My macertator dosen't work

[matilda8147]

My macerator dosent work i've hooked it up to a machine block but the wire wont connect to the machine block it connects to the maccerator though why is this please help

-matilda8147 Mod Edit: Don't sign your posts.

[xtrasyn]

Sorry, but why did you hook it up to a machine block? It needs power; machine blocks are much like dirt in this respect; they don't give power...

[matilda8147]

sorry not machine block the generator

[xtrasyn]

The generator has fuel?

I never had generators that did not connect; sorry for asking this but do you get a generator screen when you right click it?

[Torezu]

Put a bat box in between. Direct generator -> machine hookups are fussy.

[matilda8147]

yes

xtra

[xtrasyn]

Hmm. Well I'd go with the solution above; I never did try hooking stuff up without bat boxes in between.

[matilda8147]

but what generator should i be using though is there a specific one?

[xtrasyn]

There is one true block named generator - it is a furnace with a machine block and a battery iirc.

There are however many blocks that will generate power; geothermal generators, various solar panels, windmills, water driven thingies, stuff that turns engines in to generators... A lot. :)

[xtrasyn]

The biggest difference between them is how much eu/t they produce... You can go from wind (2-4 eu/t) to nuclear (up to and supposedly sometimes higher than 2400 eu/t).

However, most people draw from power supplies, and there only a few; the batbox (32eu/t), the MSU (128eu/t) and the MFSU (512eu/t).

Your machines take up to 32 eu/t which is equal to a batbox output. If you want them to use a higher supply family, you will need to use a transformer, or use transformer upgrades in your machines or they will blow up.

[Torezu]

OP: If you want any more help, a picture would be good.