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== Refinery produces Salvage ==

Commit a basket of items to the [[Refinery]]. Module throughput determines how quickly [[Salvage]] is produced; the basket determines how long the run can last. Crafted, Raw, and Consumable inputs have different consumption treatment, so equal displayed base value does not necessarily buy equal running time.

Claim Salvage before the output buffer fills. Without <strong>[[Overflow Cutoff]]</strong>, inputs can keep burning while a full buffer discards excess output. Overflow Cutoff is a valuable protection when you cannot check often. Later, Auto-Deposit can keep runs supplied from a configured basket.

Salvage is needed for [[Research]], [[Bay Upgrades]], fuel, and other Network purchases. Spend enough to improve production while keeping fuel and the next important unlock covered. It is easy to build a larger machine and then starve it of the resources that make it useful.

<small>Screenshots on this page: [[Guide:Relay Network#figure_14|Figure 14]]  /  [[Guide:Relay Network#figure_15|Figure 15]]</small>

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[[File:Bconomy-guide-14-relay-families-and-shared-controls.png|thumb|center|680px|alt=Relay families and shared controls|Figure 14  Relay families and shared controls. The Network page brings Cooling, Mint, Refinery and Recovery together. Expand a family to manage its modules; Store and Research lead to separate systems.]]

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[[File:Bconomy-guide-15-an-expanded-mint-bay.png|thumb|center|680px|alt=An expanded Mint Bay|Figure 15  An expanded Mint Bay. The Mint view exposes its heat, operating mode, output and management controls. Check the live costs and output before investing in modules or changing the operating mode.]]