If you use "angry ghost mode" (shift + control) by trying to replace big ray collector with regular ray collector it doesn't work. Also if you use that mode to replace regular ray collector with big ray collector and then undo that (control + z), the big ray collector is deconstructed but regular ray collector is not placed.

Ill check it out

Hi, i tested with both refraction light collectors and fulgora lightning collectors and they cant be replaced with shift + control, its a factorio thing

You can force replace lightning collectors on Fulgora. I made video replicating both situation. https://imgur.com/a/tyXAFNd

And this is a video with ctrl + z bug. https://imgur.com/a/51MMuBB

Imgur kinda butchered the quality, but i think it is still understandable

I think the problem with light collectors is they have a storage tank and it gets in the way.

Another bug with big ray collectors is that you also can't paste them over themself. Which means i can't just wire them all without doing it by hand, and since you kinda need a lot of them, it is very painful to do, especially since with one misclick you can double wire which will lead to signal being doubled.

Can i ask what exactly is the intended way of automating crafting beryl? I made a setup, it works and doesn't explode (at least when i don't double wire), but it is kinda slow (which is ok i guess) and a bit jank since it requires power switch to a bunch of tesla turrets to drain the energy. Maybe i am jsut missing something here.

I think its because big ray collectors are composite entities (made of more than 1) its a lightning collector with a hidden storage tank spawn in the same space, that's why factorio has some problems detecting it, i should be replaceable with shift + control, but with wiring its very hard to do because the moment you place be ray collector a new tank spawns but when you copy it it only copies the ray collector and the tank does not exist at that point