Solars

Инженерный Area
Солнечные панели
Настройте соляры, ленивые придурки!
Obvious exits	Комната контроля северных/южных солнечных панелей (зависит от того, на каких солнечных панелях вы сейчас), космос везде
Purpose	Энергоснабжение станции путём
Access level
Noteworthy contents	Компьютер контроля солнечных панелей, ячейка СМЕСа
Clearance	Капитан, Главный Инженер, Инженер
Security level	Низкий
Style	Солнечные панели
Balance Requirements
Other Notes
Locations on /tg/station

Забытый источник электричества

Солнечными панелями очень часто пренебрегают. НО, это самый безопасный способ генерации энергии на станции! И даже если у вас закончилась энергия, они всегда будут давать её, пока прикручены, что позволит вам запитать АКП двигателя пока он сам не будет запущен.

Расположение

На станции находится 4 группы солнечных панелей. Первая и самая простая для настройки находится в самой правой части станции под пунктом прилёта спасательного шаттла (Aft Starboard Array). Вторая находится выше над церковьюe (Fore Starboard Array). Третью можно найти слева от инженерного отсека (Aft Port Array). К левой группе солнечных панелей легче всего добраться по левым техническим тонелям (Fore Port Array).

Настройка солнечных панелей

Тебе понадобится:

• Несколько моток проводов
• Один космический костюм или риг
• Один лом для открытия шлюзов, если нет питания.
• Опционально, большое количество металла для создания плиток для пола с целью защиты проводов от вмешательства ублюдков.

Nanotrasen engineers are renowned for their shoddy craftsmanship and poor work ethic. You will find that none of the four solar arrays have been connected to the station. You will need to connect the solar panels and the solar tracker to the wire leading from the station. To wire a tile, hold a cable coil in hand and click a tile. Connect the solar arrays and solar tracker to the station.

See How Do I Wire for guide to how to wire.

Calibrating the Arrays

Once you have wired an array, you need to calibrate the tracking and power so that it actually produces energy. Apparently, our space station is rotating or in orbit around something (no one really knows for sure). This means that the solar panels need to constantly rotate to face toward the sun. Click on the Solar Control CPU and set it to auto-tracking. You should see a degree displayed at the top ranging from 0 to 359; this is the current direction of the sun.

• 0 degrees = North
• 90 degrees = East
• 180 degrees = South
• 270 degrees = West

(The consoles are a bit glitchy so you might have to turn off auto-tracking then turn it on again before the panels start to rotate). Also, auto rotation is not smooth, it jumps about every 20 seconds. Keep this in mind if it seems like nothing is happening.

You don't need to use manual tracking!! The only time you will ever need to manually calibrate a solar array is when a meteor or traitor destroys the tracking unit.

It is important to note that THE STATION BLOCKS SUNLIGHT! This is the biggest cause of solar fail known to spessmen. When the panels of an array face the sun (and are correctly wired) they produce about 90,000 Watts of power. However, if the station is between the panels and the sun, they produce 0 Watts of power. This means that as the panels rotate with auto-tracking, they move through a series of power levels ranging from 90k (full sun) to nothing (station obscures sun). The rotation cycle takes roughly 5 minutes to complete.

Why is this important?

Because of the battery! See that big white thing in the solar control room? That's the SMES cell. It's a battery used for holding solar energy and transferring it to the station. Click on the battery and you get a window with input, output, and charging options.

Important Battery Facts

Solar batteries (SMES cells) start at 20% power but if the engine is off the station drains them to 0% in a few minutes. An input of 90,000 watts (full sun) might charge the battery for a little while, but once the sunlight is blocked by the station the battery charge begins to drain.

(Optional) Skipping the SMES Cells

You can optionally reroute the wiring and skip the whole battery setup! Just recognize two wires: The wire coming from the Solar Control CPU and going to the SMES cell, and the other wire coming from the SMES cell and going to the station power grid. Connect these two wires and voilá! You have skipped the SMES cell and saved yourself a lot of time. No need to turn that pesky SMES on at all, just configure the Solar Control CPU and you're done, time to move to the next set of solars!

BUT there is one big downside to this: the station powergrid now holds about 400 kW of power, which is almost enough to put someone into instant crit. Not a good thing if you have shocked doors or someone exposes those electrified grilles inside windows.

Setting up the SMES

After you have wired the array, set tracking to auto, and verified that the panels are indeed rotating, set the battery like so:

Charging: Auto

Input: Maxed at 200 kW

Output: 50 kW

DANGER WILL ROBINSON

There are a few dangers on the solars, one being the electrical wires if you forgot to wear insulated gloves: never forget or you will get zapped! In addition, you are vulnerable and alone. This leaves you an easy target for those pesky space carps and/or space-walking attackers that need a new cover identity. Finally, there is the chance to misstep and go drifting off through space. This hazard is easily solved if you act quickly. Simply throw something in the direction of your flight path, like shoes, or a pen. The equal and opposite reaction will start pushing you in the other direction!

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Obvious exits	Not defined
Purpose	Not defined
Access level	Not defined
Noteworthy contents	Not defined
Clearance	Not defined
Security level	Not defined
Style	Not defined
Balance Requirements	No major balance requirements
Other Notes
Locations on /tg/station