Do 2 generators consume half the gas of 1 generator?

[Another Mother's Son]

I occupied the SW corner of the Riverside gated community and... I will confess, I underestimated the efficacy of Farming and Trapping. I converted the park entrance into a garden plot: https://steamcommunity.com/sharedfiles/filedetails/?id=2931660843 This quickly resulted in an overabundance of carrots, that went to my Trapping camp SW of my base: https://steamcommunity.com/sharedfiles/filedetails/?id=2934983607 So I was suddenly tasked with finding storage space for more Rabbits than I can hold. In addition to my fridge/freezer in the house, I found two Popsicle freezers in Riverside. https://steamcommunity.com/sharedfiles/filedetails/?id=2935609168 These things suck a lot of gas... like 30% of the generator capacity per day. I can't really set up a Fishing camp by the Riverside Bait Store until I can keep my base generators running for 3+ days. If I double the generators will they both consume half the fuel? I have plenty of gas

[Another Mother's Son]

Beltneck původně napsal:

...running 2 of them will just double your minimum consumption.

I think that's what I want tho. I have all the gas I need, but just need the freezers to run for 4-5 days without refueling

[_TheBunnymaster_]

Another Mother's Son původně napsal:

Beltneck původně napsal:

...running 2 of them will just double your minimum consumption.

I think that's what I want tho. I have all the gas I need, but just need the freezers to run for 4-5 days without refueling

If the game supported a 'failover' switch to activate your backup when the first generator fails, then you'd get the extra time. Unfortunately the generators will act in parallel with each other and offer NO additional power for your grid. Consider the now ubiquitous diagrams of PZ generator range (five z levels, 20 square unit radius). When you inspect the generator it'll conveniently tell you every appliance and light fixture within that range. A second generator will also give you that number as well, assuming they're placed right next to each other. Running both at the same time merely doubles the consumption for the same grid of power coverage. Turning your 'B' generator on prior to servicing the 'A' generator can have the benefit of lowering the amount of lightbulb death though.
Generally speaking, a generator is not lore-friendly in terms of fuel consumption and needs to be set to .3-.45 or so on the sandbox settings, so that might get you closer to the goal you're looking for.

[Another Mother's Son]

_TheBunnymaster_ původně napsal:

Another Mother's Son původně napsal:

I think that's what I want tho. I have all the gas I need, but just need the freezers to run for 4-5 days without refueling

If the game supported a 'failover' switch to activate your backup when the first generator fails, then you'd get the extra time. Unfortunately the generators will act in parallel with each other and offer NO additional power for your grid.

OK, that makes sense IRL too. A generator will operate to offer the required output regardless of whether it it used. The wasted electricity will not translate to saved gas.

[Lord Jesus III]

If not reducing gas consumption, it'd be pretty cool if running multiple generators in tandem increased generator range/coverage. This way you wouldn't have to run multiple generators across multiple lengths of a large home.
Either that or run power conduits to increase range (a la Fallout 4) to make use of all this copper wire which has no practical use otherwise.

This has nothing to do with gas efficiency. I just want more range lol

[Another Mother's Son]

Beltneck původně napsal:

Running two generators doubles minimum fuel consumption, doubles maximum power capacity. But it does not double maximum run time.

All I can think of is this beast at the microwave relay station SW of Riverside! That's gotta be at least half the size of a gas station tank and the generator looks to be 100X the output of our little Hondas. I'm getting bored and thinking about a road trip! I'm sure it's just decoration for now, but I'd totally base up there and keep communications operational in a future build!

https://map.projectzomboid.com/?#4849x6268x15701

[_TheBunnymaster_]

Another Mother's Son původně napsal:

Beltneck původně napsal:

Running two generators doubles minimum fuel consumption, doubles maximum power capacity. But it does not double maximum run time.

All I can think of is this beast at the microwave relay station SW of Riverside! That's gotta be at least half the size of a gas station tank and the generator looks to be 100X the output of our little Hondas. I'm getting bored and thinking about a road trip! I'm sure it's just decoration for now, but I'd totally base up there and keep communications operational in a future build!

https://map.projectzomboid.com/?#4849x6268x15701

There are SIX of those on top of the Grand Ohio Mall. It's only slightly more well defended though.

[L:D]

If i'm not wrong i know where you make your base, and if that's the case you have two houses side by side.
Now that just a suggestion, but if you don't want to refuel the generator so frequently i would go to the next house, dismantle everything that consumes energy (or remove them from the house) and set up the second generator there. With the house clean, you could put the freezers inside and doesn't care, you could also keep one freezer in your house and a second on the second house as well, it would increase the time generator would run in a long term but you also would need to refill 2 generator that would probably be a little far from each other.

[Another Mother's Son]

L:D původně napsal:

If i'm not wrong i know where you make your base, and if that's the case you have two houses side by side.
Now that just a suggestion, but if you don't want to refuel the generator so frequently i would go to the next house, dismantle everything that consumes energy (or remove them from the house) and set up the second generator there. With the house clean, you could put the freezers inside and doesn't care, you could also keep one freezer in your house and a second on the second house as well, it would increase the time generator would run in a long term but you also would need to refill 2 generator that would probably be a little far from each other.

I was just think about that! Thanks for the confirmation. Running next door is no problem compared to having a couple extra days away from base.

[Another Mother's Son]

L:D původně napsal:

If i'm not wrong i know where you make your base, and if that's the case you have two houses side by side...

This totally worked! I came back from a 2-3 day fishing/looting trip and the main base generator (with indoor fridge/freezer) was still at 69%/ House next door was even higher, running only the popsicle freezer. This will give me a good 5-6 day window to make day trips! Thank you so much

[L:D]

Another Mother's Son původně napsal:

L:D původně napsal:

If i'm not wrong i know where you make your base, and if that's the case you have two houses side by side...

This totally worked! I came back from a 2-3 day fishing/looting trip and the main base generator (with indoor fridge/freezer) was still at 69%/ House next door was even higher, running only the popsicle freezer. This will give me a good 5-6 day window to make day trips! Thank you so much

Glad to hear it worked. :)
I'll also suggest this: https://steamcommunity.com/sharedfiles/filedetails/?id=2883397918&searchtext=generator
If you're ok with mods, this literally tells you how many days/hours you have left on the generator when you check it, it can help a little better than guessing how many time you can be far away from your house.

[Another Mother's Son]

L:D původně napsal:

Another Mother's Son původně napsal:

This totally worked! I came back from a 2-3 day fishing/looting trip and the main base generator (with indoor fridge/freezer) was still at 69%/ House next door was even higher, running only the popsicle freezer. This will give me a good 5-6 day window to make day trips! Thank you so much

Glad to hear it worked. :)
I'll also suggest this: https://steamcommunity.com/sharedfiles/filedetails/?id=2883397918&searchtext=generator
If you're ok with mods, this literally tells you how many days/hours you have left on the generator when you check it, it can help a little better than guessing how many time you can be far away from your house.

After a week or two, it was easy to see how much gas I went through in a day. It helped when I realized half the lights were on in my second freezer house!

[8=====D]

Putting 2 equal freezers or refrigerators, bugs the consume of fuel to the sky. You must put only 1 kind of refrigerator and freezers (1 of each). If you repeat the SAME freezer, it bugs.

[Armagenesis]

La Pochola původně napsal:

Putting 2 equal freezers or refrigerators, bugs the consume of fuel to the sky. You must put only 1 kind of refrigerator and freezers (1 of each). If you repeat the SAME freezer, it bugs.

According to the wiki, at least, it only bugs out the displayed consumption rate. The actual fuel consumption is still the normal one.

I can't confirm though, since I haven't bothered testing this myself.

[Pherdnut]

You're solving the wrong problem. More than a freezer and a fridge and the excess will go bad eventually anyway. Just put your catches and crops into dated bags and compost the oldest stuff when your run out of space. More than 6 plots is overkill for farming unless you're power-training the skill. You've got enough there to feed Alexandria.

[Another Mother's Son]

Pherdnut původně napsal:

You're solving the wrong problem. More than a freezer and a fridge and the excess will go bad eventually anyway. Just put your catches and crops into dated bags and compost the oldest stuff when your run out of space. More than 6 plots is overkill for farming unless you're power-training the skill. You've got enough there to feed Alexandria.

You hit the nail on the head. This was a solo dry run proof of concept. By the end of the first year, I was burning rabbits at the trapping camp and composting 100s of vegetables cuz all my freezers were full. I figure that setup could feed 20+ people. This was more of a time management test, so I didn't really count my total yield. I should go back to that save and calculate how many calories worth I actually generated.