Solar Arrays

An array is a group of 8 lower level solar panels/arrays. They are used to reduce the size of solar farms, which can quickly become invasive.

They work exactly as their basic counterpart, except for the output EU/t. Due to their high output, Arrays are excessively expensive and time consuming to make, requiring 512 solar panels to one HV solar array.

The preferable method of construction involves the setting up of automated crafting tables to perform these tasks for you as otherwise creation would become deathly tedious. (Example here)

LV Solar Array
Outputs 8 EU/t

8 solar panels.

Requires PER 1 LV Solar Array
 * 106 copper wire (104) (2 for LV transformer)
 * Breaks down to: 104 rubber, 52 copper ingots, and 2 extra copper wire
 * 48 redstone
 * 80 refined iron
 * 32 tin
 * 64 cobblestone
 * 24 glass
 * 24 coal dust
 * 3 copper ingots
 * 4 wooden planks

MV Solar Array
Outputs 64 EU/t

64 solar panels = 8 LV arrays.

requires:
 * 10 stacks of refined iron + 8 (mv transformer)
 * 8 stacks of cobble (furnaces for iron furnaces)
 * 13 stacks of copper cable + 18 copper cable
 * Breaks down to: 13 stacks + 14 rubber, 6 stacks + 39 copper ingots, and 4 extra copper wire
 * 24 copper ingots (lv transformers)
 * 6 stacks of redstone (re-batteries and circuits)
 * 4 stacks of tin (re batteries)
 * 3 stacks of coal dust (solar panels)
 * 3 stacks of glass (solar panels)
 * 32 wood planks (lv transformers)

(Corrected and checked by Noryakky)

HV Solar Array
Outputs 512 EU/t

512 solar panels = 64 LV arrays = 8 MV arrays.

Note that a Mk V Nuclear Reactor completely full of uranium produces 2400 EU/t, and will explode in 7 seconds. Five HV Solar Arrays will produce more power (2560 EU/t) with no risk. Note that an HV or a Fibre Optic cable at minimum is necessary to receive power from HV Solar Arrays; At 512 EU/t, any other cable is melted. However, there is no limit to how many HV Solar Arrays can be attached along a single HV or Fibre Optic cable; because the EU is sent in packets per tick, the actual EU going through the cable never exceeds 512 EU per packet and is thus not exceeding cable limits. This extends to all other grades of solar panel, as long as the single cable can tolerate the EU/t from that grade of panel.

Constructing a single HV Solar Array requires an incredible amount of materials
 * 6810 Rubber (~106 Stacks)
 * 5193 Refined Iron Ingots (~81 Stacks)
 * 2048 Tin Ingots (32 Stacks)
 * 4096 Cobblestone (64 Stacks)
 * 1536 Glass (~24 Stacks)
 * 1536 Coal Dust (~24 Stacks)
 * 3597 Copper Ingots (~54 Stacks)
 * 256 Planks (4 Stacks)
 * 3082 Redstone Dust (~48 Stacks)
 * 1 Diamond