Capacitors (Block)
Capacitors are blocks that can store large amounts of electricity for later use, and are designed to be used in large banks, attached to buses, which control the direction of energy flow, much like a diode. All capacitors receive power from their top side (facing away from the block that it was placed on), and send power into the bus that the block is placed directly on.
| Capacity | Max Input | Max Output | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Copper | 1MHE | 5kHE/s | 1.67kHE/s |
| Gold | 5MHE | 25kHE/s | 8.33kHE/s |
| Niobium | 25MHE | 125kHE/s | 41.67kHE/s |
| Tantalium | 150MHE | 750kHE/s | 250kHE/s |
| Schrabidic | 50GHE | 250GHE/s | 83.33GHE/s |
Capacitor Bus
All capacitors must be placed on a capacitor bus in order to have power extracted from them – without one, they simply receive power. Capacitor buses have a red output side that will face the player when placed, where any power accepting block (cable, machine, etc) can extract power. All the other faces of the capacitor can either have more buses attached, or capacitor blocks themselves.
A capacitor bus can be crafted with the following recipe:
Copper Capacitor
The first and cheapest tier of capacitor is the copper capacitor, with a storage capacity of 1 MHE. This capacitor is made of cheap components available immediately after the blast furnace has been constructed, and is crafted with the following recipe:
Golden Capacitor
The next tier of capacitor, with a storage capacity of 5 MHE. This capacitor is more expensive than the previous one, requiring components that are available after an oil refinery is setup. The recipe for this capacitor is:
Niobium Capacitor
After the golden capacitor comes the niobium capacitor, with a storage capacity of 25 MHE. This capacitor requires a catalytic cracking tower to produce the ingredients within. The recipe for this capacitor is:
Tantalium Capacitor
Continuing up the power scale, we come to the tantalium capacitor, with a storage capacity of 150 MHE. This capacitor not only requires access to a coltan deposit, and all the required machinery to produce tantalium, but also requires technetium steel or cadmium steel to produce, requiring a nuclear reactor to produce the necessary byproducts. The recipe for this capacitor is:
Schrabidate Capacitor
The strongest capacitor available, providing a whopping 50 GHE of power storage. This capacitor requires both schrabidium and a fusion reactor to produce the necessary materials for construction. It is crafted with the following recipe:
