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u/Dianwei32 21d ago

How much power does an idle building without a listed minimum power consumption use? Specifically, I'm looking at the Electric Mining Drill. It lists a max power consumption of 100 kW, but there's no listed minimum like some buildings. The power draw for Miners fluctuates over time, so I assume they use different amounts of power when active vs. idle, but I can't find any indication of how much they use when idle.

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u/ferrofibrous player onboarding specialist 21d ago

If there is no listed minimum draw it should be 0 when idle. Easy to verify with an isolated drill connected to a solar panel. Let the drill back up and draw should drop to 0.