I had a 8 bronze steam turbine power station in my basement, with a long axle upstairs (50 long?) and used gearboxes and axles to link and unlink machines as needed.
I had problems with the T layout, and inconsistent power upstairs.
I eventually got it working with 4x 64ru/t power packets stable, but it used to have problems where each server reboot I’d have to go wrench around the turbines until full power was restored.
I have a new layout with L’s using titanium engines and gear boxes, and no issues at all.