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=== Amperage === |
=== Amperage === |
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Amps are pushed, not pulled. "Drawn" is synonymous with "accepted" here. |
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Machines and energy hatches can only draw amps in full to fill their internal EU buffers. The capacity of the internal buffer is listed as "Capacity:" in the machine's or hatch's tooltip. When processing a recipe, a machine will draw from its internal buffer. The current contents of the internal buffer can be checked with the [[Portable Scanner]]. |
Machines and energy hatches can only draw amps in full to fill their internal EU buffers. The capacity of the internal buffer is listed as "Capacity:" in the machine's or hatch's tooltip. When processing a recipe, a machine will draw from its internal buffer. The current contents of the internal buffer can be checked with the [[Portable Scanner]]. |
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The maximum amount of amps a machine can draw is either listed on its tooltip or recipe-dependent. The amperage of a recipe can be found in [[NEI]]. If no amperage is listed, the recipe's amperage is 1. A machine can draw |
The maximum amount of amps a machine can draw is either listed on its tooltip or recipe-dependent. The minimum amperage of a recipe can be found in [[NEI]]. If no amperage is listed, the recipe's minimum amperage is 1. A machine can draw up to a maximum of <math>\frac{2 \times \text{Recipe Usage EU/t}}{\text{Voltage Tier EU Limit}} + 1</math> amps to fill its internal buffer. This means that if the machine isn't processing a recipe, it will draw 1 amp to refill the internal buffer. |
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Several common amperages of GregTech machines can be found in the table below. "Drawing" means "draws up to". |
Several common amperages of GregTech machines can be found in the table below. "Drawing" means "draws up to". |
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GregTech EU can be transferred using GregTech [[Cables]]. |
GregTech EU can be transferred using GregTech [[Cables]]. |
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Rather than priority by destination, power priority is given by cardinal direction. Cables will push power in the following priority: |
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When producing power, each generator will always attempt to empty all of its internal buffer at once. This can cause one generator in a cable network to use fuel more rapidly than another, with order depending on tile entity processing and changing on chunk reloads.<!--T:15--> |
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All GT Cables have a max Voltage, max Amperage and a Loss/Meter/Ampere, indicated on their tooltip: |
All GT Cables have a max Voltage, max Amperage and a Loss/Meter/Ampere, indicated on their tooltip: |
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*'''Cables which receive amps containing more EU than their maximum Voltage will catch fire and melt.''' |
*'''Cables which receive amps containing more EU than their maximum Voltage will catch fire and melt.''' |
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Below is a table of the current properties of various types of cables in GregTech: |
Below is a table of the current properties of various types of cables in GregTech: |
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!Material !!Max Voltage !!1x Insulated Cable Max Amp !!Loss/m/amp in EU |
! Material !! Max Voltage !! 1x Insulated Cable Max Amp !! Loss/m/amp in EU !! Length until 0 Power |
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! Tin |
! Tin |
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| 32 || 1 || 1 |
| 32 || 1 || 1 || 32 |
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! Cobalt |
! Cobalt |
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| 32 || 2 || 2 |
| 32 || 2 || 2 || 16 |
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! Lead |
! Lead |
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| 32 || 2 || 2 |
| 32 || 2 || 2 || 16 |
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! Zinc |
! Zinc |
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| 32 || 1 || 1 |
| 32 || 1 || 1 || 32 |
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! Soldering Alloy |
! Soldering Alloy |
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| 32 || 1 || 1 |
| 32 || 1 || 1 || 32 |
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! Iron |
! Iron |
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| 128 || 2 || 3 |
| 128 || 2 || 3 || 43 |
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! Nickel |
! Nickel |
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| 128 || 3 || 3 |
| 128 || 3 || 3 || 43 |
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! Cupronickel |
! Cupronickel |
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| 128 || 2 || 3 |
| 128 || 2 || 3 || 43 |
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! Copper |
! Copper |
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| 128 || 1 || 2 |
| 128 || 1 || 2 || 64 |
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! Annealed Copper |
! Annealed Copper |
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| 128 || 1 || 1 |
| 128 || 1 || 1 || 128 |
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! Kanthal |
! Kanthal |
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| 512 || 4 || 3 |
| 512 || 4 || 3 || 171 |
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! Gold |
! Gold |
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| 512 || 3 || 2 |
| 512 || 3 || 2 || 256 |
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! Electrum |
! Electrum |
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| 512 || 2 || 2 |
| 512 || 2 || 2 || 256 |
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! Silver |
! Silver |
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| 512 || 1 || 1 |
| 512 || 1 || 1 || 512 |
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! Blue Alloy |
! Blue Alloy |
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| 512 || 2 || 1 |
| 512 || 2 || 1 || 512 |
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! Energetic Alloy |
! Energetic Alloy |
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| 512 || 2 || 2 |
| 512 || 2 || 2 || 256 |
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! Nichrome |
! Nichrome |
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| 2,048 || 3 || 4 |
| 2,048 || 3 || 4 || 512 |
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! Steel |
! Steel |
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| 2,048 || 2 || 2 |
| 2,048 || 2 || 2 || 1024 |
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! Black Steel |
! Black Steel |
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| 2,048 || 3 || 2 || ? |
| 2,048 || 3 || 2 || ? |
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! Titanium |
! Titanium |
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| 2,048 || 4 || 2 |
| 2,048 || 4 || 2 || ? |
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! TPV-Alloy |
! TPV-Alloy |
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| 2,048 || 6 || 1 |
| 2,048 || 6 || 1 || ? |
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! Vibrant Alloy |
! Vibrant Alloy |
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| 2,048 || 4 || 2 || ? |
| 2,048 || 4 || 2 || ? |
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! Aluminium |
! Aluminium |
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| 2,048 || 1 || 1 |
| 2,048 || 1 || 1 || 2048 |
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! Graphene* |
! Graphene* |
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| 8,192 || 1 || 2 |
| 8,192 || 1 || 2 || 8192 |
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! Osmium |
! Osmium |
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| 8,192 || 4 || 2 |
| 8,192 || 4 || 2 || 4096 |
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! Platinum |
! Platinum |
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| 8,192 || 2 || 1 |
| 8,192 || 2 || 1 || 8192 |
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! Tungstensteel |
! Tungstensteel |
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| 8,192 || 3 || 2 || ? |
| 8,192 || 3 || 2 || ? |
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! Tungsten |
! Tungsten |
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| 8,192 || 2 || 2 || ? |
| 8,192 || 2 || 2 || ? |
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! Melodic Alloy |
! Melodic Alloy |
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| 8,192 || 4 || 2 |
| 8,192 || 4 || 2 || 4096 |
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! HSS-G |
! HSS-G |
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| 32,768 || 4 || 2 |
| 32,768 || 4 || 2 || 16384 |
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! Niobium-Titanium |
! Niobium-Titanium |
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| 32,768 || 4 || 2 |
| 32,768 || 4 || 2 || 16384 |
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! Vanadium-Gallium |
! Vanadium-Gallium |
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| 32,768 || 4 || 2 |
| 32,768 || 4 || 2 || 16384 |
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! Yttrium Barium Cuprate |
! Yttrium Barium Cuprate |
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| 32,768 || 4 || 4 |
| 32,768 || 4 || 4 || 8192 |
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! Stellar Alloy |
! Stellar Alloy |
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| 32,768 || 6 || 4 || ? |
| 32,768 || 6 || 4 || ? |
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! HSS-E |
! HSS-E |
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| 32,768 || 6 || 2 || ? |
| 32,768 || 6 || 2 || ? |
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! Osmiridium |
! Osmiridium |
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| 32,768 || 8 || 1 || ? |
| 32,768 || 8 || 1 || ? |
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! Naquadah |
! Naquadah |
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| 131,072 || 2 || 2 || ? |
| 131,072 || 2 || 2 || ? |
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! Trinium |
! Trinium |
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| 131,072 || 6 || 4 || ? |
| 131,072 || 6 || 4 || ? |
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! Signalium |
! Signalium |
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| 131,072 || 12 || 4 || ? |
| 131,072 || 12 || 4 || ? |
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! Naquadah Alloy |
! Naquadah Alloy |
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| 524,288 || 2 || 4 || ? |
| 524,288 || 2 || 4 || ? |
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! Duranium |
! Duranium |
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| 524,288 || 1 || 8 || ? |
| 524,288 || 1 || 8 || ? |
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! Fluxed Electrum |
! Fluxed Electrum |
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| 524,288 || 3 || 1 || ? |
| 524,288 || 3 || 1 || ? |
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! Lumiium |
! Lumiium |
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| 524,288 || 8 || 16 || ? |
| 524,288 || 8 || 16 || ? |
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! Ichorium* |
! Ichorium* |
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| 2,097,152 || 12 || 2 || ? |
| 2,097,152 || 12 || 2 || ? |
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! Bedrockium |
! Bedrockium |
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| 2,097,152 || 2 || 1 || ? |
| 2,097,152 || 2 || 1 || ? |
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! HSS-S |
! HSS-S |
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| 2,097,152 || 6 || 4 || ? |
| 2,097,152 || 6 || 4 || ? |
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! Draconium |
! Draconium |
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| 8,388,608 || 8 || 4 || ? |
| 8,388,608 || 8 || 4 || ? |
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! Nether Star |
! Nether Star |
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| 33,554,432 || 4 || 4 || ? |
| 33,554,432 || 4 || 4 || ? |
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! Hypogen |
! Hypogen |
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| 33,554,432 || 8 || 0 || inf. |
| 33,554,432 || 8 || 0 || inf. |
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! Quantium |
! Quantium |
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| 134,217,728 || 2 || 4 || ? |
| 134,217,728 || 2 || 4 || ? |
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! Black Plutonium* |
! Black Plutonium* |
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| 536,870,912 || 1 || 16 || ? |
| 536,870,912 || 1 || 16 || ? |
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! Awakened Draconium |
! Awakened Draconium |
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| 2,147,483,640 || 1 || 16 || ? |
| 2,147,483,640 || 1 || 16 || ? |
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! Red Alloy |
! Red Alloy |
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| 8 || 1 || 0 || inf. |
| 8 || 1 || 0 || inf. |
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! Redstone Alloy |
! Redstone Alloy |
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| 32 || 1 || 0 || inf. |
| 32 || 1 || 0 || inf. |
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! Superconductor MV* |
! Superconductor MV* |
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| 128 || 4 || 0 || inf. |
| 128 || 4 || 0 || inf. |
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! Superconductor HV* |
! Superconductor HV* |
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| 512 || 6 || 0 || inf. |
| 512 || 6 || 0 || inf. |
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! Superconductor EV* |
! Superconductor EV* |
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| 2,048 || 8 || 0 || inf. |
| 2,048 || 8 || 0 || inf. |
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! Superconductor IV* |
! Superconductor IV* |
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| 8,192 || 12 || 0 || inf. |
| 8,192 || 12 || 0 || inf. |
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! Superconductor LuV* |
! Superconductor LuV* |
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| 32,768 || 16 || 0 || inf. |
| 32,768 || 16 || 0 || inf. |
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! Superconductor ZPM* |
! Superconductor ZPM* |
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| 131,072 || 24 || 0 || inf. |
| 131,072 || 24 || 0 || inf. |
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! Superconductor UV* |
! Superconductor UV* |
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| 524,288 || 32 || 0 || inf. |
| 524,288 || 32 || 0 || inf. |
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! Superconductor UHV* |
! Superconductor UHV* |
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| 2,097,152 || 48 || 0 || inf. |
| 2,097,152 || 48 || 0 || inf. |
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! Superconductor UEV* |
! Superconductor UEV* |
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| 8,388,608 || 64 || 0 || inf. |
| 8,388,608 || 64 || 0 || inf. |
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! Superconductor UIV* |
! Superconductor UIV* |
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| 33,554,432 || 64 || 0 || inf. |
| 33,554,432 || 64 || 0 || inf. |
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! Superconductor UMV* |
! Superconductor UMV* |
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| 134,217,728 || 64 || 0 || inf. |
| 134,217,728 || 64 || 0 || inf. |
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! Infinity |
! Infinity |
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| 2,147,483,640 || 8,192 || 0 || inf. |
| 2,147,483,640 || 8,192 || 0 || inf. |
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! SpaceTime |
! SpaceTime |
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| 2,147,483,640 || 1,000,000 || 0 || inf. |
| 2,147,483,640 || 1,000,000 || 0 || inf. |
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! Superconductor Base MV* |
! Superconductor Base MV* |
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| 128 || 1 || 2 || ? |
| 128 || 1 || 2 || ? |
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! Superconductor Base HV* |
! Superconductor Base HV* |
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| 512 || 2 || 8 || ? |
| 512 || 2 || 8 || ? |
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! Superconductor Base EV* |
! Superconductor Base EV* |
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| 2,048 || 3 || 16 || ? |
| 2,048 || 3 || 16 || ? |
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! Superconductor Base IV* |
! Superconductor Base IV* |
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| 8,192 || 4 || 64 || ? |
| 8,192 || 4 || 64 || ? |
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! Superconductor Base LuV* |
! Superconductor Base LuV* |
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| 32,768 || 6 || 256 || ? |
| 32,768 || 6 || 256 || ? |
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! Superconductor Base ZPM* |
! Superconductor Base ZPM* |
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| 131,072 || 8 || 1,024 || ? |
| 131,072 || 8 || 1,024 || ? |
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! Superconductor Base UV* |
! Superconductor Base UV* |
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| 524,288 || 12 || 4,096 || ? |
| 524,288 || 12 || 4,096 || ? |
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! Superconductor Base UHV* |
! Superconductor Base UHV* |
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| 2,097,152 || 16 || 16,384 || ? |
| 2,097,152 || 16 || 16,384 || ? |
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! Superconductor Base UEV* |
! Superconductor Base UEV* |
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| 8,388,608 || 24 || 65,536 || ? |
| 8,388,608 || 24 || 65,536 || ? |
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! Superconductor Base UIV* |
! Superconductor Base UIV* |
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| 33,554,432 || 32 || 262,144 || ? |
| 33,554,432 || 32 || 262,144 || ? |
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! Superconductor Base UMV* |
! Superconductor Base UMV* |
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| 134,217,728 || 32 || 1,048,576 |
| 134,217,728 || 32 || 1,048,576 || ? |
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'''Any GT Block outputting EU has an energy loss on output.''' This means there is no such thing as lossless power transfer. A power outputting singleblock will take <math>8\times4^{tier}+2^{max(0, tier-1)}</math> EU from its internal buffer and output <math>8\times4^{tier}</math> EU (which is always the maximum EU one amp of that voltage tier can hold). For example, a [[LV]] [[Combustion Generator]] draws 33 EU from its internal buffer to generate 1 amp holding 32 EU. The energy lost is therefore <math>2^{max(0, tier-1)}</math>. ULV is an exception, having the same loss value as LV, i.e. 1 EU. |
'''Any GT Block outputting EU has an energy loss on output.''' This means there is no such thing as lossless power transfer. A power outputting singleblock will take <math>8\times4^{tier}+2^{max(0, tier-1)}</math> EU from its internal buffer and output <math>8\times4^{tier}</math> EU (which is always the maximum EU one amp of that voltage tier can hold). For example, a [[LV]] [[Combustion Generator]] draws 33 EU from its internal buffer to generate 1 amp holding 32 EU. The energy lost is therefore <math>2^{max(0, tier-1)}</math>. ULV is an exception, having the same loss value as LV, i.e. 1 EU. |
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!Tier !! Output !! Loss !!Loss in % !!Energy used |
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!ULV |
!ULV |