¶ Power Guide
This guide will explain the basics of setting up power systems. Build and power machines to do work more efficiently.
¶ Types of Power Machines
- Power Generators burn select fuel items to create power. This should be the first power machine that is constructed.
- Power Banks and Power Cells store large amounts of power.
- Item Chargers can restore power to power items (such as Power Drills).
- Power Furnaces can smelt items like a regular furnace and uses power instead of fuel items.
- Printers convert power and cobblestone into useful building materials for ships.
- Area Shields generate a region around itself that disables explosions.
¶ Wire Connections
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| End Rods (Wires) and Sponges are blocks that power can travel through. End Rods are conductive only across its two ends that touch other blocks; the remaining sides cannot transfer power. Sponges are conductive on all six sides and are useful when power needs to change direction. Sponges should be limited to corners or altering the direction of current so as to avoid electrical slow-downs or inefficiency within the circuit. |
¶ Inputs and Outputs
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| Crafting Tables are power outputs on all machine multiblocks; Crafting tables can be appended to a noteblock-face to extract power (even if, originally, it was not present within the multiblock's construction.) Likewise, Note Blocks are power inputs on all machine multiblocks. All power systems will involve some combination of machines receiving or sending power through these terminals with somes combination of wires in between. (However, there are exceptions.) |
¶ Example (Basic Connections)
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| This is a basic connection between a Power Generator and an Item Charger. Power flows out of the output (crafting table) of the Power Generator through the wire. The power's path is then changed by the sponge block and directed into the Item Charger's input (note block). |
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| A Power Furnace has been added to the previous setup. Power from the Power Generator will be divided roughly equally to both the Item Charger and the Power Furnace. Note the line of sponges at the input of the Power Furnace; wire and sponge are very similar in terms of power delivery and only differ with the amount of sides that can transfer power. |
¶ Advanced Wire Connections
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Iron Blocks and Redstone Blocks have the same function, but have special power transfer characteristics:
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¶ Example (Advanced Connections)
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| If power enters through the top right wire, it will only leave via the top left wire. This is because the iron block will not transfer power to the sponge. |
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| The above system is modified to add an additional wire at the bottom left. (Remember that iron blocks and redstone blocks have the same functionality). In this case, only the bottom left wire will receive any power as the power source (the top right wire) is directly opposite of the bottom left wire. |
¶ Example (More Advanced Connections)
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| Power will only transfer from the Power Generator (top right) to the Item Charger (bottom left) as it is directly opposite of the Power Generator. The Power Bank does not receive any power as the iron block cannot transfer to sponge, and the Power Furnace does not receive any power as there is an opposite connection for power to flow to. |
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| This system has two Power Generators in the top left and the top right. The top left generator will send its power to the Item Charger, while the top right generator will send its power to the Power Bank. The power generated by both generators will not mix together as power wants to flow from the generator to the opposite of the generator due to the redstone block. |
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| This system has a Power Generator sending power to an opposite-facing Power Bank. The Power Bank then sends power around to the Item charger while sharing the same Iron Block that was used to send power to the bank. |