Heat

Also see Heat Pipe & Heat Sink

Most Power Stations produce heat instead of power directly. A generator is required to convert heat to power. Power Stations will explode if there are no generators adjacent to them.

Below are some possible ways generators can be connected to a power station. The higher the numbers of generators are connected, the more heat that can be absorbed.



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How heat works
Shown on the right image, a power station transfers heat to the LEFT, TOP, RIGHT and BOTTOM. The diagonal squares do not receive any heat from the power station. Any building that are placed in the possible heat zones will absorb heat from the power station.

A power station will distribute heat to adjacent generators EVENLY.

If only one generator is placed in one of those 4 squares, it will absorb 100% of the heat produced. If two generators are placed in those 4 squares then they will each receive 50% of the heat of the power station. If 3 generators are placed in those 4 squares then they will each receive 33⅓% of the heat of the power station. If 4 generators are placed in those 4 squares then each will receive 25% of the heat of the power station.

So if a power station puts out 100 heat, and a generator can only convert 25 heat into power then you will need 4 generators to fully absorb the heat. If a power station puts out 100 heat and a generator can convert 100 heat then you will only need one generator.

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Max Heat
Any excess heat that is not converted is added to the heat capacity of that particular building, once the heat of the building has reached its maximum amount of heat it will explode. Many buildings offer upgrades to the max heat so that you have time to correct any possible overheating issues.

Buildings like Offices, Research Labs, Coal Mines, and others have a max heat of 1 (10 for offices) and will also explode if placed near a power station.

On the right you can see the red bar that is nearly at the top. This is the heat bar indicating there is too much heat going into that particular building.

Only the following buildings do not absorb heat:
 * Battery
 * Small Park
 * Water Pump & Water Pipe
 * Power Stations themselves

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Common Mistake
In the image on the right are shown see 3 solar cells and 3 generators. Due to the setup, heat is being distributed unevenly.

This means that one of the generators has 3 solar cells giving it while another generator has 2 solar cells giving it heat. This may cause the 2 generators to explode as are receiving too much heat. As seen from the red bars, the generators will explode.

Solution
The solution is to create a setup as shown below the right image, where power stations and generators are lined up, such that there is only one connection in a pair/group of 1 Solar Cell and 1 Generator.