Talk:Energy Collector/@comment-184.58.106.97-20120902230322/@comment-108.200.129.246-20120903061113

You probably know math... the guy that posted the pic that claims 1 red matter/20s with that setup is either using an older build of tekkit (?) or can't do math or I can't do math...

Here's what I calculate from his setup:

Each of his "big" diamonds (there's 4 of them in the pic) is made of up of 4 of what I'll call a "pod." A pod, as I'm describing it, is made up of 13 Mk3 Energy Collectors, 5 Mk3 Antimatter Relays, and a Energy Condenser and is shaped like an upside down pyramid.

Each Mk3 Collector makes 20 EMC/s. Each Mk3 Relay makes +10 EMC/s for a powered side. 4 of the 5 Mk3 Relays have 4 powered sides while the last one has 5 powered sides (the one near the tip underneath).

So, adding that all up we get:

13 Mk3 Collectors x 20 EMC/s + 4 x (4 x 10 EMC/s) + 1 x (5 x 10 EMC/s) =

260 + 160 + 50 = 470 EMC/s for a pod

Each of his "big" diamonds has 4 pods and there are 4 big diamonds, 4 x 4 x 470 = 7520 EMC/s for his whole setup.

A red matter is 466,944 EMC which means that his setup will produce one red matter every ~62 sec. Not bad, but not the claimed one per 20 sec.

He also claims it's "one of the most efficiency (sic) builds." There are much more efficient ways to make a setup like this. One simple modification is to collapse the pods by 1 block so that each side of the pod (looking at the top layer, the outer row of collectors) is shared by the neighboring pods. So there would be no air gap between pods. This means for each one of his "big" diamonds you would save having to make 11 Mk3 Collectors and still have exactly the same output. You can make it even more efficient by putting another layer of pods upside down and underneath the first layer of pods. It takes up much less overall space and saves a lot of EMC from not needing to build the overlapping collectors with no loss of output.

I was considering taking a picture of my build and posting it. Let me know if that would be useful to you or anyone else.