How to find parts consuming electric charge?

[Pantek]

Is there a way to get an overview which part of the craft is currently consuming how much of electric charge?

I know I can see how much electricity is produced by which part, now I'm looking for the "counterpart perspective". I know I can see the total consumption in the resource display, but so far the only method I've found to localize power-guzzling parts is go through all the parts and try to switch them off and on again. Is there any better way to solve this problem?

Thanks!

[Red Iron Crown]

Not in stock. If you want to try a mod, I think Fusebox does what you want.

[Pantek]

Not in stock. If you want to try a mod, I think Fusebox does what you want.

Thanks for the hint!

I had a look at Fusebox, but could not find a way to list the parts currently using power, only the sum of current power usage and the estimate how long the batteries will last during night. Maybe I've foolishly overlooked something, but there aren't that many buttons to play with. Could you give me a hint where to find a listing of the parts currently draining my batteries (during flight)?

[Boomerang]

Thanks for the hint!

I had a look at Fusebox, but could not find a way to list the parts currently using power, only the sum of current power usage and the estimate how long the batteries will last during night. Maybe I've foolishly overlooked something, but there aren't that many buttons to play with. Could you give me a hint where to find a listing of the parts currently draining my batteries (during flight)?

There really isn't a list like this. As long as it's not clipped inside of a larger part through, you should be able to right click on individual parts to see what resources they have, though off the top of my head I can't remember if it shows any sort of consumption rate. Otherwise you should be figuring out your total consumption rates based on the individual part consumption parts given in the VAB/SPH. Fusebox basically automates that process, from my understanding.

[Red Iron Crown]

Thanks for the hint!

I had a look at Fusebox, but could not find a way to list the parts currently using power, only the sum of current power usage and the estimate how long the batteries will last during night. Maybe I've foolishly overlooked something, but there aren't that many buttons to play with. Could you give me a hint where to find a listing of the parts currently draining my batteries (during flight)?

I don't think it does that explicitly, you might want to suggest that in the thread as it would be a useful feature.

A possible workaround is to turn off all the filters and turn them on and off one by one until you see usage jump, that will at least tell you what category of part is draining your batteries. Should reduce the amount of individual part clicking you will need to do.

[Pantek]

I don't think it does that explicitly, you might want to suggest that in the thread as it would be a useful feature.

A possible workaround is to turn off all the filters and turn them on and off one by one until you see usage jump, that will at least tell you what category of part is draining your batteries. Should reduce the amount of individual part clicking you will need to do.

Good idea(s)! I'll suggest the part list in the fusebox thread and the trick with switching the categories on and off is a good workaround, meanwhile. Thanks!