about a ration 1:20:40 1 boiler 20 steam engines and 1 offshore pump.
I have 5 boilers with 5 steam engines on each and 2 offshore pumps. My question is why all steam engin except 5 not working producing not enough energy?

25 steam engins MK2 producing 95 MW. But only five working for 21 MW. And I need 30 MW. But if the 25 steam engins working toghether have 95 MW.

Your answer dont resolve that issue.

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Boilers use 60 water/sec. Offshore Pumps push out 1200 water/sec. So, you can have 1200/60= 20 Boilers in a line off of one Offshore Pump.

One Steam Engine uses 30 Steam/sec. Boilers use 60 water/sec and produce 60 Steam/sec. 60 / 30 = 2 Steam Engines per Boiler.

1 Offshore Pump provides the water for 20 Boilers, which supply steam for 40 Steam Engines.

HOWEVER - and without a pic I cannot tell if this is the case, but it sounds like it - Steam Engines ONLY produce power when there is a demand. Meaning, they must be within the blue of a connected power pole. You have 5 Boilers. That means that at peak demand only 10 Steam Engines (2 per Boiler) will be functioning. Are you sure that they are all connected to the electrical grid?

EDIT - those numbers are for vanilla. Using a Steam Engine Mk 2 suggests you are using a mod somewhere. If the power pole connection is not the issue, you might want to take it up with the mod author(s).

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I have 25 steam engins with 5 boilers. 5 engins on each boiler. I can produce 95 MW. but they only produce 21 MW Why?

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I need 30 MW. 21 MW is not enough. But when I connecting furnaces the steam engins only produces 21 MW not the 95 MW I can produce Why? That's the question. I only need 30 MW.

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If I disconnect those furnaces the steam engins produces 95 MW. Its not suppose to be. They engins supposly produce 95 MW all the time.

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Mabbe7 wrote:
Thu Dec 10, 2020 10:00 pm
I have 25 steam engins with 5 boilers. 5 engins on each boiler. I can produce 95 MW. but they only produce 21 MW Why?
Not enough boilers. You need one boiler for every 2 steam engines (assuming vanilla Factorio).

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Mabbe7 wrote:
Thu Dec 10, 2020 9:46 pm
In the gameplay help they take about a ration 1:20:40 1 boiler 20 steam engines and 1 offshore pump.
You've misunderstood the ratio. It is one offshore pump to twenty boilers to forty steam engines. A usual layout is running a line of twenty boilers off a pump, and then connecting two steam engines to each boiler.

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He’s playing with mods, so the vanilla numbers may not help him.

TC, post a screenshot please, of your power plant. I don’t think we’re going to be able to provide more assistance without seeing what you are doing.

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What is the maximum temperature for your MK2 steam engines, and what is the steam temerature produced by the boilers you are using?

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