Large Boiler

The Large Boiler is a Multiblock structure that burns enormous amounts of solid and liquid fuels to produce enormous amounts of Steam.

A Large Boiler can be build from Bronze, Steel, Titanium or Tungstensteel. All versions have the same fuel efficiency but produce different amounts of Steam. It must be filled with water all the time while running. The Boiler will explode the Moment it runs dry. Note: This is different from other boilers, and much more dangerous due to the Large Boiler's size.

The Boiler can burn all forms of solid and liquid fuel. Although it is less fuel efficient when burning refined fuels, the Boiler will heat faster while burning them. (For refined fuels, see the Diesel Generator.)

The Large Boiler does take time to heat up before it can produce steam at its maximum rate. Higher tier boilers take longer to reach maximum heat. Boiler heat affects its Steam output, but not its fuel consumption.

The Multiblock is a 3x3x5 Structure. The bottom Layer has the Controller in the middle front. Other parts of the bottom layer are:

1 or 2 Input Hatches to input Water. 1 or 2 Input Hatches/Buses to input Fuel. 1 Maintenance Hatch. 1 Muffler Hatch (Must face an Air Block). 3 or 4 Fireboxes.

The top 4 layers are made of rings of Bronze Plated Bricks/Solid Steel Machine Casings/Stable Titanium Casings/Robust Tugstensteel Casings, with 3 Pipe Machine Casings in the center. Up to 9 of the Casings can be exchanged with Output Hatches, from which Steam is output.

A finished Large Bronze Boiler looks like this:



In the inside it looks like this:



Like every other Gregtech Multiblock: Do NOT build a Multiblock over Chunkborders. This can lead to unpredictable behavior. With NEI installed, the chunkborders can be checked by pressing F9.

Before using the Large Boiler the first time it is recommended to do maintenance at the Maintenance Hatch.

To enable/disable the Boiler, hit it with a Soft Hammer.