# Vehicle scoop causes battery power: 1,232,810 (1.2MM more than battery can hold)
**URL:** https://discourse.cataclysmdda.org/t/vehicle-scoop-causes-battery-power-1-232-810-1-2mm-more-than-battery-can-hold/10699
**Category:** The Garage
**Created:** [October 18, 2015, 11:09pm UTC](https://discourse.cataclysmdda.org/t/vehicle-scoop-causes-battery-power-1-232-810-1-2mm-more-than-battery-can-hold/10699 "2015-10-18T23:09:10Z")
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### Author:  [@Mattamue](https://discourse.cataclysmdda.org/u/Mattamue)
#### Post date: [October 18, 2015, 11:09pm UTC](https://discourse.cataclysmdda.org/t/vehicle-scoop-causes-battery-power-1-232-810-1-2mm-more-than-battery-can-hold/10699/1 "2015-10-18T23:09:10Z")
This screen shot is from experimental 0C 3774 (windows graphical), but I was able to re-produce a similar effect in 3798 as well.
In 3798 it seems to max out the battery power rather than going to 1.2MM.
Simply add a scoop to an electric vehicle and scoop something up to see this effect. Bonus round, farm, you’ll see how the power can jump all around from 1.2MM to negative %s as well as you suck up all the veggies.
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### Author:  [@Mattamue](https://discourse.cataclysmdda.org/u/Mattamue)
#### Post date: [October 19, 2015, 3:52pm UTC](https://discourse.cataclysmdda.org/t/vehicle-scoop-causes-battery-power-1-232-810-1-2mm-more-than-battery-can-hold/10699/2 "2015-10-19T15:52:46Z")
Additional thought, this may be because I installed adjacent scoops and there’s more than one scoop trying to interact with an item?
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### Author:  [@Coolthulhu](https://discourse.cataclysmdda.org/u/Coolthulhu)
#### Post date: [October 19, 2015, 4:54pm UTC](https://discourse.cataclysmdda.org/t/vehicle-scoop-causes-battery-power-1-232-810-1-2mm-more-than-battery-can-hold/10699/3 "2015-10-19T16:54:54Z")
I think I got it.
The scoop epower is negative. Its value is plugged into discharge\_battery, which is supposed to only take positive values.
The result is that scoops generate power instead of draining it.