Thanks! I'll set up a test bed just to check, but your explanation does explain the behavior. Wind turbines make a hell of a lot of power, but unpredictably. They also don't make much power, but they're reliable, predictable and cheap.
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(b19) Though, it may be that the trees I looked at weren't fully grown, but still "old enough" to count for the manual "Wood Cutting" mechanic I used to clear them when I didn't think the mechanic was working properly. Wind turbines nestled among solar panels to stop plants from growing Solars do very poorly at high latitudes in the winter. Alternatively, you could try clicking the 'reconnect power' button on the cooler menu, then it should plug. Wind speed is a direct multiplier of a wind turbines power output.
A switch can be placed directly adjacent to a battery or other power source, but the player will probably find it desirable to place the switch close to the appliances its meant to control. Just add one more section of conduit to connect your battery to the turbine and it will start charging and power the cooler. At 50 wind speed a wind turbine produces 1500W of its 3450W max. But, I don't remember it working, either. The cooler is connected to the battery, and the battery isn't connected to the power network, so it has no power. If you dont wanna watch it but instead wish to rely on my memory: its about a 1000W average per turbine, as u/2262017. Bjorn Strongndarm did a great video on this. IIRC, I also attempted to use that mechanic to automatically harvest trees to help keep killzones clear. Like how winter solar is less effective at the poles than the equatorial regions, I could see wind being less effective in a mountainous inland than a flat coastline. So you can place them under wild berry bushes to automatically harvest them, or make large natural tree farms where your colonists don't plant any trees but just harvest the wild ones as they spread and grow.Īh, so they will remove "full grown" plants, but not smaller ones. If you create a grow zone and disallow sowing colonists will mostly ignore it and only come in and harvest things that are 100% grown and ready for harvest. If you try to exhaust heat through a tunnel for instance, it doesn't work as well.Originally posted by Astasia.Myth. You may also need more than one cooler depending on your freezer size.įinally make sure the coolers have the blue side in towards freezer, and make sure the red side is facing to a tile with open sky above it. Adding an airlock to your entry will help (meaning have a door, then a short hallway, then another door), and also keep the amount of entrances to a minimum. Is it true that different material types will isolate better?ĭouble walls will help (triple or more do not). Im struggling to maintain the temperatures under 0C. Actually solar panels dont block wind turbines, so you can create nice and effective solar\wind farms. I try to use wind as backups and eclipse buffers, but they require a lot of space. I do not say there is enough science done, because the priority is to just survive another year, but it's a thing which i spoted after a some time. Originally posted by Palec: Originally posted by MightyFox: best source of power is solar + battery. In game, i have two power networks, one with 4 in different directions generate MORE power than the one with 4 turbines directed to south.
I think we should either reverse the list to al things that block wind, or only name the groups of things that dont block wind (e.g. Requires a large clear space in front and behind for optimal air flow. Thanks for clearing that out, im currently researching batterys and this will come in handy! :)ītw does someone know a good setup video for freezer storage rooms? IRL wind turbines can adjust themself to wind direction. Im not convinced its a good idea to add a list of all things that dont block the wind, as there are a lot of them. (Edit) Batteries need a roof over them else they explode in rain. Turbine - Cable - Battery - Cable - Wall/Room Originally posted by StinkyMonkey:As above, but also a battery helps a great deal else your power will go up and down with the wind speed and be unusable at times.
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