how to get power on sand levels?

[Askannon]

i dont get it how i get power on sand levels. do i use cranks mk2 and use them every hour? or can i get my power from other levels here?

sry when my english is a little bit crappy

[[Lord] Vader]

You can use the elevator to transport power. Connect the floor around the elevator to your grid with other floor or high voltage stepper and cables.

[The_Big_Kahuna]

Originally posted by Lord Vader:

You can use the elevator to transport power. Connect the floor around the elevator to your grid with other floor or high voltage stepper and cables.

Not above level 12, for 12 and up you need a new a new power grid. Start with crank generators and then build Crushers on level 12, crushing the sesamite sand will supply power for the new grid The power will transfer to 12 and above through the elevator

[[Lord] Vader]

Originally posted by The_Big_Kahuna:

Originally posted by Lord Vader:

You can use the elevator to transport power. Connect the floor around the elevator to your grid with other floor or high voltage stepper and cables.

Not above level 12, for 12 and up you need a new a new power grid. Start with crank generators and then build Crushers on level 12, crushing the sesamite sand will supply power for the new grid The power will transfer to 12 and above through the elevator

Ah that’s right, forgot about that. My bad.

[The_Big_Kahuna]

Originally posted by Lord Vader:

Originally posted by The_Big_Kahuna:

Not above level 12, for 12 and up you need a new a new power grid. Start with crank generators and then build Crushers on level 12, crushing the sesamite sand will supply power for the new grid The power will transfer to 12 and above through the elevator

Ah that’s right, forgot about that. My bad.

NP my friend, being 68 my memory ain't what it used to be either lol

[Askannon]

thx guys. i thought the crusher only crush things and dont give power

[Askannon]

ok then i have another question. now i found the crusher. but what do i need to research to get power? i cant get the sand in the crusher to get power. i dont get it

[Sick4TheThick]

Originally posted by Askannon:

ok then i have another question. now i found the crusher. but what do i need to research to get power? i cant get the sand in the crusher to get power. i dont get it

Manual crank generator mk2 preferred to start

[Sick4TheThick]

Originally posted by Askannon:

ok then i have another question. now i found the crusher. but what do i need to research to get power? i cant get the sand in the crusher to get power. i dont get it

Then belts and arms to move the sand.

[stefanda]

Crushers work slightly different.
They produce charge with several recipes, not "power".

You'll have to place accumulators to utilizes that.
charged accumulators then provide power for inserters and machines.

[GD]

The crusher is not "just" giving power. Everytime you run a recipe producing power a multiplier is increased to a maximum. At maximum you produce so much power from sand it's insane.

And with the Rapid Sand Creation recipe you can turn the output of 5 crushers back into sesamite sand for even more power. Zero sand in the end and even a small plus on sesamite on sand.

I love the desert update ...

Another example: I have a sesamite ingot farm. I completetly disconnected it from the power grid no crank generators on it anymore it uses between 35,000-50,000 KW only the crushers and accumulators keep everything running. It grows plants, crushes them and uses half the crystals to make power and half to make ingots.

The farm needs no extra power from the outside and puts out tons of plantmatter and shiverthorn gel and some extra sesamite as byproducts and of course primarily Sesamite ingots.

I really love the crusher ... so many strange ways to solve things.