Simple Electric Boiler


Adds an electric boiler that turns electricity into 165 C steam (1.8 MW, same rate as the vanilla boiler). Useful when you need steam for recipes such as coal liquefaction without burning fuel - run it from solar, accumulators, or surplus grid power.

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Manufacturing
Owner:
mohibeyki
Source:
https://github.com/mohibeyki/electric-boiler
Homepage:
https://github.com/mohibeyki/electric-boiler
License:
MIT
Created:
a month ago
Latest Version:
0.1.0 (a month ago)
Factorio version:
2.1
Downloaded by:
31 users

Simple Electric Boiler

Adds a boiler that runs on electricity instead of fuel.

Same steam as a normal boiler: 1.8 MW, 165 C, about 60 steam/s. No pollution. You can fast-replace it with a normal boiler.

Useful when a recipe needs steam (for example coal liquefaction) and you do not want to burn coal for it. Feed it from the grid, solar, or extra power.

Recipe

  • 1 boiler
  • 5 electronic circuits
  • 5 copper cable

Technology

Unlocks after Steam power and Electronics. Costs 50 automation science (15 s each).

Credits

Based on Mobius1's Electric Boiler (MIT). Glow graphics by Autolykos (from ElAdamo's Gas Boiler style).

License

MIT. See LICENSE.