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Hi Guys!

Would you be able to assist with setting basic reactor logic?
For the start I'm talking about just a single reactor, 4 heat exchangers and 6 turbines (I believe that's the ratio, although please correct me if I'm wrong)

I'm having a hard time not to overfuel the reactor.

I successfully connected the inserter directly to a single steam tank to "work if steam is =< 500" and it works pretty well, except the inserter overfeeds the reactor.
Is it possible to simply add another condition for the inserter, "don't work if uranium cell is >= 1" so it adds just one if steam walls below above threshold?
It would be easier if I could connect logic wires to the reactor, but I can't.

Let me just add that my logic knowledge reaches as far as IF, AND or OR goes

Thanks in advance!

The simplest solution is to connect the input and output inserters together. A fuel cell can only be inserted if another one is removed at the same time. Put your steam condition on the output inserter.

Also use "override stack size" set to 1.

You can connect the input to the output inserter and only let it input fuel when the output inserter holds depleted fuel.

Yes! That works perfect!

I had a hard time wondering why the input inserter isn't reading output inserter's content, I got the basic setup wrong (option has to be enabled on the output inserter so it gets read, not reads - thought it's the other way around).

Anyways, thanks again, have a good one Guys!