Difference between revisions of "Power conduit"

Revision as of 03:32, 19 February 2017

A power conduit transmits power from generators or batteries to appliances up to six squares away. Conduit doesn't block the placement of other structures and isn't blocked by them, so conduit can be placed wherever it's needed, even in walls; except mountain rock and mineral ores.

Short circuit:
If your power grid contains batteries with a stored charge of at least 50Wd, it is possible for a power conduit to short circuit, destroying the a random piece of conduit and discharging the entire stored power of the grid in an explosion proportional to the amount of charge; this can be mitigated by building non-flammable walls over your power conduits. Short circuits can be avoided by placing a power switch directly between the conduit and the batteries and turning the switch off. Turn the switch on only to charge the batteries and to provide power during a shortage. No short circuits will occur as long as the switch is off and no conduit is touching any batteries.

Architect

Power: Power conduit (Hidden, Waterproof) • Power switch • Wood-fired generator • Chemfuel powered generator • Wind turbine
(research): Battery • Geothermal generator • Solar generator • Watermill generator • Toxifier generator • Bioferrite generator
(uncraftable): Vanometric power cell • Unstable power cell
Related: Ship reactor • Electroharvester

@@ Line 12: / Line 12: @@
 |sell = {{icon|metal|0}}
 }}</onlyinclude>
-{{Info|A '''power conduit''' distributes [[power]] between power generators and appliances up to six squares away. If your power grid contains [[Battery|batteries]] with stored charge, it is possible for a [[Events#Faulty_Conduit_Explosion|power conduit to short circuit]], automatically destroying the conduit and discharging the entire stored power of the grid in an explosion proportional to the amount of charge; this is a random event which cannot be prevented if you wish to use batteries, though the damage can be mitigated by building walls over your power conduits. You can also reduce the size of the explosion and lost power by keeping some of your batteries isolated from the grid using [[Power_switch|power switches]]. Due to a quirk of how the faulty conduit is selected, the more charged batteries that you have disconnected from any conduits, the less likely a short-circuit is to occur and the longer you will have between such events. }}
+{{Info|A '''power conduit''' transmits power from generators or [[battery|batteries]] to appliances up to six squares away. Conduit doesn't block the placement of other structures and isn't blocked by them, so conduit can be placed wherever it's needed, even in walls; except mountain rock and mineral ores.
+Short circuit:<br/>
+If your power grid contains [[Battery|batteries]] with a stored charge of at least 50Wd, it is possible for a [[Events#Faulty_Conduit_Explosion|power conduit to short circuit]], destroying the a random piece of conduit and discharging the entire stored power of the grid in an explosion proportional to the amount of charge; this can be mitigated by building non-flammable walls over your power conduits. Short circuits can be avoided by placing a [[power switch]] directly between the conduit and the batteries and turning the switch off. Turn the switch on only to charge the batteries and to provide power during a shortage. No short circuits will occur as long as the switch is off and no conduit is touching any batteries.}}
 {{nav|power|wide}}
 [[Category:Power|{{PAGENAME}}]]

Difference between revisions of "Power conduit"

Revision as of 03:32, 19 February 2017

Navigation menu

Search