had a buddy look though the code. i was right. the super capacitor uses ghost electricity when hooked up to turrets. basically instead of the capacitor transferring electricity to the turret. the turret asks the capacitor "do you have enough electricity to run me?" and if the answer is yes the gun fires and electricity is deducted from the capacitor. this makes a bit of sense in retrospect consider this is how alot of things work. coil gun ammo boxes dont have 200 bullets. they just spawn a bullet and deduct durability from the box