Refinery not working?

[Avisar]

Just now found oil and tried to get refinery going,i tried to hook it up to my power and its not working? i also read somewhere that the waste needs to be taken care of so i put pipes and conveyor belts,and still it is not working can anyone help?
when i connect it to power it works for a second then shuts down my power
https://steamcommunity.com/sharedfiles/filedetails/?id=2161551812
Edited to add screenshot

[Suzaku]

Did you hook it up to power? Did you select a recipe? Are the materials going in/out of the correct slots?

[cdog]

For pipes that go vertical you gotta use pumps. They pipes dont have direction, but pumps do. If you dont power the pump it still acts as a one way valve.

Like all buildings the refinery will stop working if its output is full, and since refining often involves multiple steps its best to make sure you use or sink 100% of the putput to prevent things from shutting down.

Its hard to say 100% why its not working without screen shots or a description of your system

[DaBa]

Always post screen shots of your setup before you ask questions like these, there are so many things that may be wrong.

If it's not working at all, even for a little while, then you definitely did not connect something correctly. If it worked for a moment then stopped, the byproduct is clogging it. Post some pictures and check all the power and pipe connections.

[Avisar]

Originally posted by DaBa:

Always post screen shots of your setup before you ask questions like these, there are so many things that may be wrong.

If it's not working at all, even for a little while, then you definitely did not connect something correctly. If it worked for a moment then stopped, the byproduct is clogging it. Post some pictures and check all the power and pipe connections.

sorry,first time asking for help forgot to take a screenshot,edited right now to add the screenshot of the oil.

[PersonIDK]

Did you select a recipe?

[DaBa]

Red light. Select a recipe and power it up.

[Honorable_D]

Looks like you have no power. The lights on top of both extractor and refinery are red.

[DaBa]

OP, did you really not power it up?

[Avisar]

Originally posted by DaBa:

OP, did you really not power it up? :csd2huh:

Originally posted by DaBa:

Red light. Select a recipe and power it up.

i selected the rubber recipe and powered up,i really dont know what the problem is
when i link it up it works for a second and then it says no power like i said in the original post
most of my base has no power when i link up the refinery but the part furthest away from it has power,when i saw that it broke my power i tried to overclock most of my coal generetors and even put another one down,still nothing.

[Anson]

if one part of the factory is powered and another isn't, you have two separate power networks. when using more power than you need, the ENTIRE network will shut off, and not only some part. thus in you case, one of your two networks shut off while the other kept working. check for intended but missing connections between them.

[DaBa]

Originally posted by AvisarHaHatul:

Originally posted by DaBa:

OP, did you really not power it up?

Originally posted by DaBa:

Red light. Select a recipe and power it up.

i selected the rubber recipe and powered up,i really dont know what the problem is
when i link it up it works for a second and then it says no power like i said in the original post
most of my base has no power when i link up the refinery but the part furthest away from it has power,when i saw that it broke my power i tried to overclock most of my coal generetors and even put another one down,still nothing.

If it was powered, the oil extractor wouldn't have a red light. You messed up somewhere, check your power grid and which power poles are getting the electricity.

[Avisar]

Originally posted by Anson:

if one part of the factory is powered and another isn't, you have two separate power networks. when using more power than you need, the ENTIRE network will shut off, and not only some part. thus in you case, one of your two networks shut off while the other kept working. check for intended but missing connections between them.

that was exactly the case,thanks for your help sorry i couldnt bring up this crucial information earlier as when i needed to come back to base i unlinked the refinery so that my hypertube entrance will have power. thank you all for helping me solve this problem!

[DaBa]

Originally posted by AvisarHaHatul:

Originally posted by Anson:

if one part of the factory is powered and another isn't, you have two separate power networks. when using more power than you need, the ENTIRE network will shut off, and not only some part. thus in you case, one of your two networks shut off while the other kept working. check for intended but missing connections between them.

that was exactly the case,thanks for your help sorry i couldnt bring up this crucial information earlier as when i needed to come back to base i unlinked the refinery so that my hypertube entrance will have power. thank you all for helping me solve this problem!

You really should make a habit of checking all the obvious roots of the problem. It will help you solve all of your issues way faster.

[Anson]

btw: i just finished rewiring my coal plants ... by using one intelligent splitter (to guarantee all coal first going to a specific generator that also gets water first) i hopefully can guarantee that that one generator always can run and get water for all 8 generators, and it is on a separate power network that only feeds the three water extractors and the one 120 miner (needed power 3x20 + 1x12 = 72 MW, generated power 75 MW). now i have several parallel power lines along the belt that transports the coal (one for the miner, one or several for the rest of the factory). it would be so nice if i would have several different colors for the wires of separate networks :-)
https://steamcommunity.com/sharedfiles/filedetails/?id=2161669833

this experience together with your description of "part works, part doesn't" easily lead me to my above suggestion where to look for errors.