Accumulator

Power Storage

Power storage facility. When the electricity of the power grid is surplus, it will automatically store the excess power. When the power supply is insufficient, it will automatically discharge to maintain the operation of the facilities.

Input Power		1.5 MW
Output Power		2.25 MW
Accumulated		540.0 MJ
Made In		Assembler
Hand-make		Replicator
Grid Size		3×3
Stack Size		50

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Summary

Accumulators are structures that store excess power for use later. They are often seen paired with Solar Panel setups, since Solar Panels are only active during the day. This allows the factory to operate at night, running off of the stored power in the Accumulators. Additionally, they can be used to cover small spikes in power demand, such as recharging Icarus.

Picking up a partially charged Accumulator will cause it to lose all its charge. However, once an Accumulator is completely full, it becomes a Full Accumulator. A Full Accumulator will keep its charge when put in storage. Energy Exchangers can charge and discharge Accumulators accordingly, and interstellar power becomes possible by sending Full Accumulators between planets with an Interstellar Logistics Station.

Full Accumulators can be used as fuel for Icarus and discharge at a rate of 18.8 MW. However, this will not return the empty Accumulator.

Production Chain

Recipe	Building	Replicator?	Technology
1 5 s 6 1 6		✔


	1 Sec
1	<------	1


	3 Sec
1	<------	2	3	1


	1 Sec	OR
1	<------	1

Player Tips & Tricks

Placing a single accumulator building on a planet will let you use the Statistics Panel's Power tab to see if the planet's power grid ever dropped below 100% satisfaction -- alerting you to the issue. If satisfaction remains 100% then the accumulator will fully charge and never show any discharge. If power production falls below power demand the accumulator will discharge which will show up an blue spike on the Real-time battery data chart - and you can adjust the charge timespan to see if there was ever a problem. (Note: this trick only works if you're not shipping full accumulators in to power the planet's grid)