ElectricCharge

[Guest]

In the upper right corner of this screenshot, it says I have 50.20 ElectricCharge. The command pod only holds 50.00. Where is the extra .20 coming from?

http://imgur.com/LuCAEPD

craft file :

https://drive.google.com/file/d/0B6YckDD54-HWajlWdkg0c2ZaU1E/view?usp=sharing

 

Edited May 2, 2016 by Otis

[Gaarst]

Engine alternator. For some reason, they act as batteries, but with less than 1 unit.

If I had to guess I'd say that engines can't spawn EC out of nowhere so it is added to a small battery inside the engine and then redistributed to other batteries/pods across the craft.
Probably a consequence of some wierd engine module since solar panels don't have this.

Edited May 2, 2016 by Gaarst

[Guest]

Wow, that was fast, I was still editing OP. Ok, I'd never noticed this before. Is this new for 1.1.2?

[Gaarst]

I've had this since a long time, so it's not new from 1.1, was there before 1.0 and probably even before 0.90 (can't really remember this detail this far). You'd have to look at changes done to the engines alternators to find the origin of this, but it might as well be there since the beginning.

Edited May 2, 2016 by Gaarst

[Guest]

Ok, thanks. There is probably a bunch of other stuff I've never really paid attention to or noticed as well. I go play KSP some more now, to see what else I've missed.

[numerobis]

It's vestigial; it was present as early as 0.17, and I assume even before.

Edited May 2, 2016 by numerobis