Operating the ME Charger for Charged Quartz in AE2
guide
The 
Charger in Applied Energistics 2 is an essential power induction machine used to energize certus quartz, forge fluix crystals, and magnetize compasses.
Powering and Operating the ME Charger
Charging raw crystalline minerals requires establishing an energized induction chamber powered by AE or compatible RF energy:
- Craft the vertical Charger workstation using pure certus quartz, iron ingots, and copper conductors at a crafting table.
- Place the charger against an ME cable line or connect an external power conduit to its top or bottom energy faces.
- Supply steady energy from an energy acceptor, vibration chamber, or external generator until the charger's blue power bar fills.
- Place a raw, natural
Certus Quartz Crystal into the open central charging slot via right-click or automated hopper. - As electric arcs surge through the chamber, the mineral undergoes rapid molecular excitation over several seconds.
- The energetic surge transmutes the inert gemstone into a bright, spark-emitting
Charged Certus Quartz Crystal. - Extract the charged crystal manually or configure an automated item pipe to pull the energized mineral immediately.
Forging Fluix Crystals and Navigating to Meteorites
Charged quartz crystals serve as the vital reactive catalyst for synthesizing AE2's signature hybrid conductive material:
- Throw a charged quartz crystal into a pool of water alongside nether quartz and redstone dust to spark a violent reaction.
- The catalytic implosion fuses the three reagents together, yielding two purple shimmering crystals of refined fluix quartz.
- Place a standard vanilla magnetic compass inside the charger to subject the needle to intense electromagnetic induction.
- The charging process magnetizes the device, transforming it into a spinning
Meteorite Compass that points toward sky stone craters. - Following the needle of the meteorite compass leads spelunkers to buried celestial meteorites harboring priceless inscriber press plates.
Automated Charging Arrays and Crystal Management
Scaling crystal charging through automated automation rigs prevents progression bottlenecks during network expansion:
- Attach hoppers or export buses to feed raw certus quartz into the charger's top face automatically.
- Attach an import bus or extracting pipe to the charger's front face to retrieve charged crystals the moment reactions complete.
- Build multi-charger banks powered by dense energy cables to process dozens of crystals simultaneously for mass reactor builds.
- Maintaining an abundant supply of charged certus quartz ensures effortless synthesis of fluix cables, processors, and drives.
Vibration Chamber
Energy Acceptor
Fluix Crystal
Inscriber
Sky Stone