Power????

[El Presidente]

I seem to have tripped a breaker but I don't get it. This new power system is confusing. Also why does CS continue to call circuit breakers fuses? Fuses are one time use. The wire burns into and you have to replace them. Circuit breakers can be reset.

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[Dragorin]

Based on your screen shot you haven't even gotten to the new power changes yet. Looks like you are still using biomass and you don't have enough power to support the demand.

[Soondead]

Although technically they're "automatic circuit breakers", they're often referred to as fuses in real life too because their primary function is still to prevent circuit overload. Also, it's nice and short.

[Mister Fabulous]

Prior to coal power, the power system using biomass functions the same as it did before update 4.

[phillip_lynx]

And if you pull the lever first the demand goes up to the max demand, before the machines turn off, due to no work. This was also in update 3 so.

So, build some more bioburners, fill them with fuel und pull the lever again.

Then all will work (and the fuel is consumed in relation to the demand).

But if you go to coal keep in mind, the coalburners always works at 100% since update 4.

PS.: due to your pic one extra bioburner will be enough.

[sansee]

Originally posted by El Presidente:

Also why does CS continue to call circuit breakers fuses? Fuses are one time use. The wire burns into and you have to replace them. Circuit breakers can be reset.

Like those we used in cars (unlike relays/switches) which are also fuses - can only be used one time.

"Circuit breaker" can be used on many things as it literally breaks the circuit if the load is too high. In modern day, we use automatic switches or miniature circuit breakers (for those sub-250vac installations).

In Norway we call it "Automatsikring", which directly translated is Automatic fuse (from past, we used ceramic fuses). I'm not exactly sure what it's called in other/different parts of the world, but when I search I get very few hits on automatic fuse, other than those that are one time fuses, compared to automatic switches / circuit breakers.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Circuit_breaker
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Fuse_(electrical)

A circuit breaker is an automatically operated electrical switch designed to protect an electrical circuit from damage caused by excess current from an overload or short circuit. Its basic function is to interrupt current flow after a fault is detected. Unlike a fuse, which operates once and then must be replaced, a circuit breaker can be reset (either manually or automatically) to resume normal operation.

But yeah, it's an old term/name and in English it's not exactly correct to use "fuse" when one can simply reset it.

[El Presidente]

Originally posted by phillip_lynx:

And if you pull the lever first the demand goes up to the max demand, before the machines turn off, due to no work. This was also in update 3 so.

So, build some more bioburners, fill them with fuel und pull the lever again.

Then all will work (and the fuel is consumed in relation to the demand).

But if you go to coal keep in mind, the coalburners always works at 100% since update 4.

PS.: due to your pic one extra bioburner will be enough.

I know all this. I have been playing since before the game was available on steam. Back when it was only available on EGS. I just never was able to figure out the Power changes in update 3. BTW: This is a new game of Satisfactory. I haven't built a factory floor yet. I am waiting on the sink to make enough coupons to buy foundations and walkways then the factory floor will rise well above any baddies. I will only have to deal with baddies when I have to go to a node to clear the top of the node so I can use it. I can stand on floor 1 and point my tool to build stuff. You can be on top of a lookout tower and still build a miner on the ground below as long as the node is not to far away.

[El Presidente]

Originally posted by sansee:

But yeah, it's an old term/name and in English it's not exactly correct to use "fuse" when one can simply reset it.

That's what I am thinking. I know how to repair electronic devices so it bugs me when game companies use the wrong name for something.