Immersive Engineering: Bit-by-Bit - HV & Thermoelectric Generator - Minecraft 1.10.2/1.11.2

[@World_Theory]

I think it would be cool (pun intended) if we could make a heat sink to use optionally, instead of water. I think aluminium, copper, or silver would work quite well. I remember that silver conducts electricity better than copper (which is saying something), but I can't remember for sure, if it's also better for thermal conductivity. I used to think that gold was the best conductor, but I was mistaken. Gold isn't even as good as copper. Gold has the advantage of being very unreactive to other chemicals, so it won't rust, so it's still used to cover electrical contacts that are exposed to air. Don't spill mercury on it though. Copper oxide still conducts electricity, just not as well, and it tends to crumble a lot. Aluminium is the least good conductor of heat and electricity, but it's really cheap nowadays, and increasing the width of a wire will decrease its resistance, anyway. It's used for cheaper wiring, and a lot of CPU heat sinks, even though copper would work better. (Copper is pretty expensive.)

[@VulpessPrime]

Thanks, man. I was struggling with HV and you made it a lot easier to understand.

[@SebastianWeinberg]

Thermoelectric generators chain well _diagonally._ For example, if you have only just scraped together enough uranium for two U92 blocks, but already have a bunch of packed ice, you can set up the first generator as you demonstrated in the video, and then put the second generator diagonally from the first, into the corner between the two U92 blocks, put down two more of the packed ice blocks, and bingo! You've doubled your power output from the same two U92 blocks. Later, as you dig up more uranium, you extend this pattern along the _other_ diagonal axis, putting down the new U92 block along the same diagonal line as the original two, so that it can power two more generators, and so on for every new uranium block you achieve. This is on the assumption the uranium is always going to be the limiting factor - after all, if you have any packed ice at all, that means you must own a silk touch tool and found a place where packed ice generates, ergo you have all the packed ice you'll ever need, and all the other required ores for the generators you'll find in sufficient quantities as you prospect for uranium.

[@allenl5960]

Isn't uranium just hotter than lava? When paired up with ice/water, it gives more than lava because it's hotter, meaning a bigger temperature difference, and when paired up with lava, it generates energy because it's hotter, but not as much because it's not that much hotter.

[@MischiefofMice]

+Allen L I'm glad you had your thinking cap on because I didn't at the time. Yes, that's exactly it.

[@rybec]

Glad to see this. I had the same reaction, and I was thinking I should comment on it.

[@choopy8115]

Mischief of Mice your vids are so instructional I love it 😁

[@MythicByrd]

At first I though "Oh great, another mod I have to learn just to get creosote and steel for RC," but this mod actually looks really fun.

[@k2cr]

MythicByrd It is, and the structures look cool too.

[@bobisnotaperson]

Pairs well with the Thermal Series, EnderIO, and Applied Energistics

[@Shadow-sq2yj]

Fun-fusing (3 years late :P )

[@madhattermaker622]

Luckily for you if you are worried about not getting a silk touch pick, Immersive engineering has a way around that called the rockcutter buzzsaw, Basically the buzzsaw with the diamond saw blade on it has a silk touch effect meaning once you have made that you can pick up packed ice quite easily.

[@rowanfalar]

I think I'll look at making IE a priority on the next server.

[@MischiefofMice]

You chose... wisely. :3

[@Wren-xoxo]

What kind of server might i ask? Is it a faction server?

[@Bro-bv4rw]

@@Wren-xoxo your a little... late

[@vishalpranav9490]

9:50 uranium block is the hottest block in the game so basically it's hotter than lava so lava acts as the cold source.

[@howdoiturnssj3]

For the Uranium, it's probably the hot anyways, it's just so much hotter than lava, lava acts as the coolant

[@Grezzonius]

Does the Thermoelectric Generator works with Pyrotheum and Cryotheum from Thermal Expansion?Edit: I just googled it, it does work, it produces 31RF/t

[@alanwatts8239]

same here

[@Kruggeth]

also cool little detail for hv relay it become more transparent when pore power is being used from it or put thru it

[@World_Theory]

The thermal electric generators sound just like sterling engines from real life. There are designs for high temperature differences, which work better for things like concentrated sun light which would set fire to wood, and low temperature difference designs which work better for things like coffee mugs, the heat of your palm, and waste heat from other machinery. If you use lava, though… It better have a significant buffer zone, or you'll just explode your engine, then melt down what's left.

[@falconfails4102]

Thanks this really helped me 😀

[@gilesdavis396]

so would the thermoelectric generator work with gelidcryotheum and blazing pyrotheum?

[@viperion_nz]

I know it did use to work in 1.8; not sure about 1.10

[@getmeoutoftheyoutubeservers]

yes, up to 1.12.2

[@radicuol]

what mod do you use that identifies the amount of rf in the capacitor bank

[@MischiefofMice]

The One Probe

[@radicuol]

@@MischiefofMice Thanks

[@cityassassin]

Has this changed? I coulda sworn that Kinetic energy was vastly inferior to Thermo energy, when last I checked. Something along the lines of needing 6 maxed watermills to reach the power generation of a single thermoelectric generator.

[@MischiefofMice]

Um. That's not quite right. A set of 3 joined watermills produces short of 90 and a thermo won't produce more than 50 in most situations. The water mills are cheaper to make but less compact plus a lot of people have no use for their creosote after a while. It's mostly space vs materials but they are both good passive power producers.

[@cityassassin]

Oh, I see. Cheers mate. I've been actively avoiding to make the other options, because I was told by my mate, that Thermos make 500. Must have been a misreading then. Time to make a windmill farm. Thanks for saving me there.

[@Jack_Wolfe]

so do "Thermoelectric Generator " only output to HV wires/connectrors?

[@MischiefofMice]

They can output to any connectors. Even other mods.

[@DullChimp]

I have set up three of these generators feeding into capacitors, one is running fine at 30 IF but the other 2 are only giving out 1-3 IF. I have tried moving them, reconnecting them and giving them their own water/lava source. Any suggestions??

[@MischiefofMice]

+Kit Miller Can the capacitor handle more input? The generators scale according to the need and fuel as well.

[@DullChimp]

Hi :) I have set up the the ones that are not working properly exactly the same as the one that is. I have disconnected the working one from the capacitor bank (8 of them, all very nearly empty) and tried them individually, both 'faulty' generators still put out hardly any power. Not sure what's going on... could be a bug? Thank you for the great videos by the way :)

[@MischiefofMice]

+Kit Miller What version of Minecraft?

[@DullChimp]

It's a freinds server running the Direwolf20 1.12 pack on Minecraft version 1.12.2

[@MischiefofMice]

+Kit Miller I only just realized what setup this is. Your comment came to me without a video reference. Sorry. Ignore my previous posts as they aren't accurate. You need to have hot on one side and cold on the opposite. Check to see if every face has that correct. I've mixed this up before and accidentally had some with hot opposite to hot instead of cold.

[@viperion_nz]

Those thermoelectric generators don't seem worth the effort when one water wheel can get you 30 RF/t if set up properly. Easier to hide, sure, but way more resource intensive for the same or (usually) less output.

[@chunkyjoe8673]

Wouldn't fission be cool in this mod plutonium would be good for thermal power too

[@getmeoutoftheyoutubeservers]

i agree, but would like to comment that other mods (such as IC2) also have fission reactors for those desires

[@axemeagain2554]

The list says you have 9 videos for IE but videos 8 and 9 show as private... so cant view them

[@MischiefofMice]

+Axe Meagain Building up a backlog as I'll be away in a couple weeks.

[@axemeagain2554]

oh ok sorry i dident see that part, looking forward to viewing them

[@AChaoticBiotic]

super late to the party but i just started playing modded MC for the first time (FTB Infinity Lite 1.10.2) and cannot get the thermoelectric gen to make any RF tried water+lava water+uranium and lava+uranium but none work, i dont think the mod itself is broken since i can craft everything no issue but i dont know enough about mods to be sure. i just want power lol i have been breaking my brain for 2 days trying to get any kind of sustainable power to my base all these mods make my head spin

[@MischiefofMice]

A ton of content has been "tweaked" in that pack as you said. I find often the quests reveal clues. Perhaps that might help.

[@AChaoticBiotic]

@@MischiefofMice there are quests? lol

[@jonathanfairchild63]

How do u see rf in capacitors it won’t show when I have the one prob installed

[@MischiefofMice]

You need to select "not needed" on the one Probe paper

[@jonathanfairchild63]

Mischief of Mice will it not show if the capacitor is connected to something else? Also it shows that I have 0rf when my kinetic dynamo is connected to my water wheel. Any thoughts on why?

[@jonathanfairchild63]

Mischief of Mice like literally none of my capacitors even show the option of rf and I have it on not needed

[@MischiefofMice]

Connections don't show. Capacitors should. Is a machine working? Check it first. They always have a power reservoir. It could be you dont have power going to the capacitors (in/outputs not set, relay instead of capacitor used, etc.).

[@jonathanfairchild63]

Mischief of Mice I tried to test it out by hooking up a thermal generator that was powered on from uranium and water up to a capacitor and it wouldn’t even show the option of rf in the capacitor

[@quinnboughner7224]

How do you even make steel?

[@MischiefofMice]

Check previous vids. You put iron in a blast furnace and cook using coal coke or tons of charcoal

[@SergentmaC85]

what is the better power generation in immersive engineering ?

[@MischiefofMice]

Define your version of better please. Least lag? Most power per resource? Smallest area? Easiest? :)

[@SergentmaC85]

which produces the most energy

[@MischiefofMice]

Without including any addons, the diesel generator produces the most energy per tick.

[@SergentmaC85]

how to have a continuous supply of seed and food to make biodiesel

[@MischiefofMice]

Lot's of cloches and a second diesel generator.

[@nikolayvalchanov5686]

Can I insulate HV coil ?

[@MischiefofMice]

Nope

[@nikolayvalchanov5686]

@@MischiefofMice Ok,thank you!

[@CooperativeCowboy25]

What mod are you using to see the power inputs in the top left?

[@MischiefofMice]

The One Probe

[@NotoreGames]

this generator very good and easy)

[@wassimdandachi2934]

👍👌👌

[@meemkoo]

mischief: I have "some" mods just ignore them. Me: you have 17

[@MischiefofMice]

I usually have 50+ so that's "some" for me

[@meemkoo]

@@MischiefofMice sry, correction 50+. =)

[@meemkoo]

PARTICLES DONT BUUUUUUUUUURRRRRRRNNNNNNN THIIIIIIIINNNNNNNNGGGGGGGGGGGGS!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

[@ashblankspace6800]

ok um... i am now lost -3 parts of this ago someone call my mom to find my mom to find me in this metaphorical supermarket pls and thank you. this is why i have friends to do this kind of mod for me but i love it

[@meemkoo]

lol u actully need to press show more to get the joke