Tool to show how much electric charge will be used

[jarmenia]

Is there a tool to show me how much electric charge my ship will use? I've tried adding it all up by hand but it never seems accurate. I thought Kerbal Engineer would do this but I haven't found where it displays it if it does.

Thanks,

[InterCity]

Hello, I'm afraid that there's nothing like that.

The electricity consumption depends on the manoeuvres you make (winglets actually take electricity). The core itself would take about 0.5 charge/s? (correct me if I'm wrong).

Your best bet is to provide about 5 charge / second source. That way you'll never have problems with electricity (PB-NUK is best, the static solar panels also do good).

If you can generate power, you actually don't need to know how much it will exactly take.

Hope that helps...

[jarmenia]

That's what I was afraid of. I have solar panels but it seems like I never have enough batteries for when my ships are in the shadows. I haven't unlocked generators yet.

[Red Iron Crown]

FuseBox is a mod that will give you more thorough information on electrical charge supply and usage, not sure if it's exactly what you're looking for, though.

[rynak]

There was a mod that did this called fusebox. I'm not sure if it was updated for the current version.

EDIT: damn, ninja'd

[jarmenia]

FuseBox is a mod that will give you more thorough information on electrical charge supply and usage, not sure if it's exactly what you're looking for, though.

This is exactly what I was looking for! Thanks

[Myslius]

Calculate approximate usage, lets say 40-60/min. and double the amount for generation 120/min.

+ Add a spare battery with usage turned off, in case something goes wrong.

oh and total amount of battery capacity should also exceed the total circular orbital time * approximate usage * 2.

No need to do exact calculations, just approximations + spare.

Edited January 17, 2015 by Myslius