Electric systems that blow the grid

[Mortedeamor]

What is your current strategy? I'm considering building separate grids for them? there is no way to avoid blowing a controller and battery. So can't run it on any power system needed for anything else right?

[SleepyEyez]

Your idea is on track.

I use manual management - utilizing deactivated switches and battery eliminator circuits to divide the whole grid into multiple isolated subsystems, each with their own batteries. Those switches are turned on only when charging batteries of those subsystems. When a subsystem has to attack, it gets isolated by the manually deactivated switch, which contains the short circuits within that subsystem.

[Mortedeamor]

do battery banks downline have their own charging or is there some sort of power transfer mechanism ? i currently have a comb with 20 wind turbines running through or-switches down to three ports on one side of a 10 t2 battery array running into a controller. If I place a downline controller with its own single T2 battery and eliminator circuit running to a switch and plasma shocker what would blow? (just the downline controller and battery?) and would that downline battery need its own power generation or would the power transfer from upline?

[SleepyEyez]

1) Simplified diagram of 3 components:
_Electricity_Sources > _Gateway_to_a_Subsystem > _Subsystem

2) Meaning of those 3 components:
_Electricity_Sources means:
electricity generators + batteries + NO trap controller > battery eliminator circuits

_Gateway_to_a_Subsystem means:
1 switch

_Subsystem means:
upgraded battery > 1 upgraded trap controller > a single plasma shocker

3) Full diagram:
electricity generators + batteries + NO trap controller > battery eliminator circuits > 1 switch > upgraded battery > 1 upgraded trap controller > a single plasma shocker

Deactivate _Gateway_to_a_Subsystem when you want _Subsystem to get isolated so that any short circuits inside _Subsystem will stay in that subsystem.

[Mortedeamor]

Very helpful thank you so much you helped me massively optimize my electricity

[Zero]

Our strategy is, we have 10+ t2 batteries hooked in series to one t2 battery we call the alpha battery. Base defenses are powered from the alpha battery via what I call the power distribution tower(or tower for short) because that's what is familiar to me irl, game calls it battery eliminator something.

To avoid short circuit from the plasma shocker activation, we run power from the battery prior to alpha, into a t2 switch, then to the shocker. This gives it clean and stable 2k power on demand and shut down when not needed. Otherwise you are pulling 2k power on top of the normal draw for other base defenses from the alpha battery, which most of the time tips over the 2.5k safe limit.

Like SleepyEyez mentioned above, we also have our power generation networks on cutoff switches before they are introduced to the main network in case you need to move things around etc. Also the electricity guide in the Guides section by Moksha ex machina has been a huuuge help in understanding the electricity ingame.

Learning new things and improving almost daily :)

[IrateQuaker]

Remember that an upgraded battery can only output 2.5k E/s. If you go over that then you get your short and the system blows. Once you begin to get close to 2.5k on a single battery output it is time to draw from a battery further down the line. You can keep doing this so long as you have the batteries for it. If you aren't upgrading your batteries then it's only 500 E/s so be careful. All of these batteries can be linked together, you just need to be aware of how much you pull from each and that they don't go over 500 or 2.5k.

[Mortedeamor]

thank you!! I built a system that runs a plasma shocker all night and doesnt burn anything out i appreciate it.. super ♥♥♥♥ ton of infrastructure just to run one plasma shocker but its hella worth it.