Board Thread:Questions and Answers/@comment-5989911-20130113195050/@comment-128.208.36.148-20130115202920

sek, you have not told us what you're trying to power!

there are at least 5 different types of power within tekkit. Redstone current from vanilla, emc from ee, megajoules from buildcraft, eu's from ic, and bluetricity from redpower. sometimes you can mix them:

Builcraft engines must point into a wooden pipe or other buildcraft machine and have redstone current applied. A lever is sufficient for this purpose. a redstone torch is sufficient. a not gate is sufficient if you somehow have one. however, except for the redstone engine, they also require fuel of some sort.

It will then very slowly warm up.