Battery bank will not charge

[ungkor]

Alpha 17. I have a solar bank filled with cells, connected to a battery bank, and it will not charge. What am I doing wrong?

 

 

I've tried directly connecting the solar bank to the battery bank, putting a switch in between, and other things. I've also tried connecting it to lights and other power draws.

[theFlu]

It's full already? You're probably looking at the "POWER: 0" and thinking it's not working. That number is the current output - add a load (a light or some such) after the battery bank and it'll go up.

 

The current charge is represented by the "durability" of the individual batteries. Once you start draining, the first battery will start "taking damage". Once charging, it will get durability back slowly. Easiest way to see if it is charging is checking the sell price on the batteries, that will tick up slowly as the durability improves (all subject to change, since .. well, it looks quite silly as implemented... not surprised people get confused needs a little UI overhaul )

[ungkor]

It's full already? You're probably looking at the "POWER: 0" and thinking it's not working. That number is the current output - add a load (a light or some such) after the battery bank and it'll go up.

 

The current charge is represented by the "durability" of the individual batteries. Once you start draining, the first battery will start "taking damage". Once charging, it will get durability back slowly. Easiest way to see if it is charging is checking the sell price on the batteries, that will tick up slowly as the durability improves (all subject to change, since .. well, it looks quite silly as implemented... not surprised people get confused needs a little UI overhaul )

 

Thanks. That was it. It is not very intuitive.