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To run the Automated Miner requires 4 things:
To run the Automated Miner requires 4 things:


Energy: From a cable or portable sources
'''Energy:''' From a cable or portable sources


Pipe: [[Mining Pipe]] is consumed to dig down. Returned once the miner retracts
'''Pipe:''' [[Mining Pipe]] is consumed to dig down. Returned once the miner retracts


Drill bit: [[Mining Drill]] or [[Diamond Drill]]
'''Drill bit:''' [[Mining Drill]] or [[Diamond Drill]]


Scanner: [[OD Scanner]] or [[OV Scanner]]
'''Scanner:'''' [[OD Scanner]] or [[OV Scanner]]
   
   
==Operation==
==Operation==
To use the miner insert a Drill into the topleft, a Scanner in the top right and the pipes into the top middle.
To use the miner insert a Drill Bit into the top-left, a Scanner in the top-right and your Mining Pipes into the top-middle.


The miner will consume the pipes to dig down extracting ore it finds in its scan range.
The miner will consume the pipes to dig down extracting ore it finds in its scan range''(See Scanning Rage section)''.


Any ore found will be brought up and ejected onto the surface next to the miner. If the miner has a chest next to it ore will be stored inside it instead.
Any ore found will be brought up and ejected onto the surface next to the miner. Placing a chest next to the miner will result in the ore being stored in it instead.


Once the miner has finished you can retract the pipes by removing the Drill bit. Placing blocks (Dirt etc.) in the pipe slot will fill the shaft with that block type.
Once the miner has finished you can retract the pipes by removing the Drill bit. Also you may place blocks (Dirt etc.) in the pipe slot to fill in the shaft when it retracts.


==Scanning range==
==Scanning range==
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==Liquids==
==Liquids==
If the miner hits water or lava while tunneling it will stop unless they are cleared.


 
Alternatively if you place a pump next to the miner ''(filled with empty cells)'' it will extract the liquids for you, storing the lava in the cells for power generation!


== Recipe ==
== Recipe ==
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{{Energy|Input=500 (5 [[EU]]/s)|Output=-|Storage=500}}
{{Energy|Input=500 (5 [[EU]]/s)|Output=-|Storage=500}}


== Efficiency ==
== Other Notes ==
 
Miners can not mine through items like torches, redstone wiring etc.
For the Miner to be energy efficient, i.e. not cost anything in terms of energy to run, the miner must dig up 24 or more coal or 1 uranium. Usually the miner will bring one or two Uranium to the surface after every excavation from sea level to layer 5 (about 64 blocks).
 
I worked it out by looking at how many blocks were brought up (i.e. how many operations it has done) after laying 64 pipe and fully retracting it. I found it to average around 192 operations. Times that by 500 EU per operation and you have 192 times 500 which equals 96000 EU per entire excavation. When you burn coal in a generator you get 4000 EU per piece, and to find out how many pieces you need you devide 96,000 by 4000 and you get 24 pieces of coal. With uranium, you get 160,000 EU per piece after refining it into bars and using them in a reactor, which easily covers the energy cost of the miner.  


Knowing this information allows you not let your miner leech your energy reserves if the only source of energy you get is from non renewable resources that are mined from the ground.


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[[Category:Machines]]
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Revision as of 04:14, 12 September 2011

Kekazoid
Miner ig.png
Properties
Type Machine




Stackable Yes (64)






Technical Details
UU Cost {{{uu_cost}}}
First appearance ?
ID IC2:{{{id}}}



Requirements[edit]

To run the Automated Miner requires 4 things:

Energy: From a cable or portable sources

Pipe: Mining Pipe is consumed to dig down. Returned once the miner retracts

Drill bit: Mining Drill or Diamond Drill

Scanner:' OD Scanner or OV Scanner

Operation[edit]

To use the miner insert a Drill Bit into the top-left, a Scanner in the top-right and your Mining Pipes into the top-middle.

The miner will consume the pipes to dig down extracting ore it finds in its scan range(See Scanning Rage section).

Any ore found will be brought up and ejected onto the surface next to the miner. Placing a chest next to the miner will result in the ore being stored in it instead.

Once the miner has finished you can retract the pipes by removing the Drill bit. Also you may place blocks (Dirt etc.) in the pipe slot to fill in the shaft when it retracts.

Scanning range[edit]

A miner with an OD Scanner mines all ore in a 5x5 block area arount it.

The 5x5 blocks area

However a miner with an OV Scanner mines all ore in a massive 9x9 block area!

The 9x9 blocks area http://dl.dropbox.com/u/28878254/Miner_area_large.png

Liquids[edit]

If the miner hits water or lava while tunneling it will stop unless they are cleared.

Alternatively if you place a pump next to the miner (filled with empty cells) it will extract the liquids for you, storing the lava in the cells for power generation!

Recipe[edit]

Grid Electronic Circuit.png


Grid Machine.png
Grid Mining Pipe.png
Grid Mining Pipe.png
Grid Electronic Circuit.png


Grid Miner.png


Energy[edit]

EU
Input 500 (5 EU/s)
Output -
Storage 500

Other Notes[edit]

Miners can not mine through items like torches, redstone wiring etc.




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