4 air filters ?

[Bhatou Hammersbald]

i think 2 air filters is better, more lifetime... 4 filters dont reduce energy drain.... am i wrong ?

[udar]

I don't think they do directly, but I think they do so indirectly: the oxygen output is increased, so you have to hull repair much later or you don't have to all, because you came by a workshop in between. Thereby your suit doesn't chew through the batteries.

[Konsaki]

The air filters take 'shared' damage over time like your core and maglock batteries do.

The more filters you have slotted, the longer the delay before you have to start replacing filters. You're still replacing them at the same rate but you push it out farther in time.

[Mr. Cranky]

You are wrong.

The filters share the workload. With less filters, the ones working have to pick up the slack and work harder, over capacity so to speak, so they degrade much faster. 4 filters in good condition last for hours.

Also: when you equip a filter, you have enabled that filter slot. If the filter goes very bad, the slot will still be working but the part of the air that's going through it won't get cleaned so your oxygen will start to fall even if you have a good filter in another slot.

So:

- 4 good filters is best
- only good filters is best, empty slot is better than slot with bad filter

[Konsaki]

Originally posted by Mr. Cranky:

4 filters in good condition last for hours.

You're still replacing them at the same rate but you push it out farther in time.

Same idea with different words.

[Bhatou Hammersbald]

thanks cranky, when is a bad filter ? 35%, 20% or 14% like batteries ?

[Proudly Humble]

Originally posted by Bhatou Hammersbald:

thanks cranky, when is a bad filter ? 35%, 20% or 14% like batteries ?

I run 4 and i replace them in pairs. Usually when i replace a pair they are at about 10-15% with my other pair at about 60%. Doing it this way i don't ever start losing oxygen and i always have plenty of leeway time in case i don't currently have filters.

[Konsaki]

Originally posted by Bhatou Hammersbald:

When is a bad filter? 35%, 20% or 14% like batteries ?

Filter HP drops linearly but the 'quality' is a log-curve. That means the lower the filter HP, the faster the quality of that filter will drop until both are at 0%.
A 35% HP filter might have 75% quality but at 25% HP it might only have 40% quality.

To have breathable o2 in the truck, you need to have a combined 100% filter quality after adding all installed filters together.

[N€ko ≽^•⩊•^≼]

4 last way longer than 2.