before batteries didnt recharge while discharging so this was necessary. They fixed that so this circuit is no longer necessary, its actually a waste of power.

@@tictoc4156 so this video is outdated then?

@@Naku_u no

kzfaq.info/get/bejne/mt2Go7aqptTPhpc.html video older than this one but different explanation

@@Naku_u this stills works, what happens is the solar panel is using what power it has for the system any power unused goes to battery. When there is no more sunlight then battery takes over, hopefully with full charge

Yeah me too, couldn't combine them behind this circuit so it has to be before?

@@kathak9096 Ofc it has to be before. Just put a (or multiple) root combiner(s) in front of the first branch.

yeah - I've been struggling this (trying to find a way to auto-disable any surplus batteries from the circuit)... looks like you can't switch/branch anything before a root combiner - the only thing that can be before a root combiner is a power source (generation or battery output)...

Maybe we'll get it if we all subscribe

Can you explain or show me how I’ve been trying to figure it out for hours

@@eurility8557 sure, use root combiners to combine input from your power sources going into the first electrical branch and add a splitter between the 2nd branch and battery to spit power into 3 batteries. Use root combiners to combine the batteries power going into the blocker

@@jamesward9482 Important note: Don't do this with Medium or Large batteries because root combiners will max them out 100% of the time and waste a lot of power unless you are actually utilizing the full 200 or 300W output. It's a big annoyance and there's no warning in game that this will happen. You can still run the feed to several batteries and run separate grids, though.

ikr

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@@rocketmon1581 idk but ig

UPS is only useful when you have over 126 rWm

To add, it was easy to implement this into my already established setup.

I mean, if you have your turrets wired to batteries that will be the case regardless

On first branch instead of 9 you set amount needed to power up your devices. The rest will power up your large battery. As for two batteries, I just created two circuits with two windmills, felt like the simplest solution. For example my first circuit branches out ~60 energy to turrets with the rest going to battery (- components on the way). With cut out power source fully charged large battery should last for about 7+ hours with ~60 active output.

Switch before going into the circuit, switch it off and see how much active usage is coming from your batteries then add 1 to it and set up your first branch.

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Charging slowly nearly all the time is way better than pretty much constantly drawing from it.

Glad to hear it!

Repair your solar panel, damaged ones produce less power

@@gabeske1711 they still produce less than 12 at certain times of day tho regardless of health

@@d4nnyh solar panels should be facing the center of the map to be most efficient

This is the real problem with the electrical system in Rust. Due to technical limitations that make no logical sense, what should be simple designs instead have to use convoluted workarounds and compromises to avoid being wasteful.

Yes you are missing something. During daylight your item is being powered by the solar panel (directly) with any spare power going to the battery (topping it up), when night comes, your item is powered by the battery and the battery is losing power but when day comes around again, solar powers item AND tops up battery. So with this system your battery is always being topped up and NOT losing power by day, as the item is being powered by the solar panel. There is a subtle difference

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This was made before a patch was introduced

@@_Bangs_ so is this circuit not viable anymore?

@@BlueinanotherLanguage this circuit will still work and still manages power better than wiring generated power into a battery, but this circuit also still waste power. Generated power not meeting set threshold is wasted.

Can you design a circuit that does the same thing with fewer components? If not, then it's as efficient as it's going to get. If you can, then publish your design.

@@mjt1517 my question's purpose is to find a better solution by looking at a problem from another angle You answer's purpose is ...?

solar panel -> consumer (splitter)

No the splitter is not the best way to do this. Splitters are rarely the answer when a branch is available. What do you think the benefit of the splitter is?

@@ramrodgames The system you introduced is needed to separate the power supply from charging the battery and consumers - this takes a small amount of electricity. In the present tense, this is not necessary, because the battery does not give out all its charge, as it was before, but as much as consumers need. The main thing is to supply 2 times more energy to the battery than consumers need. Sorry for my english)

Your English is good bro no worries. That was my point in the video - you CAN power everything direct with the battery directly as you said if you have double the solar / wind and enough battery to get you through the night + during periods of lower power (more applicable with solar than anything). The point I'm making is you are wasting HQM because you're having to set up 2x the power and more battery capacity than you need to make sure the power supply is uninterrupted. This circuit has multiple benefits compared to just connecting everything directly: 1) It allows you to more efficiently use the power generation you have (especially solar) when it is available and then switch to battery when it is not sufficient (so you don't need to install as many panels and as big of a battery). 2) It gives you a battery backup if your solar / wind is damaged or destroyed because it makes sure that your battery is at peak charge at all times (yes you can do the same by having 2x+ solar going into a battery so that you always have extra, but that's wasteful). For example you can have 6-7 solar panels generating 120-140 power going into 1 large battery this way and instead of 10 panels. 3) You get more control over your power - with this circuit using branches (this is one reason why they are better than splitters), you can set how much of your power is going to the battery to charge it in the beginning vs. to your components. For example if you set up everything with a medium or large battery in the beginning and only need 10-20 power for a turret and some lights, you would not direct 100 power from the solar panels to your main power line. You would direct enough to power those components and send the rest to the battery to get it charged fully faster. Ultimately this circuit isn't for everyone and you do need HQM for the components and yes it uses a little bit of power. If you're only using electricity for basic stuff then this is not worth it. You'll see in future videos though that I like to build complicated circuits with multiple sensors, turrets, and advance warning systems. To do stuff like that, this circuit is absolutely necessary because you want to be able to regulate everything and it is the first step to a much larger and modular electrical system. I'll post more videos and show more of this. Thanks for your comment and let me know if I'm wrong on anything here.

@@ramrodgames I don’t know if you will catch the essence of the video kzfaq.info/get/bejne/m7ldiq-Us7HTo5s.html

As I understood, this was an old issue where you couldn't use a battery while charging it. That's no longer the case and the video is pointless with the current system.

This isnt, this was jyst one of first good ways for electricity when it came out.

allways the max battery output minus the electrical components u see here. large battery are 100 rw output minus the 5 components equals 95.. to be on the save side go 90 on the large battery.

@@yogsothoth6059 tysm

@@yogsothoth6059 no the maximum it can be set at is max battery output -1, however if your circuit uses less than the max battery output then its much more efficient to set it as exactly what you need and all excess power to the battery. also its not minus all the components as all but one of these are used up directly from the source so its max battery output minus one (or more only if your using multiple batteries because of the rout combiners)

@@philipludwell339 so its f.e 99 for a large battery no matter what you connect to it,? an you still can run a "unlimited power" circuit with blocker and stuff?

@@yogsothoth6059 the battery outputs 100 into the XOR leaving 99 coming out, the other circuitry takes it power directly from the power source, so with one large battery max output is 99, and from the first branch that splits the power you can run max 99 from the branch to the XOR but if you don't need the full 99 then just split off whatever is needed and let the rest go to charge the battery.

Yes just make sure your running the Branch out to the battery and not the power out

Unfortunately, you cannot feed a splitter into a root combiner.

This video is a rip off of a video I made 4 years ago. But he only copied the first part. I can't link it because "youtube". But search up "The Best Rust Infinite Power Circuit", then skip in 4:20 into the video I show how to modify the circuit for a large battery, and more power, like a wind gen.

Dude thank you so much

This stops the discharging of the battery while power is being generated, allowing for more efficient charging and less drain while the generation first powers the circuit and secondly charges the battery.

These circuits were used commonly before facepunch made a large update to electricity. The game used to only allow battery charging or discharging one time, not both at once.

Because going directly through the battery wastes power. Once the battery is full, it'll just stay full and ready, where here, once it's full, it is shut off to allow the solar panels to go directly to the things that need to be powered. Also, with this, you could theoretically hook multiple batteries up without much change.

Oh, and because things that need power also hold some power, they can be overcharged using the solar panels instead of from.the battery