numaiomul what you're describing is exactly what mine is doing. I'll pick it up and replace it, the inserter will load it and it'll run for around 5 seconds, then it will shut off. Power isn't an issue for me as I've overbuilt my generation capacity - 4.14 MW Solar, 94.5MW Steam Engine, 5,476.62MW Steam Turbine, (5.6GW total/2.3-3.5GW in active use), and I have 1.7 GJ of Accumulator charge on standby just for laughs. There's something really odd with how the advanced mining drills are set up electrically - they show up as both a consumer and a provider, and each one is consuming just 1MW, even though I'd expect to see 20MW while running.
----Edit:
I'm poking around through the code and found what's tripping the drill on and off (script being run every 120 ticks)... gets down to this chunk of code here:
if companion.energy < companion.power_usage then
drill.active = false
else
drill.active = true
end
What I haven't figured out yet is how the hidden companion is figuring out the energy value.
----Edit 2:
Looks like there's a buffer value set on the drill that depletes and recharges?
energy_source =
{
type = "electric",
emissions_per_minute = 0,
usage_priority = "secondary-input",
buffer_capacity = settings.startup["vtk-deep-core-mining-deepcore-advanced-energy"].value.."MW",
input_flow_limit = settings.startup["vtk-deep-core-mining-deepcore-advanced-energy"].value.."MW"
},
On a whim I'm half tempted to comment out the buffer and input flow and see what happens. VortiK, what's the method to the madness here?
