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PCD XL Vanilla Power Cell Discharger 01

Vanilla, Survival Ready/Tested, Clang Free, No Mods, No Scripts, No DLCs.

--------- Summary --------
Discharges Power Cells automatically for power generation. It does this by welding new batteries, discharging them and then grinding them down. This means you can power your ships or bases off stone alone if you'd like.

IO Link: https://mod.io/g/spaceengineers/m/pcd-xl-vanilla-power-cell-discharger-01

This is the XL version, it outputs 7x the power of the single. You can find the single version here:
https://steamhost.cn/steamcommunity_com/sharedfiles/filedetails/?id=3276929982

NEW! Mod Version available here:
https://steamhost.cn/steamcommunity_com/sharedfiles/filedetails/?id=3294266634

----------Instructions-----------
Project onto your grid ensuring the junctions have access to power cells. No other work is needed.

---- Showcase ----
PCD Station is a full station with no DLCs and 2 basic PCDs running:
https://steamhost.cn/steamcommunity_com/sharedfiles/filedetails/?id=3276959401

--------- Trouble shooting -------------
Made for default weld and grind speeds. If you server has slower speeds such as hard core setting you may want to extend the timers.

Grinders must be on a different grid than the item being ground down, you may need to leave more space around the grinding and welding area in your build.

If you are far away when the PCD is attempting to cycle Space Engineers may not allow grinding at that distance so it will be stuck, just trigger the Timer Group to Trigger now (PCDXL01-Timer Grind g). If you are in a safe zone that can also happen.

Let me know if you run into any other issues.

--------- Technical Details---------

1885 pcu without merge blocks
Feel free to remove the merge blocks, if you also ensure the connectors are locked. The PCD will do that automatically on it's first grind/weld cycle.

Uses 4 Welders and 4 Grinders. Which would leave 1 open if you were on an official server.

These each have unique names groups and timers, so you can only have 1 per grid. (at least I can't promise what would happen if you added more)

This version will auto stagger after the first run, if you plan to run this at full power drain from the start, ensure you have another power source on your grid for the first cycle (like a battery).

These have no moving parts so they are survival friendly. I do understand you can do more with rotors and hinges.

1 Assembler with speed mods should be able to keep up with this.


-------------- Contact ------------
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