HV switch Full capacity
Switches capable of using their full* power transfer capacity.
Now you may connect as many lines as there’s connections and still run them at full capacity.
*Just like with the vanilla switches, the connections are quite closely spaced. It looks bad when all connections are used for surface cables. The highest capacity with a single type of surface cable you can connect without the cables overlapping is the 14 MW surface cables every second connection and the 12 MW underground cables in between. I’ve set the maximum capacity according to that.
The 7x switch (3 on each side and one on the short side) is almost the same as the vanilla switch (one extra connection on the short side), but with full* power transfer capacity.
The sizes are 5x, 7x, 9x, 13x and 19x. Costs are sized accordingly.
Their maximum power transfer capacity is 27, 42, 54, 81 and 123 MW.
The maximum power shown when planning these are ~19 MW less than what they really can handle. The power meter in the building shows the right maximum though.
I’ve also added priority switches 4x, 8x and 12x (max 27, 54 and 81 MW).
Actually the current maximum is 35 MW for the first, and 55 MW for the other priority swithches rigth now. I’ll look into it later when I’ve the time.
I’ve discovered the added cappacity of these are added to the estimated power consumtions in the power substations.
This problem I can’t solve, since that is likely hardcoded.
But since these don’t consume any power on their own, that shouldn’t matter. If you want a real estimation of the the power consumtion in an area you’ll have to demolish these first.
These are sometimes affected by the ghost power bug. Use them with caution. Some users have reported that can be avoided by placing them out of reach of power substations.
Keep in mind that bigger isn’t always better, so use these carefully. If all your electricity goes through one single switch, you’ll be crippled if something happens to it. Better to spread out your infrastructure a bit. But with these it is now possible to limit to two switches for a single large powerplant instead of 9 with vanilla switches.
This mod is based on the vanilla switches and
proof of concept High Power 10MW substation
Thanks cola98765 for finding this solution.
Revisions:
Old revisions of this mod are available below. Click the link to download.
