Talk:Energy Unit/@comment-128.227.98.100-20120928162402/@comment-80.229.40.144-20121026184419

You didn't read the article fully.

An output of 2048EU/t from a say nuclear reactor, is actually 2048EU/t/1p (where p = packet or in your way of thinking current) and when converted by a HV transformer will be converted into 512EU/t/4p, so as you can see no loss of power at all.

Lets look at HV to MV. If the output is coming from an on demand energy generator/store (such as an MFSU) and going into a MV transformer, and the transformer is connected to a device that only needs 128EU/t then the MFSU will only output 1 pakcet of 512EU every 4 ticks to the MV transformer which will in turn then output 1 packet of 128EU every 1 tick. If however the MV was connected to 4 machine requireing 128EU/t each, then the MFSU one output one 512EU per tick, and the MV tarsnformer would output 4 packets of 128EU per tick.

However, if the output is coming from something that just generates reagrdless of demand, like solar, water and nuclear, and only a much smaller amount of power is used (or can be stored in the grid) then xEU/t will be wasted.