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OkaskiKali
Aussie Carebear OverLords
#1 - 2013-11-11 00:35:34 UTC
Can I link the moon harvester straight to the reactor?

E.g.

Silo with material 1
Harvester material 2
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Reactor
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Silo
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Tau Cabalander
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Working Stiffs
#2 - 2013-11-11 07:36:43 UTC  |  Edited by: Tau Cabalander
Nolen Cadmar
Caldari Provisions
Caldari State
#3 - 2013-11-11 13:49:24 UTC
You should put a coupling array between them to make sure you don't get an empty cycle. It is possible for the harvester to cycle before the reactor. This will cause the harvester to waste its cycle b/c the harvester is still full.

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Soldarius
Dreddit
Test Alliance Please Ignore
#4 - 2013-11-11 16:59:08 UTC
Short answer is yes.

I have never used coupling arrays and have never missed a cycle. Online/offline times are 2 seconds. Cycle time is 1 hour. So its not really an issue anymore.

http://youtu.be/YVkUvmDQ3HY
Abdiel Kavash
Deep Core Mining Inc.
Caldari State
#5 - 2013-11-11 20:50:04 UTC
Nolen Cadmar wrote:
You should put a coupling array between them to make sure you don't get an empty cycle. It is possible for the harvester to cycle before the reactor. This will cause the harvester to waste its cycle b/c the harvester is still full.

Over approximately four years of indirectly overseeing dozens of towers, directly managing a bunch myself, and being in contact with many other moon people, I've never seen or heard of any reported instance of this happening. As far as I am aware of, all POS structures cycle at the same time and the outputs are always routed properly.
xPredat0rz
Project.Nova
The Initiative.
#6 - 2013-11-13 08:14:09 UTC
Abdiel Kavash wrote:
Nolen Cadmar wrote:
You should put a coupling array between them to make sure you don't get an empty cycle. It is possible for the harvester to cycle before the reactor. This will cause the harvester to waste its cycle b/c the harvester is still full.

Over approximately four years of indirectly overseeing dozens of towers, directly managing a bunch myself, and being in contact with many other moon people, I've never seen or heard of any reported instance of this happening. As far as I am aware of, all POS structures cycle at the same time and the outputs are always routed properly.



They tend to miss cycles when i blow them up
OkaskiKali
Aussie Carebear OverLords
#7 - 2013-11-13 09:30:50 UTC
OK no coupling array is needed. I have the harvester going straight into the reactor and it is working without fault.