Talk:Glass Fibre Cable/@comment-5270800-20120708000349/@comment-76.202.77.8-20120826233134

Energy loss from traveling through cables is calculated per packet. Each solar panel outputs 1-EU packets and, since the line loss for fibre cables is 1-EU every 40 blocks, after 40 blocks, each packet dies after traveling 40 blocks.

This can be fixed by collecting all the 1-EU packets into a bigger packet by using a transformer in reverse (powered by redstone) so each larger packet will lose 1-EU meaning that, for a LV transformer, 31-EU makes it to the batbox for every 32-EU put on the line. This ratio can be further improved by running it through a MV transformer in reverse to make it so that 511 of every 512-EU makes it to the end. DO NOT USE A HV TRANSFORMER! Fibre cables cannot handle packets larger than 512-EU. (Depending on the number of solar panels sending EU on the line it may not be practical to use a MV transformer)