# Vehicle Reactors not working
**URL:** https://discourse.cataclysmdda.org/t/vehicle-reactors-not-working/13140
**Category:** The Garage
**Created:** [December 14, 2016, 8:34pm UTC](https://discourse.cataclysmdda.org/t/vehicle-reactors-not-working/13140 "2016-12-14T20:34:51Z")
**Posts on this page:** 4
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### Author:  [@Blaze](https://discourse.cataclysmdda.org/u/Blaze)
#### Post date: [December 14, 2016, 8:34pm UTC](https://discourse.cataclysmdda.org/t/vehicle-reactors-not-working/13140/1 "2016-12-14T20:34:51Z")
Tested w/ Console Version 6049. Modded and Vanilla.
Minireactors do not produce any power or consume fuel (along with any other reactors, but only mods have those).
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### Author:  [@Coolthulhu](https://discourse.cataclysmdda.org/u/Coolthulhu)
#### Post date: [December 14, 2016, 10:56pm UTC](https://discourse.cataclysmdda.org/t/vehicle-reactors-not-working/13140/2 "2016-12-14T22:56:37Z")
They work differently now: they only produce power when batteries are out.
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### Author:  [@Blaze](https://discourse.cataclysmdda.org/u/Blaze)
#### Post date: [December 14, 2016, 11:17pm UTC](https://discourse.cataclysmdda.org/t/vehicle-reactors-not-working/13140/3 "2016-12-14T23:17:57Z")
Oh cool.
Is there a metric to epower/fuel efficiency?
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### Author:  [@Coolthulhu](https://discourse.cataclysmdda.org/u/Coolthulhu)
#### Post date: [December 15, 2016, 12:00am UTC](https://discourse.cataclysmdda.org/t/vehicle-reactors-not-working/13140/4 "2016-12-15T00:00:03Z")
Pretty sure it should be units_energy. Except for plutonium, which is 500_units\*energy.