Issues with fission reactor(reactor cell) & thermometer

[Aunnagus]

I set up a fission reactor and I placed a thermometer right next to it. I then connected the thermometer via rednet cable to a sticky piston/control rod setup. For some reason, the thermometer just seems to be gauging the temperature of the water surrounding the reactor and not the reactor itself. The result: I keep having to take the fissile fuel rod out really fast to avoid explosion. I don't want to do this. I want it all to be pretty much self sufficient. What am I doing wrong here?

 

P.S. Yes, the colored bands on either side of the rednet cable are the same color.

[AetherPirate]

From what I've read in the forums, Atomic Science is very glitchy. You are better off with Big Reactors.

[Curunir]

Not glitchy, just very outdated and not maintained any more, thus suffering from bugs.

The follow-up mod and heir to Atomic Science is Resonant Induction, which is not in Tekkit at this point.

 

From what I hear, people only use Fusion Reactors from that mod and consider Fission Reactors broken and unusable. For easy large-scale power generation, you want BigReactors. A tutorial with that and many other things is >here.

Edited September 16, 2014 by Curunir

[Aunnagus]

Thanks for the replies, guys. I might try solar. I'm really disappointed because I pumped a lot of resources into that fission reactor project :/ Oh well.

[Curunir]

Solar doesn't work properly, either. We only have Galacticraft Solar Modules, which are glitchy and also have conversion bugs when used with Thermal Expansion gear.

I lined out the available power options in my >guide, in point 16 and onward. There is a complete building guide for a small Yellorium Reactor in there that will work fine.

[Aunnagus]

Cool, thanks. Also, what are the fluid teleport pipes called in tekkit? I know it's something weird..

[Curunir]

The recommended fluid pipes are Fluiducts from Thermal Expansion. The old Buildcraft waterproof pipes are also still available, and you could use pipes from Extra Utilities.

[HeatHunter]

you can teleport fluids using a tesseract

these things teleport Items, power and fluids...

 

Edit: another way is to use an endertank.

Edited September 17, 2014 by HeatHunter