How to power MKS drills?

[Hoddd9000]

I'm trying to set up some mining landers that use 1.25 nuclear reactors for power, since using solar will require arseloads of panels and will rule out night-time operation. The problem is, it seems to be impossible to satisfy the cooling needs of a reactor (generating only just enough for the drill) and the drill itself at the same time.

So far, the... thing below is the only vehicle I have built that has managed to cool both. As soon as I disable one of the large radiators, the reactor's core temp begins to creep up, eventually shutting down.

I have NF electricity installed as well. How do I power this thing?

[Daniel Prates]

The picture is not very clear... post a daytime shot! Still, am I right to assume that all that cooling is just for one drill + one converter + one reactor? There could be something wrong with your install,  it always takes me much less cooling to have all of that working.

Unless... the reactor generates a variable ammount of EC. You can set it to produce less EC output in the part menu,  and the resulting heat will be less too. Arent you just using the reactor at full power? Because that will deplete nuclear fuel much faster and generate surplus charge that you cant store (besides the heat).

[dangerhamster]

Personally that rig looks a tad unwieldy. Have you considered a shedload of batteries instead?

[Zhetaan]

This is being discussed in the NFE thread:

In short, there's a stock heat allocation bug, it is known, and it is being addressed.  There was a workaround discussed that involved using MKS's distributed power mechanic, but that may not work in 1.3.1, and of course it would require you to send a separate power module to run your drills.