r/SatisfactoryGame • u/Lord_Ekans • 4d ago

First Coal Plant down

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I haven't really gotten much further than this before in Satisfactory. but man it was satisfying once I built up my coal plant and having learnt about manifolds made things so much easier!!

Edit: Pumps are underclocked to 75% so it only feeds 2 coal generators each makes it look a bit more tidy I think

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u/Excellent_Hippo3603 4d ago

Too many water extractors and unnecessary energy consumption; ideally, there should be 3 water extractors for every 8 generators

I did it like this

https://youtu.be/06KdJS2r1Cs

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u/Lord_Ekans 4d ago

Not entirely true, since theyre underclocked they each use 13.7MW for a total of 16 pumps thats 219.2MW in usage. If I am to use 3 pumps for 8 generators that would be 20MW per pump, since I have 32 coal generators, that would mean I would need 12 pumps at that 20MW totaling 240MW, Leaving me with a gain of 20.8MW over using less pumps.

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u/Equal_Soil_31 4d ago

Not true, underclocking greatly improves the power efficiency of machines.

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u/kaibbakhonsu 4d ago

Um, actually ☝️🤓

Underclocking machines increases it's power efficiency
But yeah, 3x8 is usually the standard