diff --git a/src/main/java/de/ellpeck/naturesaura/blocks/tiles/TileEntityAuraDetector.java b/src/main/java/de/ellpeck/naturesaura/blocks/tiles/TileEntityAuraDetector.java
index 7206b520..85c10119 100644
--- a/src/main/java/de/ellpeck/naturesaura/blocks/tiles/TileEntityAuraDetector.java
+++ b/src/main/java/de/ellpeck/naturesaura/blocks/tiles/TileEntityAuraDetector.java
@@ -3,6 +3,7 @@ package de.ellpeck.naturesaura.blocks.tiles;
 import de.ellpeck.naturesaura.api.aura.chunk.IAuraChunk;
 import net.minecraft.util.ITickable;
 import net.minecraft.util.math.MathHelper;
+import org.apache.commons.lang3.mutable.MutableFloat;
 
 public class TileEntityAuraDetector extends TileEntityImpl implements ITickable {
 
@@ -11,8 +12,12 @@ public class TileEntityAuraDetector extends TileEntityImpl implements ITickable
     @Override
     public void update() {
         if (!this.world.isRemote && this.world.getTotalWorldTime() % 80 == 0) {
-            int amount = IAuraChunk.getAuraInArea(this.world, this.pos, 30);
-            int power = MathHelper.clamp(MathHelper.ceil(amount / (IAuraChunk.DEFAULT_AURA * 2F) * 15F), 0, 15);
+            MutableFloat totalAmount = new MutableFloat(IAuraChunk.DEFAULT_AURA);
+            IAuraChunk.getSpotsInArea(this.world, this.pos, 25, (pos, spot) -> {
+                float percentage = 1F - (float) this.pos.getDistance(pos.getX(), pos.getY(), pos.getZ()) / 25F;
+                totalAmount.add(spot * percentage);
+            });
+            int power = MathHelper.clamp(MathHelper.ceil(totalAmount.intValue() / (IAuraChunk.DEFAULT_AURA * 2F) * 15F), 0, 15);
             if (this.redstonePower != power) {
                 this.redstonePower = power;
                 this.world.updateComparatorOutputLevel(this.pos, this.getBlockType());
diff --git a/src/main/java/de/ellpeck/naturesaura/chunk/effect/BalanceEffect.java b/src/main/java/de/ellpeck/naturesaura/chunk/effect/BalanceEffect.java
index d15dcb22..b7c3f983 100644
--- a/src/main/java/de/ellpeck/naturesaura/chunk/effect/BalanceEffect.java
+++ b/src/main/java/de/ellpeck/naturesaura/chunk/effect/BalanceEffect.java
@@ -17,16 +17,14 @@ public class BalanceEffect implements IDrainSpotEffect {
     public void update(World world, Chunk chunk, IAuraChunk auraChunk, BlockPos pos, Integer spot) {
         if (spot < 1000)
             return;
-        int radius = Math.min(80, spot / 40);
+        int radius = Math.min(80, spot / 50);
         if (radius <= 0)
             return;
         BlockPos lowestPos = IAuraChunk.getLowestSpot(world, pos, radius, null);
         if (lowestPos == null)
             return;
-        IAuraChunk lowestChunk = IAuraChunk.getAuraChunk(world, lowestPos);
-        int toTransfer = Math.min(spot / 10, -lowestChunk.getDrainSpot(lowestPos));
-        int stored = auraChunk.drainAura(pos, toTransfer);
-        lowestChunk.storeAura(lowestPos, stored);
+        int stored = IAuraChunk.getAuraChunk(world, lowestPos).storeAura(lowestPos, spot / 10);
+        auraChunk.drainAura(pos, stored);
     }
 
     @Override