Which kinds of blocks (among Cables, Transformers, Battery Boxes, Motors, etc.) back-propagate the on-off state from energy-consuming machines to Battery Box outputs? In other words, for an Energy Network involving Transformers, can it be assumed that Battery Boxes will always auto-limit outputs according to actual usage (as long as Automatic Machine Switches are used on the energy-consuming machines) instead of outputting more than what is needed and continuously wasting Energy?
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Transformers and Batboxes won’t emit if there is nothing that accepts the Energy, so in that way it definitely is smart enough to not be wasteful.
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What about RU/t stuff then? They don’t have such smartness at all do they?
Or, is it possible to build a setup of Gearboxes that, transfers RU/t to RU machines, and converts whatever is left into EU/t for storage? I think such a setup would require certain “priorities” in energy distribution, and is there any such rules about distribution priorities?
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For RU/t there is indeed no way to store the Energy, but it will still be smart with the Energy it has, if there is a way to consume it.
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I mean, how will it distribute the packets when multiple inputs connect to the same network through Gearboxes?
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that one is more complicated, and it’s mostly a up/down/north/south/east/west kind of thing, combined with some round-robin mechanic and hard to determine in advance. The same goes for Cables too if you dont provide enough power.
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Sounds like a big flywheel is needed!
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