Manual sections on some generators
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that can be walked through. For example, a door suffices, and can be
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opened and closed while the forcefield is in place.
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power generators
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### fuel-fired generators ###
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Electrical energy can be generated at any voltage (LV, MV, or HV)
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by fuel-fired generators. These are all capable of burning any type
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of combustible fuel, such as coal. They are relatively easy to build,
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and so tend to be the first kind of generator used to power electrical
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machines. In this role they form an intermediate step between the
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directly fuel-fired machines and a more mature electrical network
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powered by means other than fuel combustion. They are also, by virtue of
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simplicity and controllability, a useful fallback or peak load generator
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for electrical networks that normally use more sophisticated generators.
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The MV and HV fuel-fired generators can accept fuel via pneumatic tube,
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from any direction.
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Keeping a fuel-fired generator fully fuelled is usually wasteful, because
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it will burn fuel as long as it has any, even if there is no demand for
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the electrical power that it generates. This is unlike the directly
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fuel-fired machines, which only burn fuel when they have work to do.
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To satisfy intermittent demand without waste, a fuel-fired generator must
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only be given fuel when there is either demand for the energy or at least
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sufficient battery capacity on the network to soak up the excess energy.
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The higher-tier fuel-fired generators get much more energy out of a
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fuel item than the lower-tier ones. The difference is much more than
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is needed to overcome the inefficiency of supply converters, so it is
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worth operating fuel-fired generators at a higher tier than the machines
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being powered.
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### hydro generator ###
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The hydro generator is an LV power generator that generates a small amount
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of power from the natural motion of water. To operate, the generator must
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be horizontally adjacent to water. It doesn't matter whether the water
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consists of source blocks or flowing blocks. Having water adjacent on
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more than one side, up to the full four, increases the generator's output.
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The water itself is unaffected by the generator.
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### geothermal generator ###
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The geothermal generator is an LV power generator that generates a small
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amount of power from the temperature difference between lava and water.
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To operate, the generator must be horizontally adjacent to both lava
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and water. It doesn't matter whether the liquids consist of source
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blocks or flowing blocks.
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Beware that if lava and water blocks are adjacent to each other then the
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lava will be solidified into stone or obsidian. If the lava adjacent to
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the generator is thus destroyed, the generator will stop producing power.
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Currently, in the default Minetest game, lava is destroyed even if
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it is only diagonally adjacent to water. Under these circumstances,
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the only way to operate the geothermal generator is with it adjacent
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to one lava block and one water block, which are on opposite sides of
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the generator. If diagonal adjacency doesn't destroy lava, such as with
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the gloopblocks mod, then it is possible to have more than one lava or
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water block adjacent to the geothermal generator. This increases the
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generator's output, with the maximum output achieved with two adjacent
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blocks of each liquid.
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administrative world anchor
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@ -1118,23 +1180,20 @@ subjects missing from this manual
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This manual needs to be extended with sections on:
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* power generators
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* hydro
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* geothermal
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* fuel-fired
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* wind
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* solar
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* nuclear
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* tools
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* powered tools
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* tool charging
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* battery and energy crystals
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* chainsaw
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* flashlight
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* mining lasers
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* liquid cans
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* mining drills
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* prospector
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* sonic screwdriver
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* wrench
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* liquid cans
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* wrench
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* radioactivity
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* frames
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* templates
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