Possibly Known issue a21 line 198 infinite battery exploit.

Additionally Requested controller="WorkstationFuelGrid" to use required_tools and required_tools_only

Thank you for reporting. I have tried to do a setup similar to what you described but am not seeing the infinite power. Is there something I am missing?

 

This is my setup

Solar Bank w/ 1x lv 1 solar cell (17 watts) -> Battery Bank w/ 2x lv 6 car battery (100watts) -> 9x blade traps (180 watts)

 

If I turn on the battery bank I see 5 blade traps spin. Turning on the solar cell in the daytime will result in all the blade traps losing power. I have tried on both singleplayer and on a dedicated server

 

 

In regards to the battery exploit referenced on the KI list, that issue does not involve solar cells. 

After seeing your example, i decided to verify the game files and I loaded a new world and I am now getting the same results as you. 
 

However, the solar and power with batteries still does not work in a logical manner. The solar in your setup should supply an additional 17 watts of power to the grid Instead of powering down the traps. 
 

this happens with any setup like 2 sets of batteries. The last input seems to be the only input. On the grid. This makes solar useless in using it to “charge” your batteries. 
 

 

Moving to cannot repro for now, thanks!

Regarding having two power sources on at the same time, it is working as designed. The circuit can only draw power from one item at a time. Turning on the solar cells will cause the power banks to stop providing power and act as a relay. If you want to charge the battery banks and power the rest of the electrical items at once, then solar capacity becomes the limiting factor. 

 

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