User blog:Patric20878/Solar Power Mechanics

Solar Power Operation Times and Duration Per Day Cycle

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Minecraft day starts at:     0/24000 ticks MC time =  6:00/24:00 MC time =  0:00/20:00 IRL time

Minecraft day ends at:   12000/24000 ticks MC time = 18:00/24:00 MC time = 10:00/20:00 IRL time

Solar power starts at:    -540/24000 ticks MC time =  5:27/24:00 MC time = -0:27/20:00 IRL time

Solar power ends at:     12540/24000 ticks MC time = 18:32/24:00 MC time = 10:27/20:00 IRL time

Solar power duration:    13080/24000 ticks MC time = 19:05/24:00 MC time = 10:54/20:00 IRL time

Therefore, solar power works for 54.5% of the time per day cycle.

Notes: Interestingly, either MC or IC2's dev must've mistakenly thought 12540 - -540 = 12000, or

accidentally made 540 negative, as those numbers are just too convenient and significant (being

exactly halfway through a day cycle) to be mere coincidence!

Solar Array Effective EU/t

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HV: 512 EU/t * 0.545 = 279.04 EU/t

MV:  64 EU/t * 0.545 =  34.88 EU/t

LV:   8 EU/t * 0.545 =   4.36 EU/t

HV Solar Arrays and MFSU's Required to Power Max-Overclocked Machines

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Macerator/Extractor/Compressor: 16 OC, 3689 EU/t:

3689 / 279.04 = ~13.23 HV Solar Arrays

3689 / 512 = ~7.21 MFSU's

= 14 HV Solars, 8 MFSU's per Macerator/Extractor/Compressor

Electric Furnace: 13 OC, 1351 EU/t:

1351 / 279.04 = ~4.85 HV Solar Arrays

1351 / 512 = ~2.64 MFSU's

= 5 HV Solars, 3 MFSU's per Electric Furnace

Recycler: 10 OC, 109 EU/t:

109 / 279.04 = ~0.40 HV Solar Arrays

109 / 512 = ~0.22 MFSU's

= HV Solar Array per 2 Recyclers

MFSU per 4 Recyclers