There is another block that does this though.
Tekkit solar panel quarry.
Tutorial solar panel factory duration.
I have solar panels connected together with heavy aluminum wire into an energy storage module the module fills with power but it won t power the quarry i ve hooked up wire from.
The quarry is a machine added by buildcraft.
Any help much appreciated 3.
I m playing tekkit through the technic launcher so it has galaticraft integrated i m trying to power my quarry with solar panels and it should work but it doesn t.
The quarry can be powered in many different ways.
The solar panels you re using produce eu industrial craft energy units but what the quarry needs is mj buildcraft minecraft joule.
To adjust the size of the quarry 3 landmarks will need to be placed in a square or rectangular pattern.
A tutorial illustrating how to set up a quarry can be found here.
The default settings of the quarry will occupy an area of 11x11x5 not including the actual quarry block itself and excavate a 9x9 area of land.
This video teaches you how to make a completely self sufficient solar powered quarry in feed the beast a technical minecraft modpack sort of like tekkit technic pack.
However transparent blocks such as glass blocks or panes allow sunlight to pass through hence still allowing the panel to produce power.
From what i can remember you can albeit a little slow without enough power to run it to full capacity.
The items and stuff that is used in this video is part of tekkit.
The solar panel is a variant of renewable power generators that utilizes the energy of the sun to generate eu this means that they cannot work during the night during rainstorms underground underwater in the nether or the end.
It allows for unmanned mining of a large area.
It performed that necessary conversion from eu to mj.
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The solar panels will only work during the day so be careful.
The electrical engine is part of the forestry mod which is no longer part of tekkit for some reason or another.
It is far superior to the bc quarry as well as other quarry type.
Trying to power a quarry with solar panels is such a pain and i searched for a solid 30 minutes trying to find out how to do it.
These dimensions can be modified with landmarks to increase the size up to 64x64.
Semi new to modding and was trying to connect a quarry to a solar panel was trying to use an energy bridge to convert the energy but i m having trouble working out what wires and stuff to use.
I recommend moving over to mekanism for the digital miner.
The quarry will run at any time it has power running into it.