Talk:Energy Crystal/@comment-69.21.135.109-20120722031647

So after not taking 'You can't automate energy crystal dumping' I decided to test this theory and it is partially true. Nothing knows the difference in an energy crystal that is missing 1 eu or a completely empty energy crystal, however, redpower does know when an energy crystal is full.

You CAN automate it however, with a bit of logic. Use redpower to pump the fully charged crystal into the mfe or mfsu through a regulator connected under the storage unit, and it will send a redstone signal when it successfully inserts the crystal.

Run Red alloy wire into the regulator then into a Pulse Former. Run the Pulse former into a State cell set to 16 seconds. Run the output into an RS Latch on one of the sides without a redstone torch. On the side that is Off when the input is off, connect it to a redstone engine that is sucking items from the storage unit and off in another direction but connected to the same red alloy wire, connect a pulse former and a state cell connected to that. Set the state cell to 2 seconds, and connect it to the opposite side of the RS latch, the other side without a torch.

That will suck the energy crystal out 17 or so seconds after it gets inserted, which is perfect.