Am I missing something about power? (Transformers)

[Taruden]

Got to steam power and hooked up my factory only to realized that the power output is capped at 5MW for Low voltage.

Did I miss something skipping by the annoying tutorial quests? Are you not supposed to build your factory on one continuous floor?

To use the power I was using before I would have to disconnect areas so they can be a separate grid with a separate transformer. Am I missing something?

[Fenix]

Nothing Stopping you from doing that.
Each Small Transformer has a cap of 5 MW, if you need more going to your LVG, place more transformers.
The large Transformers does 25 MW.
But yes you are suppose to run power cables and poles to new location and use a transformer on the new power floors

[Taruden]

Originally posted by Fenix:

Nothing Stopping you from doing that.
Each Small Transformer has a cap of 5 MW, if you need more going to your LVG, place more transformers.

When I place a second transformer it overloads. How do you properly place more than one?

I tested a disconnected platform and that worked fine, but my factory isn't setup that way. Nothing that I saw hinted at this being the wrong way to build. Suppose I should start thinking about separate floors in a multi-tier structure.

I'll be able to work around it. It is kind of a punch in the face that I could see turning people away early on in the game.

[Fenix]

I mean I have four of them here, and a couple powering underground grids and they are working just fine for me.
https://steamcommunity.com/sharedfiles/filedetails/?id=3245514259
All I can think of is you don't have enough Steam gens running to power them.

[Taruden]

Originally posted by Fenix:

All I can think of is you don't have enough Steam gens running to power them.

huh, maybe that is my issue. After I was only getting 5KW on 4 steam turbine strung together I tried to fix that by building 1 transformer for each steam turbine. Didn't expect them to stop working completely. I also didn't have the transformers connected to each other. Thank you for your screenshot. I have some more testing to do.

[Fenix]

Steam Turbines only product 3.6 MW each max. so for just my 4 transformers I need at least 6 Turbines (I have 11, and some solar panels)

[Stellar Remnant]

Originally posted by Taruden:

Originally posted by Fenix:

All I can think of is you don't have enough Steam gens running to power them.

huh, maybe that is my issue. After I was only getting 5KW on 4 steam turbine strung together I tried to fix that by building 1 transformer for each steam turbine. Didn't expect them to stop working completely. I also didn't have the transformers connected to each other. Thank you for your screenshot. I have some more testing to do.

you should connect all hv power sources together to avoid that