Coal system, i'm confused

[][T-Bone][]

so with biomass generators you need biomass to power them up, with coal generator you need coal and water, but i don't get how my buildings use the power of the coal generators with biomass you just throw a power line and connect it to the building so how do i power my buildings with the coal generators

[camaro_69]

as with the Biomass burners you only need to hook into the existing power grid.

Just like real life, your house is connected to the lines that run thru your neighborhood not directly to a power station.

EDIT: for clarity....pick any existing power pole, bring a line out with you to the coal plants. they will all work together.

[Kraft51]

not entirely sure what you mean here. however i will say that you should only need the Biomass Burners to "jumpstart" and prime your Coal Generators. start with 8 generators and 3 water extractors. connect 2 extractors to one pipe, and the third to a second pipe. connect the 2 extractor pipe to all of your generators, then connect the second pipe to the very END of the first pipe.

from there you need to feed coal to the generators in order to have them start producing. i suggest to hook up the extractors to the Biomass Burners to fill all your water pipes prior feeding them coal and hooking them up to the power grid. get them stable before putting them under load.

[][T-Bone][]

Originally posted by camaro_69:

as with the Biomass burners you only need to hook into the existing power grid.

Just like real life, your house is connected to the lines that run thru your neighborhood not directly to a power station.

EDIT: for clarity....pick any existing power pole, bring a line out with you to the coal plants. they will all work together.

yes this is what i was looking for, i searched for tutorial but they just explained how to make them efficient and no one explained how to use that power for the buildings

[Tenebris]

Were... Were you using a single biomass burner and individually connecting them to EVERY BUILDING?

[][T-Bone][]

Originally posted by Tenebris:

Were... Were you using a single biomass burner and individually connecting them to EVERY BUILDING?

no i build 1 for every 3 buildings

[Mister Fabulous]

You can connect power poles to other power poles and make one huge network. Most people do this.

So what you're looking at with the mk 1 poles is having 2 machines connected to a power pole and that power pole connects to 2 other power poles. You can transfer any amount of power through a power line.

[Mist of Majora]

Originally posted by Mister Fabulous:

You can connect power poles to other power poles and make one huge network. Most people do this.

So what you're looking at with the mk 1 poles is having 2 machines connected to a power pole and that power pole connects to 2 other power poles. You can transfer any amount of power through a power line.

While you got your answer, I'm going to echo this as well for a different reason. If you focus on building off of a line of connected power poles, you can save yourself some trouble later if you accidentally consume too much power.

Instead of not being able to do anything until you find a way to generate more power, you'd have the option to disconnect the wire/pole leading to a smaller section to allow everything else to run. This is great when you're far from the power generators when the power goes out.

[VDmitry]

1. water and coal sources is likely to be run on biomass generators first
2. then you build coal generators and provide them with coal and water
3. once coal generators started to generate power you connect them to your power network
4. at this point you can remove biomass generators, or leave them as backup