Talk:Macerator/@comment-71.141.107.13-20121122231504/@comment-86.177.145.209-20121130012034

1) Build a batbox, a generator, some copper wire and of course a macerator.

2) Place copper wire to connect the macerator to the side of the batbox with a dot on it.

3) Place more copper wire to connect the generator to one of the other faces of the batbox.

4) Put some coal into the generator. This will generate power and put it in the batbox.

5) Put ore in the macerator. It will then start macerating.

6) Optionally add a solar panel or two to charge the batbox for free. But beware that its' output will only travel down a short section of wire, so you must place it close to a batbox. This is because it emits 1EU packets which are quickly swallowed up by cable losses, while the generator emits 10EU packets and the batbox emits 32EU packets which go a long way. Note that you can put a second batbox near the panels and feed it's output into the first batbox

7) Also optionally, upgrade to the rotary macerator. The rotary macerator speeds up as it goes, becoming much faster than a standard macerator and more energy efficient with it. At the high end, an overclocked macerator can be faster still, but that really burns through power and is not energy efficient at all. Don't bother overclocking the rotary macerator though because it only goes slightly faster and will never be as fast as an overclocked standard macerator.

Note that you can technically eliminate the batbox and just connect the macerator to the generator. But this is not recommended. The generator outputs 10EU/t while the macerator uses 2EU/t, so 80% of the power will just be wasted without energy storage.