[0.6.0] some weird electricity stuff

[gr0mpel]

loaded a savegame and after a while i was wondering why the electric demand satisfaction wasnt at 100%.

a few values: 78 steam engines -> ~39kW; amount needed: 24kW

production was at 24kW (bar was full)
consumption was 24kW (bar at probably 70%)

but EVERYTHING was working just fine so i went for a walk and tried to figure out why.
placed a few poles at my steam engines because i thought they werent all connected. but they were.
so i ran over my factory and placed a few poles here and there..no changes.
but when i tried to view the electricity statistics at one pole. it didnt show me..it was just consumption 0w and production 0w..but EVERYTHING worked as normal
placed a pole that connected that specific one with the others and was able to view the informations..then i deleted it..and about half the factory went black out.
it was only a 2 direction connection..so no 3 poles connected. only 2. and i only deleted the one that i placed.

after replacing this specific one that caused the blackout, i right-clicked it to view the infos..same as above (bar full, bar 70%)..
but the infos screen wouldnt close anymore..walked away from it and it stayed open. could open my inventory and the menu, but on reloading the savegame the game crashed.

summary:
factory worked even though it wanst connected to the eninges but obviously consumed energy because the consumption was only 70%.
because it wasnt connected the enginges didnt produce more - therefore only 24kW prod.
connecting the specific area didnt change the prod/consumption
disconnecting it produced blackout in the specific area.
viewing the elec. info panel on a pole in that specifix area caused it to remain open and finally crash the game allthough menu(even saving the game), and inventory worked fine

really crazy stuff or im nuts
if u would like to see the savegame i can upload it

edit:
it seems that the specific area was only connected via a red wire (not entirely sure cause the pole-network is messy)
dont know if thats the reason/part of the probem/solution/whatever

[kovarex]

If you still have the save, we would be happy to inspect it.

[ssilk]

When I read this: dunno if this helps, but some weeks ago the creepers destroyed an important pole, which connects a big solar field. I found it and repaired, but the networks wasn't reconnected, the stats say that it is two networks, even when I tried several times to built it. I reconnected the network from another side and that worked.

[immibis]

For future reference:

production was at 24kW (bar was full)

This means you're producing as much power as you can.

consumption was 24kW (bar at probably 70%)

This means you're producing 70% as much power as you need.