How to build: Automated power grid!

[SteveRaptor]

Hey guys!
I'm a long time ONI player and with the new influx of new players on launch, I decided started a new ONI series for useful design blueprints that are easy to build and newbie-friendly.

https://youtu.be/2IpOQmBZG0E

I'm planning to make more of those (pacu farm, efficient SPOM, automated mushroom farm, drecko farm....).
Please feel free to leave feedback and general opinion if you like it or not.

[Bokonon]

Nice stuff, always good to see how other people do things. For me this is a bit overkill so early game. I tend to wait until I'm off coal (as my main power source, I may leave some around for redundancy) before I start with HWW and transformers but your system is more future proof, I also tend to redo a lot of my circuits one I start with the HWW and transformers.

And FYI I didn't notice the creaking noise :) Keep making videos, I'll keep watching them, if they are consistently good and informative I'll subscribe before too long.

[Cotaks]

Another tip set the main battery treshold not at 100 but 90% so you don't waste coal with the last charge.

for example if coal send power to battery at 95-99% then that last puff only uses a small amount to fill the battery thus wasting coal/power.

[The Tempted Man]

In the design you showed, there is no difference if you just use 1 battery on the right side of the transformer.

[Cotaks]

its a backup, so dupes got time to refil if the coal is gone

[The Tempted Man]

Originally posted by Cotaks:

its a backup, so dupes got time to refil if the coal is gone

Auto sweeper.....

[SteveRaptor]

The reason for the secondary battery is to give priority for external generators to provide power on top of the coal.
In my case, the external generator is a SPOM hydrogen generator that puts excess power into one of the circuits.
The secondary battery gives priority to the SPOM generator first and will never plug itself back to the main power grid as long as long as it receives power from the SPOM generator.
I will show this design in my upcoming videos.