Battery Buffer

Overhead Battery Buffers are Gregtech's answer to configurable, scalable energy storage. They are partly analogous to the IndustrialCraft2 BatBox, CESU, etc, insofar as they can store, charge, and discharge certain amounts of power. Additionally, they are configurable: the maximum amperage they can emit or consume is determined by the number of batteries in their slots.

Each Battery Buffer has an output face, indicated by an output dot. The remaining faces are input. The output face can be rotated to specific sides using a GregTech Wrench.

Slots Battery buffers have scaled recipes, determining the number of battery slots they contain and the amount of voltage they can accept/emit. Each slot can contain a battery, which can be charged therein, and which will contribute to the output power potential of the buffer.

Note that batteries in slots are charged and discharged concurrently, not sequentially: when being charged, each battery will increase in power simultaneously and at a (more or less) uniform rate. Likewise, while powering a system, each battery will discharge at a uniform rate.

Power Specifications A Battery Buffer can accept maximum amperage equivalent to the number of batteries inside. It can likewise emit power equivalent to its Voltage rating (32V, etc) in a number of packages equivalent to its amperage (depending on number of packets requested.)

Input example: a 4-slot MV (128V) Battery Buffer with 4 Medium Lithium Batteries can accept 4 packages (4A) of 128V per tick. Each battery will charge at a rate of 1A 128V (128eu) per tick.

Output example: a 4-slot LV (32V) Battery Buffer with 3 Small Lithium Batteries can emit up to 3 packages (3A) of 32V per tick. If the network requests 1A 32V (32 EU/t), each battery will discharge at a rate of 1A 32V every 3 ticks.

Batteries The following battery types are compatible with Battery Buffers. Note that Gregtech batteries also have MV and HV forms. These have 4x and 16x (respectively) storage capacities. Be advised that Battery Buffers will not function with batteries that do not match its Voltage (e.g. you cannot use a LV battery in a MV buffer nor an HV battery on a MV buffer.)

Tip: The Zero Point Module (ZPM) cannot be crafted or re-charged, only discharged, and can only be found as loot in Survival Mode, or spawned in Creative Mode.