[SP] [Base] Solar Capacitor + Generators

[estevaobk]

Hello,

I was reading about Solar Capacitors on the wiki and it states that as long as I have Solar Capacitors (even if it's out of solar power stored and consuming fuel) I don't need Generators (only the Fuel Tanks).

Could anyone confirm this information?

Cheers and thanks!

[margalus]

I cannot say definitely, but it was never that way before. Solar capacitors did not generate one iota of power with fuel. I remember somebody tried to claim that a while back and it was proven false at that time. I haven't tried it since A11 though.

If you want backup power for solar you should have a generator, imo. Even if they did change it, I would still have the generator because a capacitor burning fuel to generate electricity is just wrong! The generator will not use a drop of fuel as long as there is power in the capacitors.

And now you can stack capacitors so you can get a helluva lot of power out of solar now. I have run a smelter on 100% solar.

[HurtfulPlayer97]

You don't need fuel tanks with Solar+ Capacitors either. You only need fuel tanks if you have a generator.

[margalus]

Originally posted by HurtfulPlayer97:

You don't need fuel tanks with Solar+ Capacitors either. You only need fuel tanks if you have a generator.

Yes, but the wiki is stating that the capacitors can use fuel to generate power the same as a generator when they run out of solar. That was the point in question.

[Docsprock]

It depends on the size of the base and its contents.

[margalus]

Ok, I just tried this. I put down a base starter, surrounded it with concrete block and made a small floor. Put down a capacitor, fuel tank and lights on the floor and then filled the fuel tank and turned on the power, nada. Dead base.

I then thought to check the capacitor in devices and it was off. So I turned it on.... and it turned itself back off again.

[estevaobk]

Originally posted by margalus:

Ok, I just tried this. I put down a base starter, surrounded it with concrete block and made a small floor. Put down a capacitor, fuel tank and lights on the floor and then filled the fuel tank and turned on the power, nada. Dead base.

I then thought to check the capacitor in devices and it was off. So I turned it on.... and it turned itself back off again.

It looks like the wiki is wrong then.... Thank you for testing it! =)

[margalus]

ok, another development. I logged backed into that world and the lights were on and the capacitor was on. I turned it off and it went off. I turned it back on and it stayed on and the lights stayed on....

But the P screen was showing zero power generated and zero used...

But it was working after the relog.

[seven]

A lot of the information on the wiki is out of date. It has a lot of information, but you need to verify before trusting it.

[margalus]

Ok, I logged out and logged back in again and it was still working. I then put down a locker filled it up with ore and then placed an advanced constructor. Turned the constructor on and put it to work. It ran fine and was using fuel. It used 3% of a small fuel tank in probably 1 minute.. But it ran fine. The P screen then said zero for power generated, but 1.5K used.....

But yeah, apparently it does work.

[HurtfulPlayer97]

Originally posted by margalus:

Ok, I logged out and logged back in again and it was still working. I then put down a locker filled it up with ore and then placed an advanced constructor. Turned the constructor on and put it to work. It ran fine and was using fuel. It used 3% of a small fuel tank in probably 1 minute.. But it ran fine. The P screen then said zero for power generated, but 1.5K used.....

But yeah, apparently it does work.

That is a bug. That should not work.

[margalus]

I agree, it should not work. But it does. Like I said earlier, I will still use a generator as backup, because a capacitor doing this is just wrong.