Module: Alternator help request

[Absolution]

Can anyone offer any tips on how to make use of the Alternator module? I give my rocket parts an initial charge and the alternator module but the entire electric charge is spent the instant the launch pad loads up. It's like some silly Kerbal plugged in a dead battery. Furthermore, no electricity is generated during the flight. My only thought is that something is using electricity so quickly that anything that is generated is spent instantly. However, nothing on my rocket uses electricity at all; not even the payloads. I must not be using the module correctly. Any tips?

a snip from my rocket code:

MODULE		
{		
	name = ModuleAlternator	
	RESOURCE	
	{	
		name = ElectricCharge
		rate = 1.0
	}	
}

RESOURCE		
{		
	name = ElectricCharge	
	amount = 50	
	maxAmount = 50	
}		

[EndlessWaves]

Alternator hooks into a ModuleEngines, if you're trying to use it on a non-engine part or with a custom engine it won't work.

[Absolution]

Alternator hooks into a ModuleEngines, if you're trying to use it on a non-engine part or with a custom engine it won't work.

It's an engine with the appropriate modules.

Bigger snip:

MODULE
{
	name = ModuleEngines
	thrustVectorTransformName = ThrustTransform
	exhaustDamage = True
	ignitionThreshold = 0.1
	minThrust = 0
	maxThrust = 367
	heatProduction = 350
	fxOffset = 0, 0, 0.0
	PROPELLANT
	{
		name = LiquidFuel
       	        ratio = 0.9
		DrawGauge = True
	}
	PROPELLANT
	{
		name = Oxidizer
		ratio = 1.1
	}
	atmosphereCurve
 	{
   	 key = 0 272
  	 key = 1 272
 	}	
}

MODULE
{
	name = ModuleGimbal
	gimbalTransformName = ThrustTransform
	gimbalRange = 0.6
}


RESOURCE
{
 name = LiquidFuel
 amount = 2228
 maxAmount = 2228
}

RESOURCE
{
 name = Oxidizer
 amount = 2723
 maxAmount = 2723
}

RESOURCE
{
 name = MonoPropellant
 amount = 50
 maxAmount = 50
}

MODULE		
{		
	name = ModuleAlternator	
	RESOURCE	
	{	
		name = ElectricCharge
		rate = 1.0
	}	
}

RESOURCE		
{		
	name = ElectricCharge	
	amount = 50	
	maxAmount = 50	
}		

Thoughts?

[lyndonguitar]

Same problem here

[mossman]

I had the same problem, but it seemed to fix after fiddling with some of the attachment rules for my engine. It's quite inexplicable.