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This has been bugging me for a few weeks now - I'd power up my harvesters and come back to find they had zero power in them. Not only was it zero, but it would often consume a big chunk of energy when i tried to refill it - almost as if it was negative.

Anyway, I did a test yesterday on my 7 personal mineral harvesters. I filled them all up to 1440 cr and 1200 energy. I looked at the status - it said 2 days of energy and 2 days of credits. I then returned today - there was around 900ish cr left in all of them yet only around 500 energy - according to status, there was over a days worth of credits (which was correct) yet under a days worth of power left.

Anyone got any ideas on why this is happening?

Thanks

I can't tell you WHY this is happening, though it seemed to come in with the vehicle patch. It also makes your harvester look disabled when you come upon it for the first time, even though it's still possibly running. I mean it may have run out of resources or maintenance too

I do know that you can get the real picture very easilly, and I do this now every time I hit my vendors .. a pain, but it works:

Operate machinery. Turn your harvester off, then back on. Close that window, then look at your status. It should now show the ACTUAL amount of power you have. Add as much as you think you need.