Please Help Thermol Overload

[Evanescence1580]

Hi, Being kinda new to E:D, this will probably seem like a noob question. Why am I getting Thermol Overload on my ship. I can fire my Beam Lasers once, then none of my guns work and it just keeps saying "Thermol Overload"

I very recently bought a Power Plant A 3

My Power Distributor is E 3

Beam Lasers are E 1

Is it to do with my Power Distribution module and should I turn off some modules until I can afford a better Power Distribution module

Thank you for taking the time to read this

[ThaFreaK]

check you overall power usage in the outfitting screen or on the right tab in your ship. maybe you have to turn off some modules you dont need (like fuel scoop) so get <100% power usage

also check how u use your power distributor. you can use the arrow keys to choose where you want to direct your power to. (systems / engines / waepons)

weapons in combat get always at least 3 bars when I engage combat. With enemys that dont move fast, I give full priority on weapons

[Evanescence1580]

Ok thank you for taking the time to respond to my post, should I take on of my Beam lasers off line until I get a better Power Distributor

[ThaFreaK]

it depents on your overall power usage. Are you over 100% when you check your modules?
if yes you better change the beams to pulse or burst lasers
burst is like something between pulse and beam lasers
beam laser use the most amount of energy. they take the shield down fast but are bad in accuracy if you try to hit sub systems like the powerplant.

use a pulse instead of one beam gun or try to change them all to burst.
you can experiment with that how ever you like it

[Evanescence1580]

My out put is 100% my usage is 76%

[ThaFreaK]

ya it sounds like you need a better distributor then. Still try to experiment with the arrow keys where you direct your power and maybe try with other combinations of lasers or guns. beams eat a lot of energy.

[Evanescence1580]

ok cheers, Thank you for your help. Very Very much appricated. I will sell my Beam Lasers and get the Burst lasers like you said. Think i bit off more than I could chew with them

[Salty_Sir]

wait there is another way... buy a heat sink launcher, it's only 2 thousand than put it in the same firegroup as the lasers but put it on (2) so like the blue thing so you can use right click, just click right-click when you start firing your lasers, and I was thinking maybe we can hang out in Elite I'm kinda new too, but I'd love to wing up with someone =D

[ThaFreaK]

you welcome. good luck commander.
I think heat sinks would be an annoying solution, since he would have to get new ammo for them pretty often.

[norbiq]

Well, first of all beams are known to generate twice as much heat as the pulse lasers, so you may want change that, or... buy smaller beams (if you can) .
If you wanna stick to beams you have now then you will probably have to use disposable heatsinks. Those are pretty inconvenient in the fight though.

[TiberiuS]

"thermal overload" on weapons (lasers) normally happens when you empty the power distributor completely. So they need time to cool down before you can fire them again.

So the combination Beams vs. E grade power distributor is a very bad one.

When you are into combat always buy the best power distributor for your ship before even thinking about using beams. Even the best distributors feel like you want more power still.

[Evanescence1580]

Thank you to everyone for helping me on this matter. I have bought a Power Distributor C 3 and changed some modules setting.

I had my Kill Warrant Scanner on priority 1 as well as some others like cargo scanner.

I have tried my weapons and they seem to work now. Just as long as I have 2 pips on my weapons managment system they work.

Thank you everyone