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Hey,

So currently when inserters are placing coal into boilers, the limit is 5. I've been looking through the open code and I can't seem to find a way to increase this. Is there a variable I have access to I can change or is it at least possible to change this for just boilers?

But why?

Just for excess storage in case I run out of power so that I have time to install more power without the boilers running out of coal and sending my factory to a standstill instead of just being slightly under powered.

DaShoup wrote:Just for excess storage in case I run out of power so that I have time to install more power without the boilers running out of coal and sending my factory to a standstill instead of just being slightly under powered.

Can you connect green wire to boiler and manipulator?

DaShoup wrote:Just for excess storage in case I run out of power so that I have time to install more power without the boilers running out of coal and sending my factory to a standstill instead of just being slightly under powered.

Just use a buffer chest and burner inserters. "Problem" solved.

I always fill boilers with burner inserters. In fact it is rare I use burner inserters for anything else once I have power running.

But one of the main reasons to do this is basically... it's more efficient.

This is mostly because an inserter has a drain. 99% of the time it's just sat there needlessly consuming electricity, and the 1% of the time it is actually doing something adds up to less than half the total consumption.

Burner inserters only use "Fuel" when actually doing something. They also work properly during low power situations.