Basic Electricity

Adding electricity to your base is an advanced feature for late game and not something done easily and without plenty of resources. The basics of an electrical system are power, control and wiring. Power comes fromand/orunits. You can combine these in your base to increase the output and also have separate power supplies if you want to.Next, and most important after the power source, is the. This is the on/off switch for your power and regulates the power level. If you are using more power than you have available, this unit will shut down, or overload, which is simply letting you know to add more power, or remove the item you have placed. A gauge on the Control Panel gives you how much power you have on load when it is in operation. Also helpful is the green indicator lights on the wire points and units that are powered. If you find a wire or unit you think is connected to the system but it is showing red, while the control panel and other indicators are green, you have a break in your setup somewhere. Power control panels are able to be turned on or off by anyone and area not locked to your use only. So place them in a secure location.This is wherecomes into play. Connecting wires can be run on any size platform or floor as well as up/down walls. Connections on the ends of each of the 4 way (or 3 way in the case of triangle pieces) placements will join any wires on adjoining platforms or floors, and even go under walls and doors. Wire placement on walls will only appear on the ‘inside’ of a wall panel, and will connect any wire units placed above or below it, as well as joining other wall mounted wires.All electrical parts aside from wind turbines and vertical wall wiring, can be recovered if placed incorrectly by use of the pick or blowtorch. This means that they can also be damaged by raiders, and this includes wind turbines, which are generally located outside the base, in plain view and sight of any big guns or rocket launchers..Now you have your power supply, control panel and wiring ready, what can you add to your base that will use this power? Currently, there are 2 main uses, with more to be added in the future. Some turrets have power supply requirements that are optional and in the case of the Tier 1 turret, not yet implemented. Here are some quick guides to the parts of your base which do require electricity.are used to grow wheat from grain obtained from loot crates and also made from the collected wheat you grow, and once made into flour and combined with water (in the form or a water bottle) you have dough ready to be cooked and made into bread. If carefully managed, you have yourself, and your clan, an almost endless supply of bread, with enough to trade or hand out to new players (if you felt like being generous)are the next item that requires electricity to run. You only need to power the bottom level unit in an elevator shaft as all floor and spacer units above this base unit will draw power from it. You made need additional power if you wish to go higher, so keep an eye on your control panel to make sure you have enough power at hand. Elevators are an advanced, end game project that requires planning and plenty of resources. The 2 parts required, after supplying electricity, are the access levels and the spacer levels. Placement requires pillars on the front/opening side, and a platform or floor to place the base level on. Stacking the access and spacer levels on top of this base unit is fairly simple but requires no collisions with floors or walls around them on placement and pillars on the front side for support and of course a floor in order to walk out onto if you wish to use the elevator. Be aware, the elevator controls (which allow you to either go up or down one stop, or all the way up or down) are not locked to your access only. Anyone with access to the elevator can use it. Turning the power off at the control panel will lock the elevator down at the bottom level, with doors open, so put your control panel in a secure location, otherwise you will be getting many unwanted visitors to your penthouse.