basic refineary not refining iron ore

[Abomination]

as thee title suggests, the basic refineary is not refining iron ore

[JIKOSU]

odd

[Dan2D3D]

Hi, I would delete/grind the Refinery and add a new one.

Empty it, grind, rebuild and add a bit of Iron ore in it to see if that works.

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Share more clues about the world you play in if still not working, it may be a "broken"Mod if you play with mods for example so the more you share will help to find the cause.

Maybe share some Steam screenshots so all can see your concept.

[Dan2D3D]

Oh! Or you may have a power problem!?

Make sure you have enough Wind Turbines if you play on planet and those must have 7 blocks of clearance between to be optimal.
(also be at about 10 blocks high)edited

You can enter a control station (Seat) to see the power on screen, in lower right corner we can see the total power used and not enough if it shows in red.

[Geck0]

Originally posted by Dan2D3D:

Oh! Or you may have a power problem!?

Make sure you have enough Wind Turbines if you play on planet and those must have 7 blocks of clearance between to be optimal.
(also be at about 10 blocks high)edited

You can enter a control station (Seat) to see the power on screen, in lower right corner we can see the total power used and not enough if it shows in red.

Right! The basic refinery requires 330kW. If you have less, it'll show it's power requirement as lower in the menu, but for functionality it has to be at least that much.

[Dan2D3D]

@Gecko

Good to know, thanks for sharing!

I am so used to it now and don't verify the block in Terninal, I now always add enough power by "instinct" :)

[Geck0]

Yeah, my friend and I had a LOT of confusion and trouble with that exact problem, Dan. We kicked ourselves when we realised all we had to do to fix it was:
Get a reasonable amount of power production (easier said than done, I know) enough for a basic assembler. With that, make a battery. That battery will provide enough charge to get you a basic refinery, which you can use to relatively easy smelt ores down for the components for more batteries.