Solar panels and batteries: number nerdiness

[Sion]

If I understand this correctly it must mean that the RED setup here is bad,
and the GREEN is good, right?

Because in the red setup the electricity has to pass through the battery witch "destroys" 50% of the energy?

[UrbanBourbon]

If I understand this correctly it must mean that the RED setup here is bad,
and the GREEN is good, right?

Because in the red setup the electricity has to pass through the battery witch "destroys" 50% of the energy?

That's an interesting scenario. Batteries do transmit electricity. The question really is, will the battery mess with the flow of electricity. I always assumed batteries sucked up 50% of any EXCESS electricity, without hindering the flow at all. Someone should, uhhh, test for all that. Not that I'm lazy or anything... I suppose it's better to be safe than sorry, if one cannot be bothered to test, and avoid the RED configuration above.

My intuition with RimWorld batteries has been that they work as buffers and stabilizers... load balancers (on top of being energy storage devices). But what do I know. Ever noticed during solar flare events how electricity goes out in stages, areas at a time, seconds inbetween, and never all at once?

[Tynan]

The geometry of your power grid has no effect on anything. The efficiency on a battery just means that if it consumes 2Wd of energy it will later emit 1Wd.

[Sion]

The geometry of your power grid has no effect on anything. The efficiency on a battery just means that if it consumes 2Wd of energy it will later emit 1Wd.

How does the battery know when to consume energy or transmit it if you use the red setup?

[iame6162013]

The geometry of your power grid has no effect on anything. The efficiency on a battery just means that if it consumes 2Wd of energy it will later emit 1Wd.

How does the battery know when to consume energy or transmit it if you use the red setup?

if there is excess energy(just click on a battery light)

[linkxsc]

Well on a side note. Whenever I can find a hotel with good enough internet ima dl the unity devkit and anything else id need and take a stab at adding a switch. And maybe a fusebox component.

Id like to work on a proximity sensor and maybe a daylight sensor (shut off growing lights in the day when the sun is do8ng their job. Turn them on at night. The prox sensor could turn lights on in bedrooms and such only when people are there.

Stuff like that.