Recharging Without a Connector

[Darkaiser]

Other than using a Reactor, is there a way to recharge a Battery without connecting to another grid? I have a tiny speeder bike that I use to scouting but it's so tony that a connector looks huge.

Is there another way to recharge without a mod or without using a Reactor that I have no Uranium for?

[TwinChops]

Rotor head on your grid thats needs charge, and rotor base on your Base then connect them, but a fair warning clang might not like this.

[Rays of Apollo]

To reduce clang, you could use a merge block array. The small grid has a big and tiny merge block. The big one can connect to a large grid merge block.

The downside is that if you named your bike grid, it'll keep losing its name.

[jafiwam]

Do you have ice? Make a "garage" that is small block resting on the ground or on a mag plate or landing gear, and attach batteries, cargo, H2/O2 generator, and hydrogen engine.

Drive in, and merge block the vehicle and set onboard batteries to recharge. When charged, un-merge and let the "garage" charge the batteries with ice as you drive elsewhere.

You could probably use a rotor head to connect too.

Otherwise, solar panels and a few days.

[ShadedMJ]

Recharge without connector? Use solar panel if small grid. Wind turbine if large grid. Merge block. Rotor head that will probably spin you to explode.

[herrschaftg35]

Small grind hinge wasn't mentioned yet, connects the same way as a rotor.

[Ronin Planetary Industries]

You can use the hinge and rotor methods above. The small merge block definitely seems to be the best. I like to add a small merge block to the back of a vehicle, the build the adjoining merge block on to it and eventually a small block connector. I just make sure that my temporary connector is tall enough to link up with my regular connector. I then dock the two connectors together. Once locked, I then unmerge my rover. The connect to merge block grid is left in place and now I can just merge without an issue. That's the easiest way to do it without rebuilding your large grid or adding rotors or hinges.

[MARRA92]

Make a base with a high placed connector that spits ice from above, install collectors on top of ur thing and add to it a o2 maker and a hydrogen engine :D

[Darkaiser]

Originally posted by MARRA92:

Make a base with a high placed connector that spits ice from above, install collectors on top of ur thing and add to it a o2 maker and a hydrogen engine :D

This is actually something I hadn't thought of. I also need to give small grid merge blocks a try.

Thanks everyone!