Starwind Posted August 20, 2012 Share Posted August 20, 2012 Im just wondering if its possible to do this? i have a solar panel group set up a bit from the house and i want it to charge the batteries. been googling abit about it and cant seems to find a solutions Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
prasselpikachu Posted August 20, 2012 Share Posted August 20, 2012 The solar panels can charge items directly, they've got a slot for that. Just use Item Teleport Pipes and timed redstone engines to transfer batteries into the panels and to get them out after some time. Then let them go in the bottom slot of a BatBox/MFE/MFSU to charge them up. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jay? Posted August 20, 2012 Share Posted August 20, 2012 OR you could overengineer all of the things and do it this way: Solar Array>cables>IC2 Storage> Cables> Energy link/appropriate crossover engine> energy pipes> teleport pipes> energy pipes> BC storage> Energy pipes> Energy Link> Cables> IC2 Storage. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
The_DarthMoogle Posted August 20, 2012 Share Posted August 20, 2012 Yes, I use Jay?'s system quite often now, for my new batshit insane IC2/RedPower mining platforms. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
warpspeed10 Posted August 20, 2012 Share Posted August 20, 2012 Try using induction. When you pass electrons through your copper cables, you cause a change in the magnetic field around those cables. And similarly, a nearby cable will respond to a change in the magnetic field through it, by causing a flow of electrons (i.e. electricity). The cables don't need to be touching, but the energy loss is directly related to distance. So you can't go too far away. You may want to consider using superconductors to cut down on this energy loss. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
The_DarthMoogle Posted August 20, 2012 Share Posted August 20, 2012 There's also static induction. Ya know, tesla coils. Also, if you think you can afford the cavity magnetrons, you could power beam some microwaves to a rectenna. But that rectenna would need to be pretty large, possilby 80 chunks long at 2.5GHz, and you can't use multiple dishes to focus the waves any shorter. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
warpspeed10 Posted August 20, 2012 Share Posted August 20, 2012 Or try figuring out the science behind one of Tesla's later inventions, and you'll be able to harness nearly free energy out of the ionosphere. Just make sure you don't tell your investors that there is no way to regulate the energy flow, and in essence make it impossible to charge people for the power, or else you'll be shut down and your science will go unnoticed until years after you die. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jay? Posted August 20, 2012 Share Posted August 20, 2012 Or try figuring out the science behind one of Tesla's later inventions, and you'll be able to harness nearly free energy out of the ionosphere. Just make sure you don't tell your investors that there is no way to regulate the energy flow, and in essence make it impossible to charge people for the power, or else you'll be shut down and your science will go unnoticed until years after you die. And even then the best you can hope for is a museum in your name, a reputation for mad science, and an internet poster. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Starwind Posted August 20, 2012 Author Share Posted August 20, 2012 wow, all of this sounds insanely complicated hehe Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
warpspeed10 Posted August 20, 2012 Share Posted August 20, 2012 And even then the best you can hope for is a museum in your name, a reputation for mad science, and an internet poster. Honestly, Nobel Prizes are overrated. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jay? Posted August 20, 2012 Share Posted August 20, 2012 In fact, if you're thinking about following in Tesla's footsteps at ALL, you may want to avoid investors. Or at least always have a lawyer present when the investors come around. You may also wish to avoid pigeons. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Starwind Posted August 20, 2012 Author Share Posted August 20, 2012 i think this post have become abit off topic :P Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
VideoBoy Posted August 20, 2012 Share Posted August 20, 2012 Try using induction. When you pass electrons through your copper cables, you cause a change in the magnetic field around those cables. And similarly, a nearby cable will respond to a change in the magnetic field through it, by causing a flow of electrons (i.e. electricity). The cables don't need to be touching, but the energy loss is directly related to distance. So you can't go too far away. You may want to consider using superconductors to cut down on this energy loss. Wow, you're smart. Can you make me a nuclear reactor? I can't find one on eBay. I think it'd be cheaper than paying these electric companies forever. I just need a bit of uranium to power my home for the rest of my life, right? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jay? Posted August 20, 2012 Share Posted August 20, 2012 Wow, you're smart. Can you make me a nuclear reactor? I can't find one on eBay. I think it'd be cheaper than paying these electric companies forever. I just need a bit of uranium to power my home for the rest of my life, right? Why Uranium? Why not use Thorium? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
VideoBoy Posted August 20, 2012 Share Posted August 20, 2012 Why Uranium? Why not use Thorium? Dafuq is thorium? Oh wait, internet... Thorium is a naturally occurring radioactive chemical element with the symbol Th and atomic number 90. It was discovered in 1828 by the Swedish chemist Jons Jakob Berzelius and named after Thor, the Norse god of thunder. In nature, virtually all thorium is found as thorium-232, which undergoes alpha decay with a half-life of about 14.05 billion years. Other isotopes of thorium are short-lived intermediates in the decay chains of higher elements, and only found in trace amounts. Thorium is estimated to be about four times more abundant than uranium in the Earth's crust, and is chiefly refined from monazite sands as a by-product of extracting rare earth metals. Thorium was once commonly used as the light source in gas mantles and as an alloying material, but these applications have declined due to concerns about its radioactivity. Thorium is also used as an alloying element in non consumable TIG welding electrodes. Canada, Germany, India, Netherlands, the United Kingdom and the United States have experimented with using thorium as a substitute nuclear fuel in nuclear reactors. There is a growing interest in developing a thorium fuel cycle due to its safety benefits, absence of non-fertile isotopes, and its higher occurrence and availability when compared to uranium. India's three stage nuclear power programme is possibly the most well known and well funded of such efforts. Meh. It's not in Minecraft so I don't have an unexplainable obsession with it like I do with uranium. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bwillb Posted August 20, 2012 Share Posted August 20, 2012 Why Uranium? Why not use Thorium? I don't think that spawns yet ;) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jay? Posted August 20, 2012 Share Posted August 20, 2012 Do we not have Advanced Power Systems in the pack? I hardly ever play regular technic now >_> Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
warpspeed10 Posted August 20, 2012 Share Posted August 20, 2012 In fact, if you're thinking about following in Tesla's footsteps at ALL, you may want to avoid investors. Or at least always have a lawyer present when the investors come around. You may also wish to avoid pigeons. This just made my day. :D Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
diamondeye83 Posted August 21, 2012 Share Posted August 21, 2012 Honestly, Nobel Prizes are overrated. Well with out good old Nobel, we'd not have dynamite Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
The_DarthMoogle Posted August 21, 2012 Share Posted August 21, 2012 I'd kill for a Nobel Peace Prize. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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