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sullen girder Jan 9, 2026, 5:39 AM

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At lazarus and for some reason only some of my solar panels (and wind turbines) produce power. Is there a limit to how much power a cable can carry?

I've tried dismantling and rebuilding the panels, reconnecting the cables, flipping the buttons.

I have all 4 racks loaded and one is processing. The other 3 are warning about not enough power. I have also tried to use the food processor and get warnings on the racks when it is running.

Not sure if this is just not reporting correctly or if there is a problem with my build or if this is a bug.

fair vessel Jan 9, 2026, 6:13 AM

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It's hard to say if you have an issue with your setup. Your video doesn't show the full setup. What I see shows 17.4 kw draw from the building, and that is being satisfied by like 2 solars and 1 turbine so the other stuff automatically cuts off.

You have lots of medium batteries in your setup, right? Laz is the one place they are pretty much required. They store power for when high draw machines need it. Most folks put lots of batteries in their setup at Laz. If you think something is wrong with your setup, just add a medium battery on an extender up top somewhere. You should see everything kick on to charge it up. Batteries can transfer power far exceeding anything that can be generated real time thus why you need them. Remember... Laz doesn't have anything built in like your boat.

If you truly think you have an issue, upload your save and we'll take a look.

gusty trout Jan 9, 2026, 7:30 AM

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28sec, change the flow of power from equalize to flow, do this to all connectors, do not use equalize, I hope it will fix your issue

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steady linden Jan 9, 2026, 7:39 AM

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Only as much electricity is produced as is needed. Place a large battery in front of the house connection and connect it to the power network. You will notice the difference.

sullen girder Jan 9, 2026, 7:27 PM

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I'm going to agree that this is sort of working correctly. I'll check again later but I saw another report that suggested that issues with the racks can be solved by adding a water tank as a buffer. I did that and was able to run the soil forge, food processor and one rack with the others not complaining.

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Thanks for all your suggestions.

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