Help with WaterPump and Coal Generator

[v1cent]

Good evening,
I recently started playing Satisfactory 1.0, and I have “only” 16 hours of gameplay. I am trying to create energy through the coal generator with the water pump, but it is quite difficult since the water pump loses power and turns on the yellow light regularly, thus making it difficult to produce energy for the other machines.... I can't figure out what I'm doing wrong... I have 2 water pumps with two independent circuits for 2 coal generators, but when I connect any other machine, be it a furnace or a building, the water pump loses power and lights up yellow...
I've already placed the pipe almost at the level of the coal generator and both pipes have a pump that pulls water with more force, but without success. If anyone can help me, I'd appreciate it as I can't figure out what I'm doing wrong.
Regards Vicente Pires

[Evilsod]

Er, you sure you connected the coal generators?

And a yellow light also means idle, likely because you have an entire water pump feeding a singular coal generator, you are producing almost 2.5x more water than it requires.
The perfect ratio is 3 extractors to 8 coal generators, fed via at least a Mk2 pipe or 2-3 Mk1 pipes.

[v1cent]

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[xxCOOPSxx]

Yeah yellow is idle not power off, most likely way more water being produced than you need. Make sure that Coal generator, water extracted and coal miner are all linked together electrically. Then once you jump-start the coal generator and it starts making power it will provide power to the miner and water extractor that provide what it needs and the whole process becomes self sustaining. Its important that the coal generator is powering the things that provide its resources to make sure that don't get switched off and then starve the coal plant

[Evilsod]

You can share screenshots on here if you link them.

[Dirtyshadow]

Too much water, the pumps are idling.

1 water pump underclocked to 75% can be used for 2 coal generators.

[v1cent]

https://steamuserimages-a.akamaihd.net/ugc/2482136923589720671/04B11589D5235C724B3F264009C528500C59E281/

[xxCOOPSxx]

https://steamcommunity.com/sharedfiles/filedetails/?id=3331742854

You want 3 water to every 8 generators, bit like that

[BadassRockett]

If your pipes are level you shouldn't need a pump. Might be worth removing the pump or checking it's not fitted backwards.

You could also try powering the water pumps with a bio fuel generator and let the coal power plants fill with water before turning them on. Then swap the water pump quickly to be powered by the coal generator once it's up and running

[Huillam]

Originally posted by v1cent:

[...]since the water pump loses power and turns on the yellow light regularly,

A machine that doesn't have power (or doesn't have a recipe selected) displays a red light.
The yellow light means the machine is idle: either it doesn't have access to resources or its inventory is full.

Considering what you describe my guess is that they're extracting more water than needed. That isn't an issue and shouldn't mess with your power generation.

You could save a tiny bit of power by underclocking you water extractors: one water extractor at 75% speed produces 90 water per minute. That exactly what is consumed by two coal generators running at 100% speed.

[Evilsod]

Originally posted by v1cent:

https://steamuserimages-a.akamaihd.net/ugc/2482136923589720671/04B11589D5235C724B3F264009C528500C59E281/

There's absolutely nothing wrong with those generators/extractors. They are idle, not receiving no power. And as pointed out, you don't need pumps on them.

You need to look at the ratio for supplying water and coal.

[v1cent]

https://steamuserimages-a.akamaihd.net/ugc/2482136923589737358/D7A9B946AD185FD1364C0339721C67B58A29B366/

[Huillam]

It's almost full of water. Once it's completly full, it will idle and display a yellow light. You're producing more water than needed. Everything's fine. :)

[Gal Kraft]

Don't build your "home" near there. The noise will drive you crazy. Or like someone said, get the research for overclocking and underclock them to meet the exact demand (and save more power)