My Buildcraft 05 - Oil Refinery and POWER!

[fuduzan5562]

btw, a refinery runs optimally with 8 combustion engines running on fuel powering it :3

(so 3 refineries would ideally use 24 comb engines on fuel.)

Also, even with all those engines running, fuel is so efficient you still turn a big profit, fuel-wise.

[chemdork123]

@fuduzan5562 Thx. Yeah, ever since I filled my fuel tanks, I have not had to run my refineries in quite awhile. :) Fuel is just so damn efficient!

[2412rock]

thanks

[vlado1591992]

How you got constant water supply to comb engines? I have 2 combustion engines (running on fuel) powering the pump which is cooling powerplant engines (12 of them), and still I can't get constat supply of water which causes my powerplant engines to overheat every 5-10 minutes

[chemdork123]

@vlado1591992 As someone else pointed out to me and I can confirm now, a combustion engine-driven water pump can supply enough water to cool about 3 combustion engines (+ the one that is pumping the water). So, for 12 engines, you will need 4 water pumps.

[vlado1591992]

@chemdork123 Thanks for the answer :) altough it will be 4 since I expanded powerplant to 16 comb engines

Love your vids, hope you will make new ones soon (I'm really wondering what you will make next after charcoal factory) :D

[vlado1591992]

@vlado1591992 not 4, typo :P meant 5, or even 6 pumps

[TheRussell747]

@chemdork123 i use 3 comb engines on each water pump, i use 5 pumps for 5 oil tanks to pump the oil out, then i have 1 engine on each refinery to pump the fuel to a fuel tank, so my water engines actually over heat before my fuel/oil ones do, so my refinery set up is very efficient, i just need to remove 1 engine on each water pump, yes my setup is more complex and the new players to buildcraft wouldn't understand it, and it took more time since it is more complex...

[24stickboy]

if you add a mod to a server do the pepole that join need it

[chemdork123]

@24stickboy I'm not sure about that... I know that I'm using the client version (so, not SMP).

[hollenfeuer1]

Great video, your very well spoken :) I subbed 

[chemdork123]

@hollenfeuer1 thanks!  =)

[dirtcrusher95]

The best way to power redstone engines is with a clock so they won't explode

[vagegast37]

Redstone engines dont explode !!!!!!!!!!!

[chemdork123]

@vagegast37 So I keep hearing...

[fuduzan5562]

@chemdork123 They CAN explode, but only if they have nothing drawing their power. (Just like anything else. Only difference is that redstone engines are totally used if they're used at ALL, whereas partial use of a combustion engine, for example, isn't enough to prevent overheat.)

[PieceofLaptopPi]

Some other things:

Those refineries need water! If they don't get it they will overheat and explode... (given the amount of power you have it will take a while but it will happen if you run them for too long continuously without water)

AFAIK engines do not explode nearly as often now - a combustion engine (not being powered by another engine) will not explode as long as it has water... And a steam engine I do not believe will explode as long as it can do work...

Those refineries are ineffici

[chemdork123]

@PieceofLaptopPi Thanks for the comments... next video I improve upon that aspect. Also, I recorded these videos about a month ago, so... I've learned a few things since then.

[PieceofLaptopPi]

Himel05 is right. A redstone engine will never overheat if it is working on something (AND if it is not getting powered itself by another engine!)

Great series so far though!

[jcweaver1990]

your vids make me want to get the buildcraft mod myself :)

[Himel05]

redstone engines will never blow up if they are working on something i.e the wooden pipe

[chemdork123]

@Himel05 I heard that before, but have never trusted it because eventually they get to the flashing stage which is... alarming.