Battery rooms?

[Gimpyknee]

I've seen occasional mentions of battery rooms. Mine are just hanging around outside. Do they deterioate outdoors? Overheat? What's the advantage to bringing them in?

[starlight78sso]

It's just an aesthetics thing.

[grrantu]

I usually put one or two in each bedroom since they don't have to be accessed so they won't disturb sleep and the room is just mostly empty anyway.

[Alaskan Glitch]

I like to create battery rooms not just for batteries, but also electric storage. Since I will be repairing batteries, windmills, and solar panels frequently. I also store my fuel in my battery rooms where I keep my back-up engines for recharging.

Sometimes I will keep important power switches in my battery room, but it depends on how everything is laid out.

My battery room exists primarily to keep a roof over the storage items, secondarily for the comfort of my survivors/traders/troops. I never bother with heating or cooling them, but I do add lights and the occasional window.

A typical battery room for me is 11x9, and will contain 20 batteries, plus storage shelves, two back-up generators, and a low-power circuit. If I need power switches, I put them in the corners.

[Alaskan Glitch]

Originally posted by grrantu:

I usually put one or two in each bedroom since they don't have to be accessed so they won't disturb sleep and the room is just mostly empty anyway.

I like to use their 5x5 bedrooms for hydroponics. That way I don't have to add any other lights. But that is only on Sobrius, when you can't grow anything during the Winter.

On other maps I just use their bedrooms for excess storage because hydroponics aren't necessary.

[grrantu]

I found hydroponics useful for growing Energy Crystals, because the crystals don't ruin the soil in the hydroponics, and I could protect them from the constant toxic ash that was wiping them out before I could harvest them outside. But for other crops I haven't. I always seem to have a huge excess of food.