Powering a ship with batteries

[bad]

So, i built a little base, and a ship with a battery, and the ship is running low on power now, i tried connecting the ship to a grid that has power, but instead of charging, the ship gives out even more power, why is that? And how do i charge my ship?

[Lazer]

Tried setting battery to recharge only?

[Austin_The_Democrat]

i dont understand you wanted more power and you got it or you cant charge?

[Jack Schitt]

Go in to the terminal and set your ship battery settings to recharge or set up a button in your G-menu ("hot bar") to the recharge action. The recharge action as a button will switch between the options it's not only recharge.

[Lemroy Russkins]

i'm having the same issue, the battery on the ship is set to recharge but it's not charging...

[PÁRKÁNY]

If a battery is set to auto it will charge when there is excess power avaible and give out power when needed.
If a battery is set to recharge it will drain all power avaible, so if there is ANY power it will charge (may be slow).

[bad]

Originally posted by PÁRKÁNY:

If a battery is set to auto it will charge when there is excess power avaible and give out power when needed.
If a battery is set to recharge it will drain all power avaible, so if there is ANY power it will charge (may be slow).

Yeah, but when i set my battery to recharge mode, the ship just shuts off and disconnected from the connector immediately, do i just need more batteries? So one is on an the other one is charging? Hmm

[jafiwam]

Does the base you are connecting to have sufficient power? Does it have batteries? What charge are they holding and what setting are they using?

Sounds like you are just out of power in general.

[bad]

Yeah, i do have enough power, and solar panels, and power seems to not be the issue, i connected 2 batteries to the same small ship, and whilst one is on recharge mode, the other one is keeping the ship afloat, but this doesn't seem right, since i have to keep switching the battery modes constantly, so it could fly whilst charging at the same time. Am i just not understanding batteries, or something?

I think the solution is really simple, but i'm missing something, dunno.

[Burstar]

Your Base's power output is insufficient. When you set your ship batteries to Recharge mode it pulls all power available and supplies 0, so, if your base has no excess power available and your ship has no power due to battery recharge mode then it shuts down and disconnects.

You need more power at your base, or to shut down blocks that draw power on your base (Ref and Assembler pull on demand and will surprise you with sudden power drains).

[Roadkill]

Sounds like you need to power your base first.

If a nuclear reactor isn't an option, look into solar. Either way, it sounds like a problem you need to solve.

[hippybaker]

MOAR SOLAR PANELS!!!!

For me, a small space base with 2 refineries, and an assembler, and a couple few battery ships attached, I would make a 20-24 solar cell array, and I use isys Solar Alignment Script. Its awesome

[bad]

So, i fixed it! Turns out, i had to put up a control seat or a cockpit on my station, so i could then lock the connector and the ship, and then i charged the ship without it falling down instantly, thanks for the tips fellas!