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Electrolyzed Water Cell

2013-01-11T00:10:15Z

Medicdude: Updated to new mechanics

{{IC²}}
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Electrolyzed Water Cells are the products of [[Electrolyzer]]s when placed next to any battery storage block. The [[Electrolyzer]] creates these from [[Water Cell]]s to store power and discharges them back into [[Water Cell]]s to supply power.

Electrocells absorb 20000 [[EU]], or approximately 2 [[RE Battery|RE Batteries]] per cell. However, they lose 2000, 4000, 6000 [[EU]] (MFSU, MFE, Batbox) when discharged into the appropriate battery storage block. only giving off 18000-14000 [[EU]].

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Electrolyzer

2013-01-09T02:55:57Z

Medicdude: re-updated, actually matches ingame specs now

{{IC²}}

{{Block
|type=Machine
|gravity=No
|dirt=No
|transparent=No
|light=No
|tool=bwrench
|stackable=Yes (64)
|eu_use=2(batbox), 8(MFE), 32(MFSU)
|eu_use2=20000 EU per cell
}}

Electrolyzers store EUs when placed ajacent to an energy storage block by converting (regular) water cells into electrolyzed water cells and vice versa. Charging occurs when the storage block is over 70% full and discharging occurs when less than 25% full. Electrolyzed cells suffer a penalty to efficiency when discharging depending on the adjacent storage block. Speed also differs between storage blocks.

Simply place the [[Water Cell]]s directly to the left of the energy storage display, and as they are removed from the stack and filled with energy, they will be placed in a slot directly to the right of the energy storage display. From there, they may be removed to store for later or left in place to discharge as needed.

Each electrolyzer will only connect to a single storage block and it must be directly adjacent; additional adjacent storage blocks are ignored. Up to 5 Electrolyzers may be attached to a storage unit while leaving space for a single cable.

Speed is 2 x 4 ^ (tierlevel) EU per tick. Energy loss is 2000 * (3 - tierlevel).

batbox tierlevel = 0, MFE tierlevel = 1, MFSU tierlevel =2

batbox = 2 EU/sec, returns 14kEU per electrocell (70% efficiency)

MFE = 8 EU/sec, 16kEU per electrocell (80% efficiency)

MFSU = 32 EU/sec, 18kEU per electrocell (90% efficiency)

Water cells always require 20kEU to convert into an electrocell.

Efficiency is only lost when a water cell when it is FULLY charged (and converted). A system that halts charging a water cell at less than 20kEU will maintain perfect efficiency on the discharge (creating no electrocells).

Electrolyzers acts as an additional storage device for your MFE/MFSU that, while slow to charge and discharge, can be disassembled and stored, etc. A full Electrolyzer (64 [[Electrolyzed Water Cell]]s) stores 1.02-1.15 Million EU (MFE vs MFSU), saving precious diamonds. Up to 5 Electrolyzers can be placed around a single MFE, extending its potential storage capacity 8.5x (after 80% efficiency), without any diamonds. Additional cells can be manually loaded/unloaded, allowing an infinite potential storage capacity if maintained.

Transporting Electrolyzed cells by foot is simple and easy, and may actually be more efficient than extremely long distance transmission lines. High-voltage cable reaches 80% efficiency at 410 blocks of transmission.

==Automating==

To automate with mods like BuildCraft and RedPower
* pump in/out on the top and any side to modify the left side where water cells go
* pump in/out on the bottom to modify the right side where electrolyzed cells end up

== Recipe ==

{{Grid/Crafting Table
|A1=Insulated Copper Cable|B1=|C1=Insulated Copper Cable
|A2=Insulated Copper Cable|B2=Electronic Circuit|C2=Insulated Copper Cable
|A3=Empty Cell|B3=Machine|C3=Empty Cell
|Output=Electrolyzer
}}

{{Energy|Input= 15000 per [[Water Cell]] at 10 EU/t|Output= 13500 per [[Electrolyzed Water Cell]] at 10 EU/t|Storage= 15000}}
* Converts [[Water Cell]]s into [[Electrolyzed Water Cell]]s only when attached storage unit is '''> 75% full'''. //or is it "69.99 full"?
* Converts [[Electrolyzed Water Cell]]s back into [[Water Cell]]s only when attached storage unit is '''< 25% full'''.

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Electrolyzer

2013-01-09T01:51:48Z

Medicdude: additional comparison to high-volt transmission lines.

{{IC²}}

{{Block
|type=Machine
|gravity=No
|dirt=No
|transparent=No
|light=No
|tool=bwrench
|stackable=Yes (64)
|eu_use=10
|eu_use2=15000 EU per cell
}}

Put the [[Electrolyzer]] next to an [[MFE Transmitter|MFE]] or [[MFS Unit|MFSU]] and it'll take some power to convert [[Water Cell]]s into [[Electrolyzed Water Cell]]s. [[Electrolyzed Water Cell]]s can be used to store power for later usage.

Electrolyzing is 90%-80% efficient (MFSU-MFE), so 10%-20% of the energy is lost during the process.

[[Electrolyzed Water Cell]]s absorb 20000 EU, but only return 18000 EU ([[MFS Unit|MFSU]]), or 16000 EU ([[MFE Transmitter|MFE]]). When left in the Electrolyzer, adjacent to an empty MFE/MFS, they will discharge into the MFE/MFS, converting them back to [[Water Cell]]s again.

In other words, the Electrolyzer acts as an additional storage device for your MFE/MFSU that, while slow to charge and discharge, can be disassembled and stored, etc. A full Electrolyzer (64 [[Electrolyzed Water Cell]]s) stores 1.02-1.15 Million EU (MFE vs MFSU), saving precious diamonds. Up to 5 Electrolyzers can be placed around a single MFE, extending its potential storage capacity 8.5x (after 80% efficiency), without any diamonds. Additional cells can be manually loaded/unloaded, allowing an infinite potential storage capacity if maintained.

Simply place the [[Water Cell]]s directly to the left of the energy storage display, and as they are removed from the stack and filled with energy, they will be placed in a slot directly to the right of the energy storage display. From there, they may be removed to store for later or left in place to discharge as needed.

Transporting Electrolyzed cells by foot is simple and easy, and may actually be more efficient than extremely long distance transmission lines. High-voltage cable reaches 80% efficiency at 410 blocks of transmission.

==Automating==

To automate with mods like BuildCraft and RedPower
* pump in/out on the top and any side to modify the left side where water cells go
* pump in/out on the bottom to modify the right side where electrolyzed cells end up

== Recipe ==

{{Grid/Crafting Table
|A1=Insulated Copper Cable|B1=|C1=Insulated Copper Cable
|A2=Insulated Copper Cable|B2=Electronic Circuit|C2=Insulated Copper Cable
|A3=Empty Cell|B3=Machine|C3=Empty Cell
|Output=Electrolyzer
}}

{{Energy|Input= 15000 per [[Water Cell]] at 10 EU/t|Output= 13500 per [[Electrolyzed Water Cell]] at 10 EU/t|Storage= 15000}}
* Converts [[Water Cell]]s into [[Electrolyzed Water Cell]]s only when attached storage unit is '''> 75% full'''. //or is it "69.99 full"?
* Converts [[Electrolyzed Water Cell]]s back into [[Water Cell]]s only when attached storage unit is '''< 25% full'''.

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Cable

2013-01-09T01:47:20Z

Medicdude: /* HV (Iron) Cable */ updated to current spec, reworded slightly

The '''Cables''' are the primary means of transferring [[EU]] from one device to another. There are several different types of cable, each type made from different metals, and each type can tolerate a different maximum [[EU#EU-Packet|EUP]], usually referred to as Voltage. If an applied Voltage exceeds a cable's maximum, the cable will instantly melt. This is NOT to be confused with ([[EU|EU/t]]), usually referred to as Current; all cables can handle an infinite amount of current.

All cables suffer from energy losses over distance. Long cables will lose energy in the process of transferring it. There are several ways to reduce losses - Transformers , insulation, and daisy-chaining storage devices.

Un-insulated cables shock the player and NPCs.

Insulating cables with rubber reduces energy losses, reduces shocks, and allows the cable to be painted using the [[Painter]]. Painted cables will not connect to different colored cables. This also greatly reduces the strain on CPU, as large cable meshes with many intersections require the game to perform many CPU-heavy calculations.

== Video Tutorial ==
A Basic Tutorial on How to Make And Use All Cables!

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=o1ll6RUQ8yI

== Insulation ==
Cable can be insulated by adding 'rubber'. Insulation reduces the EU loss over distance of cable.

Placed cable can have insulation added or removed with [[Cutter|Insulation Cutters]].

Uninsulated cables (except glass fibre) cannot be coloured with the [[Painter]].

== Cable Types ==

More detailed information and a larger recipe list is available by looking at the page for each cable type.

=== Tin Cable ===
{{Grid/Crafting Table
|A2=Tin|B2=Tin|C2=Tin
|Output=Tin Cable|OA=9
|Output-link=Tin Cable
}}

Tin cables can only tolerate '''Micro Voltage''' (up to 5 [[EU|EUP]]) but they're very cheap to make and have extremely low energy loss. Since no transformer can "step down" voltage this low, Tin cables are only suited for lower-output generators like Solar Panels, Water Mills, or Wind Farms.

=== Copper Cable ===

{|
|{{Grid/Crafting Table
|A2=Copper|B2=Copper|C2=Copper
|Output=Copper Cable|OA=6
|Output-link=Copper Cable
}}
|{{Grid/Crafting Table
|A1=Rubber|B1=Rubber|C1=Rubber
|A2=Copper|B2=Copper|C2=Copper
|A3=Rubber|B3=Rubber|C3=Rubber
|Output=Insulated Copper Cable|OA=6
|Output-link=Insulated Copper Cable
}}
|}

Copper cables are the most common cable tier. They are only capable of handling '''Low Voltage''' (up to 32 [[EU|EUP]]), however, they suffer the smallest distance-related energy losses out of all the conventional cables, with insulated copper cables having even less energy losses.

=== Gold Cable ===

{|
|{{Grid/Crafting Table
|A2=Gold|B2=Gold|C2=Gold
|Output=Gold_Cable|OA=12
|Output-link=Gold Cable
}}
|{{Grid/Crafting Table
|B1=Rubber
|A2=Rubber|B2=Gold|C2=Rubber
|B3=Rubber
|Output=Insulated_Gold_Cable|OA=4
|Output-link=Insulated Gold Cable
}}
|{{Grid/Crafting Table
|A2=Rubber|B2=Insulated_Gold_Cable
|Output=2xIns._Gold_Cable
|Output-link=2xIns. Gold Cable
}}
|}

Gold cables can transport '''Medium Voltage''' (up to 128 [[EU|EUP]]) but has higher energy loss than copper. The loss can be remedied to some extent by giving the cable up to two layers of insulation. If carrying full 128EUP, the gold cable will lose less energy than copper over distance, see below for more information.

=== HV (Iron) Cable ===

{|
|{{Grid/Crafting Table
|A2=Refined Iron|B2=Refined Iron|C2=Refined Iron
|Output=HV_Cable|OA=12
|Output-link=HV Cable
}}
|{{Grid/Crafting Table
|B1=Rubber
|A2=Rubber|B2=Refined Iron|C2=Rubber
|B3=Rubber
|Output=Insulated_HV_Cable|OA=4
|Output-link=Insulated HV Cable
}}
|-
|{{Grid/Crafting Table
|A2=Rubber|B2=Insulated_HV_Cable
|Output=2xIns._HV_Cable
|Output-link=2xIns. HV Cable
}}
|{{Grid/Crafting Table
|A2=Rubber|B2=2xIns._HV_Cable
|Output=4xIns._HV_Cable
|Output-link=3xIns. HV Cable
}}
|}

HV Cables can handle the highest amount of current possible at '''Extreme Voltage''' (up to 2048 [[EU|EUP]] OR higher) however it loses energy very quickly over distance. When operating at 2048 voltage using transformers, HV Cable is actually far more energy efficient than either Gold or Copper Cable. Only Glass Fibre cable is more energy efficient over distance (at 512 EUP), at the expense of Glass Fibre's diamond material cost.

=== Glass Fibre Cable ===

{|
|{{Grid/Crafting Table
|A1=Glass|B1=Glass|C1=Glass
|A2=Redstone|B2=Diamond|C2=Redstone
|A3=Glass|B3=Glass|C3=Glass
|Output=Glass_Fibre_Cable|OA=4
|Output-link=Glass Fibre Cable
}}
|{{Grid/Crafting Table
|A1=Glass|B1=Glass|C1=Glass
|A2=Silver ingot|B2=Diamond|C2=Silver ingot
|A3=Glass|B3=Glass|C3=Glass
|Output=Glass_Fibre_Cable|OA=6
|Output-link=Glass Fibre Cable
}}
|}

Glass Fibre cable is a special type of cable capable of transporting '''High Voltage''' (up to 512 [[EU|EUP]]). It does not shock anything standing too close and has only a tiny amount of energy loss, however it is very expensive to make. If you have a mod installed that adds Silver as an ore, then you can use Silver to replace the Redstone to create cables at an improved rate; however, Silver does not spawn in a regular IC2 installation.

=== Detector Cable ===

{{Grid/Crafting Table
|A1=|B1=Electronic_Circuit|C1=
|A2=Redstone|B2=4xIns._HV_Cable|C2=Redstone
|A3=|B3=Redstone|C3=
|Output=Detector Cable
|Output-link=Detector Cable
}}

The Detector Cable is a special cable which outputs a redstone current when EU is flowing through it. Detector Cables can only handle up to 512 [[EU|EUP]].

=== Splitter Cable ===

{{Grid/Crafting Table
|A1=|B1=Redstone|C1=
|A2=4xIns._HV_Cable|B2=Lever|C2=4xIns._HV_Cable
|A3=|B3=Redstone|C3=
|Output=Splitter Cable
|Output link=Splitter Cable
}}

The Splitter Cable is a special cable which prevents EU from flowing through it when a redstone current is applied. Splitter Cables can only handle up to 512 [[EU|EUP]]

== Cable Efficiency ==

All cables suffer distance-related energy losses, and depending on the tier and insulation of the given cable, the losses can vary greatly. The general unit for cable efficiency is EU/block. It shows how much [[EU]] every [[EU#EU-Packet / Voltage|EU Packet]] looses per block. The number is accumulated along the whole length of the cable, and then rounded down to the nearest integer. Therefore, if a distance is short enough, there EU loss will remain zero. For example, since Copper Cable loses 1 EU every 5 blocks, a 4 block long Insulated Copper Cable won't lose any EU.

{| class="wikitable"
! rowspan="2" |
! colspan="2" | [[Tin Cable]]
! colspan="2" | [[Copper Cable]]
! colspan="2" | [[Gold Cable]]
! colspan="2" | [[HV Cable]]
! colspan="2" | [[Glass Fibre Cable]]
! colspan="2" | [[Detector Cable|Detector]] / [[Splitter Cable|Splitter]] Cable
|-
! EU/b
! EU loss
! EU/b
! EU loss
! EU/b
! EU loss
! EU/b
! EU loss
! EU/b
! EU loss
! EU/b
! EU loss
|-
! Uninsulated
| 0.025
|1 EU every 40 blocks
|0.3
|1 EU every 3.33 blocks
|0.5
|1 EU every 2 blocks
|1.0
|1 EU every block
|0.025
|1 EU every 40 blocks
|0.5
|1 EU every 2 blocks
|-
! Insulated (1")
| colspan="2" align="center" | ---
|0.2
|1 EU every 5 blocks
|0.45
|1 EU every 2.22 blocks
|0.95
|1 EU every 1.05 blocks
| colspan="2" align="center" | ---
| colspan="2" align="center" | ---
|-
! Insulated (2")
| colspan="2" align="center" | ---
| colspan="2" align="center" | ---
|0.4
|1 EU every 2.5 blocks
|0.9
|1 EU every 1.11 blocks
| colspan="2" align="center" | ---
| colspan="2" align="center" | ---
|-
! Insulated (3")
| colspan="2" align="center" | ---
| colspan="2" align="center" | ---
| colspan="2" align="center" | ---
|0.8
|1 EU every 1.25 blocks
| colspan="2" align="center" | ---
| colspan="2" align="center" | ---
|}

== Voltage Efficiency ==
Depending on the [[EU|EUP]] traveling trough a cable it may be more efficient to use higher voltage cables and packets. This is because EU/b isn't applied on the total [[EU#EU/t|EU/t]] that travels the cable but on every single [[EU#EU-Packet|EU-Packet]].
So a copper cable carrying 384 EU/t over 10 Blocks of insulated copper cable is really carrying 12*32 EU-Packets and instead of: 384EU-2EU=382EU you get: 32EU*12-2*12=360EU. But when using 128 EU-Packets and 2x insulated gold cables you get: 128EU*3-4*3=372EU. In this example this is a difference of 12 EU over 10 Blocks.

What can be concluded from a cursory glance over the numbers is that, when using maximum allowable voltage, Copper cables are actually the most lossy cable type (at 25.0% per 40 blocks), followed by Tin (at 20.0% per 40 blocks), then Gold (at 12.5% per 40 blocks), then Iron (at 1.56% per 40 blocks), and the most lossless is Glass Fibre (at 0.195% per 40 blocks). '''''Remember, these values only apply if current is passed at the highest voltage available for that cable type.'''''

The formula for overall EU/b is: Combined EU/t divided by Desired packet size multiplied by Cable's EU/b per Packet equals '''Combined EU/b'''

Below is an example of different EU/t packed into different EU-Packets and carried with different cables, cables are full insulated, EU-P equals [[EU#EU-Packet / Voltage|EU-Packet]], results are in '''Overall / Combined EU/b ''' (not EU/b per Packet), results can't be rounded down to nearest integer.:
{| class="wikitable"
! rowspan="2" | Example EU/t
! colspan="1" | [[Tin Cable]]
! colspan="2" | [[Copper Cable]] 1"
! colspan="3" | [[Gold Cable]] 2"
! colspan="5" | [[HV Cable]] 3"
! colspan="4" | [[Glass Fibre Cable]]
|- width="100" |
! width="80pt" | 2 EU-P
! width="80pt" | 2 EU-P
! width="80pt" | 32 EU-P
! width="80pt" | 2 EU-P
! width="80pt" | 32 EU-P
! width="80pt" | 128 EU-P
! width="80pt" | 2 EU-P
! width="80pt" | 32 EU-P
! width="80pt" | 128 EU-P
! width="80pt" | 512 EU-P
! width="80pt" | 2048 EU-P
! width="80pt" | 2 EU-P
! width="80pt" | 32 EU-P
! width="80pt" | 128 EU-P
! width="80pt" | 512 EU-P
|- align="center"
! 2 EU/t
|0.025
|0.2
|0.0125
|0.4
|0.025
|0.00625
|0.8
|0.05
|0.0125
|0.003125
|0.000781
|0.025
|0.00156
|0.00039
|0.000097
|- align="center"
! 10 EU/t
|0.125
|1.0
|0.625
|2.0
|0.125
|0.0312
|4.0
|0.25
|0.0625
|0.0156
|0.0039
|0.125
|0.00781
|0.00195
|0.000488
|- align="center"
! 100 EU/t
|1.25
|10.0
|0.625
|20.0
|1.25
|0.312
|40.0
|2.5
|0.625
|0.156
|0.039
|1.25
|0.078
|0.0195
|0.00488
|- align="center"
! 500 EU/t
|6.25
|50.0
|3.125
|100.0
|6.25
|1.56
|200.0
|12.5
|3.125
|0.781
|0.195
|6.25
|0.39
|0.097
|0.024
|- align="center"
! 2000 EU/t
|25
|200
|12.5
|400
|25
|6.25
|800
|50
|12.5
|3.125
|0.781
|25
|1.56
|0.39
|0.097
|- align="center"
! percentual EU/b
|1.25%
|10%
|0.625%
|20%
|1.25%
|0.315%
|40%
|2.5%
|0.625%
|0.156%
|0.039%
|1.25%
|0.078%
|0.0195%
|0.0048%
|}

* Blue color indicates that EU-Packets under 32 EU can't be obtained by transforming. They can only be generated with generators as they always emit EU-Packages the size of their output EU.
* Green color indicates the optimal EU-Package for that EU/t example. Blue fields are ignored.
* Orange color and red color indicates sub-optimal EU-Packages.

== Cable Splitting ==
Up to 6 cables can connect to one other cable. Current will only flow through a cable when requested by a consumer if the loss from the cable length will allow some energy to get to the consumer. i.e. a [[Batbox]] (32EU) will send across insulated copper to a furnace up to 155 blocks away (5x31). No energy will be sent to a furnace 156 blocks away.

Keep in mind, however, that an excessive number of cable intersections will increase strain on your CPU (and more importantly, the server, when playing on a multi-player server). Don't do things like having rows of adjacent cables with every block connected to every other block. Also, separate cables connected to an energy storage device ([[BatBox]], etc.) or transformer do not count as a cable intersection, so take advantage of that when possible.

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Electrolyzer

2013-01-09T01:39:50Z

Medicdude: Fixed efficiency to current spec, added some comparison to MFE

{{IC²}}

{{Block
|type=Machine
|gravity=No
|dirt=No
|transparent=No
|light=No
|tool=bwrench
|stackable=Yes (64)
|eu_use=10
|eu_use2=15000 EU per cell
}}

Put the [[Electrolyzer]] next to an [[MFE Transmitter|MFE]] or [[MFS Unit|MFSU]] and it'll take some power to convert [[Water Cell]]s into [[Electrolyzed Water Cell]]s. [[Electrolyzed Water Cell]]s can be used to store power for later usage.

Electrolyzing is 90%-80% efficient (MFSU-MFE), so 10%-20% of the energy is lost during the process.

[[Electrolyzed Water Cell]]s absorb 20000 EU, but only return 18000 EU ([[MFS Unit|MFSU]]), or 16000 EU ([[MFE Transmitter|MFE]]). When left in the Electrolyzer, adjacent to an empty MFE/MFS, they will discharge into the MFE/MFS, converting them back to [[Water Cell]]s again.

In other words, the Electrolyzer acts as an additional storage device for your MFE/MFSU that, while slow to charge and discharge, can be disassembled and stored, etc. A full Electrolyzer (64 [[Electrolyzed Water Cell]]s) stores 1.02-1.15 Million EU (MFE vs MFSU), saving precious diamonds. Up to 5 Electrolyzers can be placed around a single MFE, extending its potential storage capacity 8.5x (after 80% efficiency), without any diamonds. Additional cells can be manually loaded/unloaded, allowing an infinite potential storage capacity if maintained.

Simply place the [[Water Cell]]s directly to the left of the energy storage display, and as they are removed from the stack and filled with energy, they will be placed in a slot directly to the right of the energy storage display. From there, they may be removed to store for later or left in place to discharge as needed.

==Automating==

To automate with mods like BuildCraft and RedPower
* pump in/out on the top and any side to modify the left side where water cells go
* pump in/out on the bottom to modify the right side where electrolyzed cells end up

== Recipe ==

{{Grid/Crafting Table
|A1=Insulated Copper Cable|B1=|C1=Insulated Copper Cable
|A2=Insulated Copper Cable|B2=Electronic Circuit|C2=Insulated Copper Cable
|A3=Empty Cell|B3=Machine|C3=Empty Cell
|Output=Electrolyzer
}}

{{Energy|Input= 15000 per [[Water Cell]] at 10 EU/t|Output= 13500 per [[Electrolyzed Water Cell]] at 10 EU/t|Storage= 15000}}
* Converts [[Water Cell]]s into [[Electrolyzed Water Cell]]s only when attached storage unit is '''> 75% full'''. //or is it "69.99 full"?
* Converts [[Electrolyzed Water Cell]]s back into [[Water Cell]]s only when attached storage unit is '''< 25% full'''.

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Single-Use Battery

2013-01-09T00:52:03Z

Medicdude: /* Efficiency */ inv space efficiency comparison to REbatts added

[[file:picture_na.png|right|link=|Picture not available]]
Also known as ''T501-Non-Rechargeable Energy Storage Unit'', each Single-Use Battery can store up to 1000 EU. That's 9000 EU less than their [[RE Battery|rechargeable counterparts]], 500 EU more than plain Redstone, and you can't recharge them. Like RE Batteries, right-clicking will recharge the electric tools currently in your inventory, using the Single-Use Battery.
However, they are much easier to produce in quantities and are easier to transport.

== Recipe ==

{|
|{{Grid/Crafting Table
|B1=Insulated Copper Cable
|B2=Hydrated Coal Dust
|B3=Redstone
|Output=Single-Use Battery|OA=8
}}
|{{Grid/Crafting Table
|B1=Insulated Copper Cable
|B2=Redstone
|B3=Hydrated Coal Dust
|Output=Single-Use Battery|OA=8
}}
|}
{|
|{{Grid/Crafting Table
|B1=Insulated Copper Cable
|B2=Coal Dust
|B3=Redstone
|Output=Single-Use Battery|OA=5
}}
|{{Grid/Crafting Table
|B1=Cable
|B2=Redstone
|B3=Coal Dust
|Output=Single-Use Battery|OA=5
}}
|}

{{Energy|Input=-|Output=-|Storage=1,000 (per battery)}}

== Efficiency ==
Inventory space: A 64 stack of SUbatts contains 64k EU in a single inventory slot, much more space efficient then REbatts (10k), and do not require a generator to be deployed on-site.

Sing-Use Batteries created from normal coal dust will waste about 108 EU per battery. Creating Single-Use Batteries from [[Hydrated Coal Dust]] using Water Buckets and using [[Rubber]] made from [[Sticky Resin]] will yield a gain of about 307 EU per battery. Using [[Rubber Wood]] or [[Empty Cell|Tin Cells]] will reduce the gain to a minimum of about 250 EU.

Assuming that you use EU to process the materials, the following table shows the cost in EU to produce one stack of 8 Single-Use Batteries using the most efficient way of creating them:
{|
|1
|[[Coal Dust]]
|align="left"| 4800 EU = 4000 EU (Coal's EU in [[Generator]]) + 800 EU ([[Macerator]])
|-
|1
|Redstone Dust
|align="left"| 500 EU (EU in [[Generator]])
|-
|1
|[[Copper Cable]]
|align="left"| 375 EU (Copper Macerate + Smelt)
|-
|1
|[[Rubber]]
|align="left"| 166.66 EU (Sticky Resin in [[Extractor]])
|-
|
|
|-
|
!Total cost
|align="left"| 5841.67 EU
|}

Since you get 8 batteries for a total of 8000 EU, this means you will generate 2158.33 EU each time you create a stack of 8 Single-Use Batteries! (hydrated recipe only)

Who needs the law of conservation of energy?! Not you! ''Just don't forget to hydrate the coal dust!''

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[[Category:Wiring]]

Single-Use Battery

2013-01-09T00:49:55Z

Medicdude: /* Efficiency */ Changed to left-align for viewing pleasure.

[[file:picture_na.png|right|link=|Picture not available]]
Also known as ''T501-Non-Rechargeable Energy Storage Unit'', each Single-Use Battery can store up to 1000 EU. That's 9000 EU less than their [[RE Battery|rechargeable counterparts]], 500 EU more than plain Redstone, and you can't recharge them. Like RE Batteries, right-clicking will recharge the electric tools currently in your inventory, using the Single-Use Battery.
However, they are much easier to produce in quantities and are easier to transport.

== Recipe ==

{|
|{{Grid/Crafting Table
|B1=Insulated Copper Cable
|B2=Hydrated Coal Dust
|B3=Redstone
|Output=Single-Use Battery|OA=8
}}
|{{Grid/Crafting Table
|B1=Insulated Copper Cable
|B2=Redstone
|B3=Hydrated Coal Dust
|Output=Single-Use Battery|OA=8
}}
|}
{|
|{{Grid/Crafting Table
|B1=Insulated Copper Cable
|B2=Coal Dust
|B3=Redstone
|Output=Single-Use Battery|OA=5
}}
|{{Grid/Crafting Table
|B1=Cable
|B2=Redstone
|B3=Coal Dust
|Output=Single-Use Battery|OA=5
}}
|}

{{Energy|Input=-|Output=-|Storage=1,000 (per battery)}}

== Efficiency ==
Sing-Use Batteries created from normal coal dust will waste about 108 EU per battery. Creating Single-Use Batteries from [[Hydrated Coal Dust]] using Water Buckets and using [[Rubber]] made from [[Sticky Resin]] will yield a gain of about 307 EU per battery. Using [[Rubber Wood]] or [[Empty Cell|Tin Cells]] will reduce the gain to a minimum of about 250 EU.

Assuming that you use EU to process the materials, the following table shows the cost in EU to produce one stack of 8 Single-Use Batteries using the most efficient way of creating them:
{|
|1
|[[Coal Dust]]
|align="left"| 4800 EU = 4000 EU (Coal's EU in [[Generator]]) + 800 EU ([[Macerator]])
|-
|1
|Redstone Dust
|align="left"| 500 EU (EU in [[Generator]])
|-
|1
|[[Copper Cable]]
|align="left"| 375 EU (Copper Macerate + Smelt)
|-
|1
|[[Rubber]]
|align="left"| 166.66 EU (Sticky Resin in [[Extractor]])
|-
|
|
|-
|
!Total cost
|align="left"| 5841.67 EU
|}

Since you get 8 batteries for a total of 8000 EU, this means you will generate 2158.33 EU each time you create a stack of 8 Single-Use Batteries! (hydrated recipe only)

Who needs the law of conservation of energy?! Not you! ''Just don't forget to hydrate the coal dust!''

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[[Category:Wiring]]

Single-Use Battery

2013-01-09T00:47:19Z

Medicdude: /* Efficiency */ More info, math fix: 800 EU to macerate coal

[[file:picture_na.png|right|link=|Picture not available]]
Also known as ''T501-Non-Rechargeable Energy Storage Unit'', each Single-Use Battery can store up to 1000 EU. That's 9000 EU less than their [[RE Battery|rechargeable counterparts]], 500 EU more than plain Redstone, and you can't recharge them. Like RE Batteries, right-clicking will recharge the electric tools currently in your inventory, using the Single-Use Battery.
However, they are much easier to produce in quantities and are easier to transport.

== Recipe ==

{|
|{{Grid/Crafting Table
|B1=Insulated Copper Cable
|B2=Hydrated Coal Dust
|B3=Redstone
|Output=Single-Use Battery|OA=8
}}
|{{Grid/Crafting Table
|B1=Insulated Copper Cable
|B2=Redstone
|B3=Hydrated Coal Dust
|Output=Single-Use Battery|OA=8
}}
|}
{|
|{{Grid/Crafting Table
|B1=Insulated Copper Cable
|B2=Coal Dust
|B3=Redstone
|Output=Single-Use Battery|OA=5
}}
|{{Grid/Crafting Table
|B1=Cable
|B2=Redstone
|B3=Coal Dust
|Output=Single-Use Battery|OA=5
}}
|}

{{Energy|Input=-|Output=-|Storage=1,000 (per battery)}}

== Efficiency ==
Sing-Use Batteries created from normal coal dust will waste about 108 EU per battery. Creating Single-Use Batteries from [[Hydrated Coal Dust]] using Water Buckets and using [[Rubber]] made from [[Sticky Resin]] will yield a gain of about 307 EU per battery. Using [[Rubber Wood]] or [[Empty Cell|Tin Cells]] will reduce the gain to a minimum of about 250 EU.

Assuming that you use EU to process the materials, the following table shows the cost in EU to produce one stack of 8 Single-Use Batteries using the most efficient way of creating them:
{|
|1
|[[Coal Dust]]
|align="right"|4800 EU = 4000 EU (Coal's EU in [[Generator]]) + 800 EU ([[Macerator]])
|-
|1
|Redstone Dust
|align="right"|500 EU (EU in [[Generator]])
|-
|1
|[[Copper Cable]]
|align="right"|375 EU (Macerate + Smelt)
|-
|1
|[[Rubber]]
|align="right"|166.66 EU (Sticky Resin in [[Extractor]])
|-
|
|
|-
|
!Total cost
|align="right"|5841.67 EU
|}

Since you get 8 batteries for a total of 8000 EU, this means you will generate 2158.33 EU each time you create a stack of 8 Single-Use Batteries! (hydrated recipe only)

Who needs the law of conservation of energy?! Not you! ''Just don't forget to hydrate the coal dust!''

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[[Category:Wiring]]

LV Transformer

2012-04-27T03:32:27Z

Medicdude:

{{Block
|image=
|type=Wiring
|gravity=No
|dirt=No
|transparent=No
|light=no
|stackable=Yes (64)
}}

{{IC²}}

The Low Voltage Transformer is used to turn '''Medium Voltage''' (MV) [[EU]] current into '''Low Voltage''' (LV) and back. This is useful for powering basic machines.

MV current must be wired into the High Voltage face (the 3-dotted one), while LV current can be wired into any other face. By default, the Transformer outputs LV current. A Redstone signal must be applied to it in order to make it reverse flow, thereby emitting MV current from the High Voltage face (the 3-dotted one).

== Recipe ==

{{Grid/Crafting Table
|A1=Wooden Planks|B1=Insulated Copper Cable|C1=Wooden Planks
|A2=Copper|B2=Copper|C2=Copper
|A3=Wooden Planks|B3=Insulated Copper Cable|C3=Wooden Planks
|Output=LV Transformer
}}

== Usage ==

When using any Transformer, remember that the 3-dotted side means '''higher current''' and the 1-dotted sides mean '''lower current'''. You can change the direction the 3-dotted side is facing by right-clicking a 1-dotted face with a [[Wrench]].

=== Converting to LV: ===

In order to convert from MV to LV, you must point the [[Cable|cable]] carrying MV from a [[MV Transformer]] or [[MFE Unit]] to the 3-dotted side and then link a cable to one of the sides with a single dot. Then that cable will be carrying LV that you can safely link to machines or store in a [[BatBox]].

=== Converting to MV: ===

In order to convert from LV to MV, point the cable carrying LV from a [[BatBox]] or a [[Generator]] to one of the one-dotted sides and then link a cable that can carry MV to the 3-dotted side. '''Do not forget to apply Redstone''' to the LV Transformer.

{{Energy|Input=32 or 128|Output=32 or 128|Storage=-}}

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MV Transformer

2012-04-27T03:32:03Z

Medicdude:

{{Block
|image=
|type=Wiring
|gravity=No
|dirt=No
|transparent=No
|light=no
|stackable=Yes (64)
}}

{{IC²}}

The MV Transformer is used to turn '''High Power''' (512 [[EU#EU-Packet|EUP]]) into '''Medium Power''' (128 EUP) and back. This is useful for powering advanced machines and for medium-range energy transport.

By default, the Transformer accepts 512 [[EU#EU-Packet|EUP]] input and outputs 128 EUP. A 512 EUP or higher rated [[cable]] must be wired into the output face (the 3-dotted one) and 128 EUP or higher rated cable must be wired into the other faces.

A Redstone signal may be applied to reverse the conversion, thereby emitting 512 [[EU#EU-Packet|EUP]] from the output face (the 3-dotted one), and accepting 128 EUP or lower from the input faces. In reverse operation, 512 EUP or higher rated [[cable]] must be wired to the output face and any rate cable may be wired to the input faces.

It can handle a maximum of one conversion per tick, limiting the maximum transfer to 512 [[EU#EU/t|EU/t]] in either mode.

== Recipe ==

{{Grid/Crafting Table
|A1=|B1=Insulated Copper Cable|C1=
|A2=|B2=Machine|C2=
|A3=|B3=Insulated Copper Cable|C3=
|Output=MV Transformer
}}

== Usage ==

When using any Transformer, remember that the 3-dotted side means '''higher current''' and the 1-dotted sides mean '''lower current'''. You can change the direction the 3-dotted side is facing by right-clicking a 1-dotted face with a [[Wrench]].

=== Converting to MV: ===

In order to convert from HV to MV, you must point the [[Cable|cable]] carrying HV from a [[HV Transformer]] or [[MFS Unit]] to the 3-dotted side and then link a cable that can carry MV to one of the sides with a single dot. Then that cable will be carrying MV that you can link to advanced machines, store in a [[MFE Transmitter]] or convert to LV with an [[LV Transformer]].

=== Converting to HV: ===

In order to convert from MV to HV, point the cable carrying MV from a [[MFE Transmitter]] or a [[LV Transformer]] to one of the one-dotted sides and then link a cable that can carry HV to the 3-dotted side. '''Do not forget to apply redstone''' to the MV Transformer.

{{Energy|Input=128 or 512|Output=128 or 512|Storage=-}}

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HV Transformer

2012-04-27T03:31:41Z

Medicdude:

{{Block
|image=
|type=Wiring
|gravity=No
|dirt=No
|transparent=No
|light=No
|stackable=Yes (64)
}}

The High Voltage Transformer is used to turn '''Extreme Voltage''' (EV) [[EU]] current into '''High Voltage''' (HV) and back. This transformation is useful for carrying EU over extreme distances without significant losses.

EV current must be wired into the output face (the 3-dotted one), while HV current can be wired into any other face. By default, the Transformer outputs HV current. A Redstone signal must be applied to it in order to make it reverse flow, thereby emitting EV current from the High Voltage face (the 3-dotted one).

== Recipe ==

{{Grid/Crafting Table
|B1=Insulated Copper Cable
|A2=Electronic Circuit|B2=MV Transformer|C2=Energy Crystal
|B3=Insulated Copper Cable
|Output=HV Transformer

}}

== Usage ==

When using any Transformer, remember that the 3-dotted face means '''higher current''' and the 1-dotted face means '''lower current'''. You can change the direction the 3-dotted face is facing by right-clicking a 1-dotted face with a [[Wrench]].

=== Converting to HV: ===

In order to convert EV to HV, you must point the [[Cable|cable]] carrying EV from another HV Transformer to the 3-dotted face and then link a cable to one of the faces with a single dot. Then that cable will be carrying HV that you can link to an [[MFS Unit]] or an [[MV Transformer]].

=== Converting to EV: ===

In order to convert HV to EV, point the cable carrying HV from an MFS Unit or an MV Transformer to one of the one-dotted sides and then link a cable that can carry EV to the 3-dotted side. '''Do not forget to apply redstone''' to the HV Transformer.

{{Energy|Input=512 or 2048|Output=512 or 2048|Storage=-}}

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[[Category:Wiring]]

Cropnalyzer

2012-04-21T19:38:08Z

Medicdude: added bug in 1.81

{{IC²}}

[[File:cropnalyzer_ig.png|frame|Screenshot of the GUI (ingame)|right|link=]]

The [[Cropnalyzer]] is used to scan [[Seed Bag]]s gained from [[crops]], put the seeds in the upper left slot, a battery or energy crystal in the upper right, and it starts scanning.

To fully scan 1 kind of seed, put it 3 times in the upper left slot of the [[Cropnalyzer]]. The first time it will show its finder's name, and the plant's own name, the second time it will show you somewhat more detailed information about the plant. Colour, what it is (food e.g.) and what kind of growth method (stem e.g.). Put the seeds 1 final time through the upper left slot and you know its RGG (Resistance, Gain and Growth).

The first 2 scans don't require that much energy, but the third drains a battery dry. Now don't forget that each seed is different, so when you have 2 wheat seeds (from crops) you have to scan them both!

== Recipe ==

{{Grid/Crafting Table
|A1=Cable|B1=Cable|C1=
|A2=Redstone|B2=Glass|C2=Redstone
|A3=Redstone|B3=Electronic Circuit|C3=Redstone
|Output=Cropnalyzer
}}

== Bugs ==
* The cropnalyzer does not properly accept batteries in 1.81, breaking the tool completely. It is fixed in 1.90.
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[[Category:Agriculture]]

Cable

2012-04-18T22:59:19Z

Medicdude: /* Gold Cable */

The '''Cables''' are the primary means of transferring [[EU]] from one device to another. There are several different types of cable, each type made from different metals, and each type can tolerate a different maximum [[EU#EU-Packet|EUP]]. If an applied EUP exceeds a cable's maximum, the cable will instantly melt. Cables can handle unlimited amounts of total ([[EU|EU/t]]).

All cables suffer from energy losses over distance. Long cables will lose energy in the process of transferring it. There are several ways to reduce losses - Transformers , insulation, and daisy-chaining storage devices.

Un-insulated cables shock the player and NPCs.

Insulating cables with rubber reduces energy losses, reduces shocks, and allows the cable to be painted using the [[Painter]]. Painted cables will not connect to different colored cables. This also greatly reduces the strain on CPU, as large cable meshes with many intersections require the game to perform many CPU-heavy calculations.

== Insulation ==
Cable can be insulated by adding 'rubber'. Insulation reduces the EU loss over distance of cable.

Placed cable can have insulation added or removed with [[Cutter|Insulation Cutters]].

Uninsulated cables (except glass fibre) cannot be coloured with the [[Painter]].

== Cable Types ==

More detailed information and a larger recipe list is available by looking at the page for each cable type.

=== Tin Cable ===
{{Grid/Crafting Table
|A2=Tin|B2=Tin|C2=Tin
|Output=Tin Cable|OA=9
|Output-link=Tin Cable
}}

Tin cables can only tolerate '''Micro Voltage''' (up to 5 [[EU|EUP]]) but they're very cheap to make and have extremely low energy loss.

=== Copper Cable ===

{|
|{{Grid/Crafting Table
|A2=Copper|B2=Copper|C2=Copper
|Output=Copper Cable|OA=6
|Output-link=Copper Cable
}}
|{{Grid/Crafting Table
|A1=Rubber|B1=Rubber|C1=Rubber
|A2=Copper|B2=Copper|C2=Copper
|A3=Rubber|B3=Rubber|C3=Rubber
|Output=Insulated Copper Cable|OA=6
|Output-link=Insulated Copper Cable
}}
|}

Copper cables are the most common cable tier. They are only capable of handling '''Low Voltage''' (up to 32 [[EU|EUP]]), however, they suffer the smallest distance-related energy losses out of all the conventional cables, with insulated copper cables having even less energy losses.

=== Gold Cable ===

{|
|{{Grid/Crafting Table
|A2=Gold|B2=Gold|C2=Gold
|Output=Gold_Cable|OA=12
|Output-link=Gold Cable
}}
|{{Grid/Crafting Table
|B1=Rubber
|A2=Rubber|B2=Gold|C2=Rubber
|B3=Rubber
|Output=Insulated_Gold_Cable|OA=4
|Output-link=Insulated Gold Cable
}}
|{{Grid/Crafting Table
|A2=Rubber|B2=Insulated_Gold_Cable
|Output=2xIns._Gold_Cable
|Output-link=2xIns. Gold Cable
}}
|}

Gold cables can transport '''Medium Voltage''' (up to 128 [[EU|EUP]]) but has higher energy loss than copper. The loss can be remedied to some extent by giving the cable up to two layers of insulation. If carrying full 128EUP, the gold cable will lose less energy than copper over distance, see below for more information.

=== HV (Iron) Cable ===

{|
|{{Grid/Crafting Table
|A2=Refined Iron|B2=Refined Iron|C2=Refined Iron
|Output=HV_Cable|OA=12
|Output-link=HV Cable
}}
|{{Grid/Crafting Table
|B1=Rubber
|A2=Rubber|B2=Refined Iron|C2=Rubber
|B3=Rubber
|Output=Insulated_HV_Cable|OA=4
|Output-link=Insulated HV Cable
}}
|-
|{{Grid/Crafting Table
|A2=Rubber|B2=Insulated_HV_Cable
|Output=2xIns._HV_Cable
|Output-link=2xIns. HV Cable
}}
|{{Grid/Crafting Table
|A2=Rubber|B2=2xIns._HV_Cable
|Output=4xIns._HV_Cable
|Output-link=3xIns. HV Cable
}}
|}

HV Cables can handle the highest amount of current possible at '''Extreme Voltage''' (up to 2048 [[EU|EUP]]) however it loses energy very quickly and should only be used when there's no other choice. HV cables can have up to three layers of insulation to help deal with the energy loss.

=== Glass Fibre Cable ===

{|
|{{Grid/Crafting Table
|A1=Glass|B1=Glass|C1=Glass
|A2=Redstone|B2=Diamond|C2=Redstone
|A3=Glass|B3=Glass|C3=Glass
|Output=Glass_Fibre_Cable|OA=4
|Output-link=Glass Fibre Cable
}}
|{{Grid/Crafting Table
|A1=Glass|B1=Glass|C1=Glass
|A2=Silver ingot|B2=Diamond|C2=Silver ingot
|A3=Glass|B3=Glass|C3=Glass
|Output=Glass_Fibre_Cable|OA=6
|Output-link=Glass Fibre Cable
}}
|}

Glass Fibre cable is a special type of cable capable of transporting '''High Voltage''' (up to 512 [[EU|EUP]]). It does not shock anything standing too close and has only a tiny amount of energy loss, however it is very expensive to make.

=== Detector Cable ===

{{Grid/Crafting Table
|A1=|B1=Electronic_Circuit|C1=
|A2=Redstone|B2=4xIns._HV_Cable|C2=Redstone
|A3=|B3=Redstone|C3=
|Output=Detector Cable
|Output-link=Detector Cable
}}

The Detector Cable is a special cable which outputs a redstone current when EU is flowing through it.

=== Splitter Cable ===

{{Grid/Crafting Table
|A1=|B1=Redstone|C1=
|A2=4xIns._HV_Cable|B2=Lever|C2=4xIns._HV_Cable
|A3=|B3=Redstone|C3=
|Output=Splitter Cable
|Output link=Splitter Cable
}}

The Splitter Cable is a special cable which prevents EU from flowing through it when a redstone current is applied.

== Cable Efficiency ==

All cables suffer distance-related energy losses, and depending on the tier and insulation of the given cable, the losses can vary greatly. The general unit for cable efficiency is EU/block. It shows how much [[EU]] every [[EU#EU-Packet / Voltage|EU Packet]] looses per block. The number is accumulated along the whole length of the cable, and then rounded down to the nearest integer. Therefore, if a distance is short enough, there EU loss will remain zero. For example, since Copper Cable loses 1 EU every 5 blocks, a 4 block long Insulated Copper Cable won't lose any EU.

{| class="wikitable"
! rowspan="2" |
! colspan="2" | [[Tin Cable]]
! colspan="2" | [[Copper Cable]]
! colspan="2" | [[Gold Cable]]
! colspan="2" | [[HV Cable]]
! colspan="2" | [[Glass Fibre Cable]]
! colspan="2" | [[Detector Cable|Detector]] / [[Splitter Cable|Splitter]] Cable
|-
! EU/b
! EU loss
! EU/b
! EU loss
! EU/b
! EU loss
! EU/b
! EU loss
! EU/b
! EU loss
! EU/b
! EU loss
|-
! Uninsulated
| 0.025
|1 EU every 40 blocks
|0.3
|1 EU every 3.33 blocks
|0.5
|1 EU every 2 blocks
|1.0
|1 EU every block
|0.025
|1 EU every 40 blocks
|0.5
|1 EU every 2 blocks
|-
! Insulated (1")
| colspan="2" align="center" | ---
|0.2
|1 EU every 5 blocks
|0.45
|1 EU every 2.22 blocks
|0.95
|1 EU every 1.05 blocks
| colspan="2" align="center" | ---
| colspan="2" align="center" | ---
|-
! Insulated (2")
| colspan="2" align="center" | ---
| colspan="2" align="center" | ---
|0.4
|1 EU every 2.5 blocks
|0.9
|1 EU every 1.11 blocks
| colspan="2" align="center" | ---
| colspan="2" align="center" | ---
|-
! Insulated (3")
| colspan="2" align="center" | ---
| colspan="2" align="center" | ---
| colspan="2" align="center" | ---
|0.8
|1 EU every 1.25 blocks
| colspan="2" align="center" | ---
| colspan="2" align="center" | ---
|}

== Voltage Efficiency ==
Depending on the [[EU|EUP]] traveling trough a cable it may be more efficient to use higher voltage cables and packets. This is because EU/b isn't applied on the total [[EU#EU/t|EU/t]] that travels the cable but on every single [[EU#EU-Packet|EU-Packet]].
So a copper cable carrying 320 EU/t over 10 Blocks of insulated copper cable is really carrying 10*32 EU-Packets and instead of: 320EU-2EU=318EU you get: 32EU*10-2*10=300EU. But when using 512 EU-Packets and 2x insulated gold cables you get: 320EU-4EU=316EU. In this example this is a difference of 16 EU over 10 Blocks.

The formula for overall EU/b is: Combined EU/t divided by Desired packet size multiplied by Cable's EU/b per Packet equals '''Combined EU/b'''

Below is an example of different EU/t packed into different EU-Packets and carried with different cables, cables are full insulated, EU-P equals [[EU#EU-Packet / Voltage|EU-Packet]], results are in '''Overall / Combined EU/b ''' (not EU/b per Packet), results can't be rounded down to nearest integer.:
{| class="wikitable"
! rowspan="2" | Example EU/t
! colspan="1" | [[Tin Cable]]
! colspan="2" | [[Copper Cable]] 1"
! colspan="3" | [[Gold Cable]] 2"
! colspan="5" | [[HV Cable]] 3"
! colspan="4" | [[Glass Fibre Cable]]
|- width="100" |
! width="80pt" | 2 EU-P
! width="80pt" | 2 EU-P
! width="80pt" | 32 EU-P
! width="80pt" | 2 EU-P
! width="80pt" | 32 EU-P
! width="80pt" | 128 EU-P
! width="80pt" | 2 EU-P
! width="80pt" | 32 EU-P
! width="80pt" | 128 EU-P
! width="80pt" | 512 EU-P
! width="80pt" | 2048 EU-P
! width="80pt" | 2 EU-P
! width="80pt" | 32 EU-P
! width="80pt" | 128 EU-P
! width="80pt" | 512 EU-P
|- align="center"
! 2 EU/t
|0.025
|0.2
|0.0125
|0.4
|0.025
|0.00625
|0.8
|0.05
|0.0125
|0.003125
|0.000781
|0.025
|0.00156
|0.00039
|0.000097
|- align="center"
! 10 EU/t
|0.125
|1.0
|0.625
|2.0
|0.125
|0.0312
|4.0
|0.25
|0.0625
|0.0156
|0.0039
|0.125
|0.00781
|0.00195
|0.000488
|- align="center"
! 100 EU/t
|1.25
|10.0
|0.625
|20.0
|1.25
|0.312
|40.0
|2.5
|0.625
|0.156
|0.039
|1.25
|0.078
|0.0195
|0.00488
|- align="center"
! 500 EU/t
|6.25
|50.0
|3.125
|100.0
|6.25
|1.56
|200.0
|12.5
|3.125
|0.781
|0.195
|6.25
|0.39
|0.097
|0.024
|- align="center"
! 2000 EU/t
|25
|200
|12.5
|400
|25
|6.25
|800
|50
|12.5
|3.125
|0.781
|25
|1.56
|0.39
|0.097
|- align="center"
! percentual EU/b
|1.25%
|10%
|0.625%
|20%
|1.25%
|0.315%
|40%
|2.5%
|0.625%
|0.156%
|0.039%
|1.25%
|0.078%
|0.0195%
|0.0048%
|}

* Blue color indicates that EU-Packets under 32 EU can't be obtained by transforming. They can only be generated with generators as they always emit EU-Packages the size of their output EU.
* Green color indicates the optimal EU-Package for that EU/t example. Blue fields are ignored.
* Orange color and red color indicates sub-optimal EU-Packages.

== Cable Splitting ==
Up to 6 cables can connect to one other cable. Current will only flow through a cable when requested by a consumer if the loss from the cable length will allow some energy to get to the consumer. i.e. a [[Batbox]] (32EU) will send across insulated copper to a furnace up to 155 blocks away (5x31). No energy will be sent to a furnace 156 blocks away.

Keep in mind, however, that an excessive number of cable intersections will increase strain on your CPU (and more importantly, the server, when playing on a multi-player server). Don't do things like having rows of adjacent cables with every block connected to every other block. Also, separate cables connected to an energy storage device ([[BatBox]], etc.) or transformer do not count as a cable intersection, so take advantage of that when possible.

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[[Category:Wiring]]

HV Transformer

2012-04-18T22:54:59Z

Medicdude: no longer requires redstone signal to reverse transform

{{Block
|image=
|type=Wiring
|gravity=No
|dirt=No
|transparent=No
|light=No
|stackable=Yes (64)
}}

The High Voltage Transformer is used to turn '''Extreme Voltage''' (EV) [[EU]] current into '''High Voltage''' (HV) and back. This transformation is useful for carrying EU over extreme distances without significant losses.

EV current must be wired into the output face (the 3-dotted one), while HV current can be wired into any other face. By default, the Transformer outputs HV current. <del>A Redstone signal must be applied to it in order to make it reverse flow</del>(no longer requires redstone to reverse transform), thereby emitting EV current from the High Voltage face (the 3-dotted one).

== Recipe ==

{{Grid/Crafting Table
|B1=Insulated Copper Cable
|A2=Electronic Circuit|B2=MV Transformer|C2=Energy Crystal
|B3=Insulated Copper Cable
|Output=HV Transformer

}}

== Usage ==

When using any Transformer, remember that the 3-dotted face means '''higher current''' and the 1-dotted face means '''lower current'''. You can change the direction the 3-dotted face is facing by right-clicking a 1-dotted face with a [[Wrench]].

=== Converting to HV: ===

In order to convert EV to HV, you must point the [[Cable|cable]] carrying EV from another HV Transformer to the 3-dotted face and then link a cable to one of the faces with a single dot. Then that cable will be carrying HV that you can link to an [[MFS Unit]] or an [[MV Transformer]].

=== Converting to EV: ===

In order to convert HV to EV, point the cable carrying HV from an MFS Unit or an MV Transformer to one of the one-dotted sides and then link a cable that can carry EV to the 3-dotted side. '''Do not forget to apply redstone''' to the HV Transformer.

{{Energy|Input=512 or 2048|Output=512 or 2048|Storage=-}}

{{Navigation}}

[[Category:Wiring]]

MV Transformer

2012-04-18T22:53:04Z

Medicdude: No longer requires signal to reverse transform

{{Block
|image=
|type=Wiring
|gravity=No
|dirt=No
|transparent=No
|light=no
|stackable=Yes (64)
}}

{{IC²}}

The MV Transformer is used to turn '''High Power''' (512 [[EU#EU-Packet|EUP]]) into '''Medium Power''' (128 EUP) and back. This is useful for powering advanced machines and for medium-range energy transport.

By default, the Transformer accepts 512 [[EU#EU-Packet|EUP]] input and outputs 128 EUP. A 512 EUP or higher rated [[cable]] must be wired into the output face (the 3-dotted one) and 128 EUP or higher rated cable must be wired into the other faces.

<del>A Redstone signal may be applied</del>(no longer requires redstone) to reverse the conversion, thereby emitting 512 [[EU#EU-Packet|EUP]] from the output face (the 3-dotted one), and accepting 128 EUP or lower from the input faces. In reverse operation, 512 EUP or higher rated [[cable]] must be wired to the output face and any rate cable may be wired to the input faces.

It can handle a maximum of one conversion per tick, limiting the maximum transfer to 512 [[EU#EU/t|EU/t]] in either mode.

== Recipe ==

{{Grid/Crafting Table
|A1=|B1=Insulated Copper Cable|C1=
|A2=|B2=Machine|C2=
|A3=|B3=Insulated Copper Cable|C3=
|Output=MV Transformer
}}

== Usage ==

When using any Transformer, remember that the 3-dotted side means '''higher current''' and the 1-dotted sides mean '''lower current'''. You can change the direction the 3-dotted side is facing by right-clicking a 1-dotted face with a [[Wrench]].

=== Converting to MV: ===

In order to convert from HV to MV, you must point the [[Cable|cable]] carrying HV from a [[HV Transformer]] or [[MFS Unit]] to the 3-dotted side and then link a cable that can carry MV to one of the sides with a single dot. Then that cable will be carrying MV that you can link to advanced machines, store in a [[MFE Transmitter]] or convert to LV with an [[LV Transformer]].

=== Converting to HV: ===

In order to convert from MV to HV, point the cable carrying MV from a [[MFE Transmitter]] or a [[LV Transformer]] to one of the one-dotted sides and then link a cable that can carry HV to the 3-dotted side. '''Do not forget to apply redstone''' to the MV Transformer.

{{Energy|Input=128 or 512|Output=128 or 512|Storage=-}}

{{Navigation}}

LV Transformer

2012-04-18T22:52:22Z

Medicdude: no signal required to reverse transform

{{Block
|image=
|type=Wiring
|gravity=No
|dirt=No
|transparent=No
|light=no
|stackable=Yes (64)
}}

{{IC²}}

The Low Voltage Transformer is used to turn '''Medium Voltage''' (MV) [[EU]] current into '''Low Voltage''' (LV) and back. This is useful for powering basic machines.

MV current must be wired into the High Voltage face (the 3-dotted one), while LV current can be wired into any other face. By default, the Transformer outputs LV current. <del>A Redstone signal must be applied to it in order to make it reverse flow</del>(no longer requires redstone), thereby emitting MV current from the High Voltage face (the 3-dotted one).

== Recipe ==

{{Grid/Crafting Table
|A1=Wooden Planks|B1=Insulated Copper Cable|C1=Wooden Planks
|A2=Copper|B2=Copper|C2=Copper
|A3=Wooden Planks|B3=Insulated Copper Cable|C3=Wooden Planks
|Output=LV Transformer
}}

== Usage ==

When using any Transformer, remember that the 3-dotted side means '''higher current''' and the 1-dotted sides mean '''lower current'''. You can change the direction the 3-dotted side is facing by right-clicking a 1-dotted face with a [[Wrench]].

=== Converting to LV: ===

In order to convert from MV to LV, you must point the [[Cable|cable]] carrying MV from a [[MV Transformer]] or [[MFE Unit]] to the 3-dotted side and then link a cable to one of the sides with a single dot. Then that cable will be carrying LV that you can safely link to machines or store in a [[BatBox]].

=== Converting to MV: ===

In order to convert from LV to MV, point the cable carrying LV from a [[BatBox]] or a [[Generator]] to one of the one-dotted sides and then link a cable that can carry MV to the 3-dotted side. '''Do not forget to apply Redstone''' to the LV Transformer.

{{Energy|Input=32 or 128|Output=32 or 128|Storage=-}}

{{Navigation}}

Recycler

2012-04-17T21:32:30Z

Medicdude: EU/t to EUP

{{Block
|image=Recycler_ig.png
|type=Machine
|gravity=No
|dirt=No
|transparent=No
|light=No
|tool=bwrench
|stackable=Yes (64)
}}

The ''Recycler'' is a machine that can consume any block or item. During operation, it has a chance of producing [[Scrap]], which has further uses.

== Recipe ==

{{Grid/Crafting Table
|A1=|B1=Glowstone Dust|C1=
|A2=Dirt|B2=Compressor|C2=Dirt
|A3=Refined Iron|B3=Dirt|C3=Refined Iron
|Output=Recycler
}}

== Usage ==

{{Grid/Machine
|Type=Recycler
|Top=Cobblestone
|Bottom=RE Battery (Charged)
|Output=Some random scrap
}}

Insert the items you want destroyed into the top slot. Anything is accepted as input. Any Scrap that might be randomly generated will appear in the right slot.
* The chance to generate Scrap is 12.5% (avg 8 scrap per stack).

== Black list ==

There is COMPLETE black list of items.
Blacklisted items will be consumed in process but won't produce any scrap.
* Glass Panes
* Sticks
* Snowballs
* Scaffolds
* ANY item or block defined by SMP administrator

{{Energy|Input=45 (1 EU/t)|Output=-|Storage=45}}
Maximum Input: 32 [[EU]]P before exploding

{{Navigation}}

[[Category:Machines]]

Talk:EU

2012-04-15T20:38:06Z

Medicdude: /* EU ~ electric charge */ response, thankyou hawk

==Eu/t vs. Eu/s==

What is the conversion between EU per tic and EU per second?

{{Reply|user=Feanturi|agree=|space=:|reply=Well one second in minecraft got 20 ticks :3 so EU/t*20 = 1EU/s}}

Hello everyone. I'm just wondering if someone could explain to me the config options that let you modify EU generation. I'm looking to make Solar Panels a bit more efficient on my server. [EDIT: I've been able to get them to be LESS efficient by making the number 50, but when I set it above 100 it doesn't seem to do anything]--05:38, 8 February 2012 (CET)[[User:Freakytiki34|Freakytiki34]]

==EU ~ <del>electric charge</del> Joule==
EU is a measure of energy and is most similar to <del>[http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Electric_charge electric charge]</del> Joule IRL.
EU/t is a measure of energy over time, and is most similar to <del>[http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Electric_current electric current]</del> Watt IRL.

Cables are limited by EU/t, that's current limitation, NOT voltage limitation. However, cables can't handle being connected to a hi-power batbox, so its complicated.

(If I'm wrong here, let me know, I'm reading the wikipedia articles to better understand electric charge, potential, current [[User:Medicdude|Medicdude]] 02:27, 15 April 2012 (CEST)

: In my opinion that's how EU was ''intended'' to work (EU = energy, either EU per tick or packets per tick = current, EU per packet = voltage), but cables don't work quite the way they do in real life. In real life, the voltage of a power supply doesn't have much impact on the thickness of the wire, but you need sufficient insulation for a given voltage to prevent arcs from burning through to nearby metal objects; the current of a power supply doesn't have ''much'' impact on insulation, but you need a thick (or better material) wire to carry a lot of current: the limitation is burning power as heat, and heat dissipation equals square of current times resistance, so lower resistance (better material or thicker cable) or lower current (which comes hand-in-hand with higher voltage via transformers) reduces heat loss. In IndustrialCraft, you need heavier-duty wires to carry higher voltages but not higher currents. [[User:Hawk777|Hawk777]] 21:58, 15 April 2012 (CEST)
::Yes, thankyou for the info. I did a whole bunch of further research and brain crunching, and the closest cousin to EU-Packet strength is voltage, with the NUMBER of packets travelling through (NOT EU/t) most similar to current. The problem being that you can transmit multiple levels of 'voltage' through the wires in IC, so you can't really compare the two. I'm in the process of re-wording the voltage references across the wiki to refer to EUP, which I've also coined to mean the maximum packet rating a device or cable can handle. [[User:Medicdude|Medicdude]] 22:38, 15 April 2012 (CEST)

Teleporter

2012-04-15T20:13:46Z

Medicdude: /* Energy Cost Example */ oops, moved 5 back inside the outermost floor

{{Block
|image=Teleporter_ig.png
|type=Block
|gravity=No
|dirt=No
|transparent=No
|light=No
|stackable=Yes (64)
}}
This is the '''FUTURE!'''

Who needs Minecarts, long walkways or a speedy Quantum Suit, if you can harness the ultimate technology of TELEPORTING right to wherever you want?

Teleporters are highly-complex, super-modern pieces of extremely-hayoish-awesome technology, capable of teleporting an infinite number of objects, excluding solid matter in form of blocks, to another Teleporter.

However, we recommend buying a whole bunch of our sweet and cheap generator products, otherwise you WILL not be able to power the Teleporters sufficiently:

== Usage: ==
1. Place the Teleporter directly adjacent to a power storage unit such as an [[MFS Unit]], or even a couple.

2. Use a [[FreqTrans]] to link one Teleporter to another.

3. Wire Redstone to the Teleporter.

4. Activate the Redstone.

If you have enough power in contiguous [[MFS Unit|storage units]], the power will be drained and you will be instantly teleported to the connected Teleporter.

== Linking Teleporters ==
Linking Teleporters is as easy as 1,2,3

#while holding a [[FreqTrans]] right-click on the first Teleporter.
#repeat for the second Teleporter.
#'''GO TELEPORTING. HEYO!'''

== Power Costs ==
The power used by the Teleporter depends on a combination of what is being teleported and how far.

===Formulas and Values===
'''Animal weight:''' 100

'''Mob weight:''' 500

'''Player weight:''' 1000 + (100 per worn armor piece) + (100 per full item stack)
* Worst case player weight: 1000 + 4 * 100 + 4 * 9 * 100 = 5000

'''Energy cost:''' Floor(5 * Floor(Weight) * (Floor(Distance) + 10)^0.7)
* Minimum distance, worst case weight, 5 fully charged MFSU: ~51960

===Energy Cost Example===

Teleporting a player with only chest armor, boots, 64 cobblestone, 20 dirt, and 10 eggs for 15 distance.

Base cost:'' 1000''

Armor cost: ''Chest(100) + Boots(100)''

Inventory cost:'' Cobblestone(100 * 64/64) + Dirt(100 * 20/64) + Eggs(100 * 10/16) = 193.75''

Player weight:'' 1000 + 200 + 193.75 = 1393.75''

Total: ''Floor(5 * Floor(1393.75) * (15 + 10)^0.7) = 66294 EU''

As you can see, the power requirements easily exceed even [[HV Cable]], which is why a cable connection is insufficient. Although, an HV Cable might be sufficient for teleporting animals short distances (untested).

===Distance Calculation===

Distances are calculated in '''Euclidean meters'''.

'''Distance = sqrt( (dx)^2 + (dy)^2 + (dz)^2 )'''

dx, dy, and dz are distances in the x, y, and z directions, respectively.

===Distance Example===

If you place a teleporter at (10,50,-20) and another at (30,15,-60)

dx = 30-10 = 20

dy = 15-50 = -35

dz = (-60)-(-20) = -40

Distance = sqrt ( 20^2 + (-35)^2 + (-40)^2 ) = 56.78908

===Energy Storage Devices===

Energy will be drained from adjacent energy storage devices simultaneously. Equal amounts of energy will be drained from adjacent devices if there are enough energy. If three energy devices are adjacent 33.33% of the energy will be drained from each.

All types of energy storage can be used BatBox, MFE and MFSU.

== Other Notes: ==
Teleporters can explode if you leave and reload a world without quitting Minecraft.

Other mods like TMI (Too Many Items) can interfere with IC2. Specifically Frequency Transmitters when setting up Teleporters. This bug often makes Frequency Transmitters get stuck on the first Teleporter when linking two Teleporters. Afterwards it is not possible to unlink from the first Teleporter and all other connections made will link to the first Teleporter.

Teleporters can teleport players that are standing one block above the teleporter. This makes it possible to place a storage device on all 6 sides. It also makes it possible to camouflage teleporters under the ground.

== Recipe ==

{{Grid/Crafting Table
|A1=Glowstone Dust |B1=FreqTrans |C1=Glowstone Dust
|A2=Insulated Copper Cable |B2=Advanced Machine |C2=Insulated Copper Cable
|A3=Glowstone Dust |B3=Diamond |C3=Glowstone Dust
|Output=Teleporter
}}

{{Navigation}}

[[Category:Machines]]

Teleporter

2012-04-15T20:12:57Z

Medicdude: /* Energy Cost Example */ moved factor of 5 to front of equation

{{Block
|image=Teleporter_ig.png
|type=Block
|gravity=No
|dirt=No
|transparent=No
|light=No
|stackable=Yes (64)
}}
This is the '''FUTURE!'''

Who needs Minecarts, long walkways or a speedy Quantum Suit, if you can harness the ultimate technology of TELEPORTING right to wherever you want?

Teleporters are highly-complex, super-modern pieces of extremely-hayoish-awesome technology, capable of teleporting an infinite number of objects, excluding solid matter in form of blocks, to another Teleporter.

However, we recommend buying a whole bunch of our sweet and cheap generator products, otherwise you WILL not be able to power the Teleporters sufficiently:

== Usage: ==
1. Place the Teleporter directly adjacent to a power storage unit such as an [[MFS Unit]], or even a couple.

2. Use a [[FreqTrans]] to link one Teleporter to another.

3. Wire Redstone to the Teleporter.

4. Activate the Redstone.

If you have enough power in contiguous [[MFS Unit|storage units]], the power will be drained and you will be instantly teleported to the connected Teleporter.

== Linking Teleporters ==
Linking Teleporters is as easy as 1,2,3

#while holding a [[FreqTrans]] right-click on the first Teleporter.
#repeat for the second Teleporter.
#'''GO TELEPORTING. HEYO!'''

== Power Costs ==
The power used by the Teleporter depends on a combination of what is being teleported and how far.

===Formulas and Values===
'''Animal weight:''' 100

'''Mob weight:''' 500

'''Player weight:''' 1000 + (100 per worn armor piece) + (100 per full item stack)
* Worst case player weight: 1000 + 4 * 100 + 4 * 9 * 100 = 5000

'''Energy cost:''' Floor(5 * Floor(Weight) * (Floor(Distance) + 10)^0.7)
* Minimum distance, worst case weight, 5 fully charged MFSU: ~51960

===Energy Cost Example===

Teleporting a player with only chest armor, boots, 64 cobblestone, 20 dirt, and 10 eggs for 15 distance.

Base cost:'' 1000''

Armor cost: ''Chest(100) + Boots(100)''

Inventory cost:'' Cobblestone(100 * 64/64) + Dirt(100 * 20/64) + Eggs(100 * 10/16) = 193.75''

Player weight:'' 1000 + 200 + 193.75 = 1393.75''

Total: ''5 * Floor(Floor(1393.75) * (15 + 10)^0.7) = 66294 EU''

As you can see, the power requirements easily exceed even [[HV Cable]], which is why a cable connection is insufficient. Although, an HV Cable might be sufficient for teleporting animals short distances (untested).

===Distance Calculation===

Distances are calculated in '''Euclidean meters'''.

'''Distance = sqrt( (dx)^2 + (dy)^2 + (dz)^2 )'''

dx, dy, and dz are distances in the x, y, and z directions, respectively.

===Distance Example===

If you place a teleporter at (10,50,-20) and another at (30,15,-60)

dx = 30-10 = 20

dy = 15-50 = -35

dz = (-60)-(-20) = -40

Distance = sqrt ( 20^2 + (-35)^2 + (-40)^2 ) = 56.78908

===Energy Storage Devices===

Energy will be drained from adjacent energy storage devices simultaneously. Equal amounts of energy will be drained from adjacent devices if there are enough energy. If three energy devices are adjacent 33.33% of the energy will be drained from each.

All types of energy storage can be used BatBox, MFE and MFSU.

== Other Notes: ==
Teleporters can explode if you leave and reload a world without quitting Minecraft.

Other mods like TMI (Too Many Items) can interfere with IC2. Specifically Frequency Transmitters when setting up Teleporters. This bug often makes Frequency Transmitters get stuck on the first Teleporter when linking two Teleporters. Afterwards it is not possible to unlink from the first Teleporter and all other connections made will link to the first Teleporter.

Teleporters can teleport players that are standing one block above the teleporter. This makes it possible to place a storage device on all 6 sides. It also makes it possible to camouflage teleporters under the ground.

== Recipe ==

{{Grid/Crafting Table
|A1=Glowstone Dust |B1=FreqTrans |C1=Glowstone Dust
|A2=Insulated Copper Cable |B2=Advanced Machine |C2=Insulated Copper Cable
|A3=Glowstone Dust |B3=Diamond |C3=Glowstone Dust
|Output=Teleporter
}}

{{Navigation}}

[[Category:Machines]]

Teleporter

2012-04-15T20:11:32Z

Medicdude: /* Formulas and Values */ Moved 5 factor to front of equation, makes single exponential easier to read.

{{Block
|image=Teleporter_ig.png
|type=Block
|gravity=No
|dirt=No
|transparent=No
|light=No
|stackable=Yes (64)
}}
This is the '''FUTURE!'''

Who needs Minecarts, long walkways or a speedy Quantum Suit, if you can harness the ultimate technology of TELEPORTING right to wherever you want?

Teleporters are highly-complex, super-modern pieces of extremely-hayoish-awesome technology, capable of teleporting an infinite number of objects, excluding solid matter in form of blocks, to another Teleporter.

However, we recommend buying a whole bunch of our sweet and cheap generator products, otherwise you WILL not be able to power the Teleporters sufficiently:

== Usage: ==
1. Place the Teleporter directly adjacent to a power storage unit such as an [[MFS Unit]], or even a couple.

2. Use a [[FreqTrans]] to link one Teleporter to another.

3. Wire Redstone to the Teleporter.

4. Activate the Redstone.

If you have enough power in contiguous [[MFS Unit|storage units]], the power will be drained and you will be instantly teleported to the connected Teleporter.

== Linking Teleporters ==
Linking Teleporters is as easy as 1,2,3

#while holding a [[FreqTrans]] right-click on the first Teleporter.
#repeat for the second Teleporter.
#'''GO TELEPORTING. HEYO!'''

== Power Costs ==
The power used by the Teleporter depends on a combination of what is being teleported and how far.

===Formulas and Values===
'''Animal weight:''' 100

'''Mob weight:''' 500

'''Player weight:''' 1000 + (100 per worn armor piece) + (100 per full item stack)
* Worst case player weight: 1000 + 4 * 100 + 4 * 9 * 100 = 5000

'''Energy cost:''' Floor(5 * Floor(Weight) * (Floor(Distance) + 10)^0.7)
* Minimum distance, worst case weight, 5 fully charged MFSU: ~51960

===Energy Cost Example===

Teleporting a player with only chest armor, boots, 64 cobblestone, 20 dirt, and 10 eggs for 15 distance.

Base cost:'' 1000''

Armor cost: ''Chest(100) + Boots(100)''

Inventory cost:'' Cobblestone(100 * 64/64) + Dirt(100 * 20/64) + Eggs(100 * 10/16) = 193.75''

Player weight:'' 1000 + 200 + 193.75 = 1393.75''

Total: ''Floor(Floor(1393.75) * (15 + 10)^0.7 * 5) = 66294 EU''

As you can see, the power requirements easily exceed even [[HV Cable]], which is why a cable connection is insufficient. Although, an HV Cable might be sufficient for teleporting animals short distances (untested).

===Distance Calculation===

Distances are calculated in '''Euclidean meters'''.

'''Distance = sqrt( (dx)^2 + (dy)^2 + (dz)^2 )'''

dx, dy, and dz are distances in the x, y, and z directions, respectively.

===Distance Example===

If you place a teleporter at (10,50,-20) and another at (30,15,-60)

dx = 30-10 = 20

dy = 15-50 = -35

dz = (-60)-(-20) = -40

Distance = sqrt ( 20^2 + (-35)^2 + (-40)^2 ) = 56.78908

===Energy Storage Devices===

Energy will be drained from adjacent energy storage devices simultaneously. Equal amounts of energy will be drained from adjacent devices if there are enough energy. If three energy devices are adjacent 33.33% of the energy will be drained from each.

All types of energy storage can be used BatBox, MFE and MFSU.

== Other Notes: ==
Teleporters can explode if you leave and reload a world without quitting Minecraft.

Other mods like TMI (Too Many Items) can interfere with IC2. Specifically Frequency Transmitters when setting up Teleporters. This bug often makes Frequency Transmitters get stuck on the first Teleporter when linking two Teleporters. Afterwards it is not possible to unlink from the first Teleporter and all other connections made will link to the first Teleporter.

Teleporters can teleport players that are standing one block above the teleporter. This makes it possible to place a storage device on all 6 sides. It also makes it possible to camouflage teleporters under the ground.

== Recipe ==

{{Grid/Crafting Table
|A1=Glowstone Dust |B1=FreqTrans |C1=Glowstone Dust
|A2=Insulated Copper Cable |B2=Advanced Machine |C2=Insulated Copper Cable
|A3=Glowstone Dust |B3=Diamond |C3=Glowstone Dust
|Output=Teleporter
}}

{{Navigation}}

[[Category:Machines]]

EU

2012-04-15T19:55:19Z

Medicdude: /* EU/t */ added EU/sec rate, 20x EU/t

EU - '''Energy Unit''' is the measure of energy used by IC. It is most similar to the SI derived unit [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Joule Joule]. EUs are 'produced' by [[generator]]s, stored by mobile units like an [[RE Battery]] or by stationary units like a [[batbox]], transmitted along [[cable]]s, and 'consumed' by ICs various machines.

EU stored in items or devices does not leak over time.

EU is not related to Redstone current, but multiple machines can be affected by redstone currents, and a [[Detector Cable]] produces redstone current if there is any EU passing through it.
Some machines allow a lever to be mounted directly on its block.

Raw EU values are used to measure capacity of energy storage items or blocks.

== EU/t ==

EU/t means '''Energy unit per tick'''. It is a derived unit of energy over time, a rate of EU consumption or production, similar to the SI derived unit [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Watt Watt].

The sum of all '''EU/t''' in a wire can be measured with an [[EC-Meter]] by clicking twice; once to begin measurement, and again to finish and display the measurement. It can also be observed by the rate of change in EU capacity displayed by storage devices like the [[batbox]].

Minecraft normally operates at about 20 ticks per second, unless you are experiencing client or server [http://mcserverwiki.com/index.php?title=Reducing_Lag lag]. Therefore, under no lag conditions, the rate of EU/sec is 20x EU/t.

== EU-Packet ==
EU-Packet is abbreviated as '''EUP''', which is also used interchangeably with EU Power: the maximum size EU packet a device or wire can handle.

'''EU-Packets''' are the transmission containers of [[EU]]s in Industrial Craft 2. Each tick, the EU sent or received by each machine is done so by an individual EU-Packet.

EU-Packets come in different sizes ranging from 1 EU to 2048 EU. The sum of the EU value of all EU-Packets travelling through a cable or device in one tick is EU/t.

=== Emitters ===
* Generators and storage devices emit EU-packets as big as their output.
* Storage Units always emit packets the size of their "out" value.
* Transformers behave like Storage Units. They are able to upgrade four packets into one of a higher tier or downgrade a single packet into four of a lower tier.

=== Cables ===
[[Cable]]s are limited by the size of EU-Packets that may travel through, NOT the number of packets, NOR the total EU/t contained by these packets. If an EU Packet too large for a cable to handle tries to pass through, the cable will be destroyed.

For example, an unlimited amount of 32 EU-Packets can pass through a Copper cable per tick, but not a single 128 EU-Packet.

Energy loss of a cable is applied to every EU-packet, not the total EU/t passing through. Ex. Using a gold cable, sending 4 32 EU-Packets in a cable (by using 4 [[batbox]]s) results in 4 times the energy loss of sending one 128 EU-Packet (by using a [[MFE Unit]]). See the [[Cable#Voltage Efficiency|Voltage Efficiency]] section for more information.

=== Packet Sizes ===

{| class="wikitable"
|-
! Name
! Packet Size
! Emitters
! colspan=5 | Cable
|- style="height: 32px;"
| align="center" | '''Micro Voltage'''
| align="right" | 0-5 EU
| [[Solar Panel]], [[Water Mill]], [[Wind Mill]]
| style="border-right:0;border-left:0" align="center" |[[File:Grid Tin Cable.png|link=Tin Cable]]
| style="border-right:0;border-left:0" align="center" |[[File:Grid Copper Cable.png|link=Copper Cable]]
| style="border-right:0;border-left:0" align="center" |[[File:Grid Gold Cable.png|link=Gold Cable]]
| style="border-right:0;border-left:0" align="center" |[[File:Grid Glass Fibre Cable.png|link=Glass Fibre Cable]]
| style="border-right:0;border-left:0" align="center" |[[File:Grid HV Cable.png|link=HV Cable]]
|-
| align="center" | '''Low Voltage'''
| align="right" | 32 EU
| [[Batbox]], [[LV Transformer]],[[Nuclear Reactor]],[[Generator]],[[Geothermal Generator]]
| style="border-right:0;border-left:0" align="center" |[[File:Grid Copper Cable.png|link=Copper Cable]]
| style="border-right:0;border-left:0" align="center" |[[File:Grid Gold Cable.png|link=Gold Cable]]
| style="border: 0px;" align="center" |[[File:Grid Glass Fibre Cable.png|link=Glass Fibre Cable]]
| style="border-right:0;border-left:0" align="center" |[[File:Grid HV Cable.png|link=HV Cable]]
| style="border-right:0;border-left:0" |
|-
| align="center" | '''Medium Voltage'''
| align="right" | 128 EU
| [[MFE Unit]], [[MV Transformer]], Redstoned [[LV Transformer]],[[Nuclear Reactor]]
| style="border-right:0;border-left:0" align="center" |[[File:Grid Gold Cable.png|link=Gold Cable]]
| style="border-right:0;border-left:0" align="center" |[[File:Grid Glass Fibre Cable.png|link=Glass Fibre Cable]]
| style="border-right:0;border-left:0" align="center" |[[File:Grid HV Cable.png|link=HV Cable]]
| style="border-right:0;border-left:0" |
| style="border-right:0;border-left:0" |
|-
| align="center" | '''High Voltage'''
| align="right" | 512 EU
| [[MFS Unit]], [[HV Transformer]], Redstoned [[MV Transformer]],[[Nuclear Reactor]]
| style="border-right:0;border-left:0" align="center" |[[File:Grid Glass Fibre Cable.png|link=Glass Fibre Cable]]
| style="border-right:0;border-left:0" align="center" |[[File:Grid HV Cable.png|link=HV Cable]]
| style="border-right:0;border-left:0" |
| style="border-right:0;border-left:0" |
| style="border-right:0;border-left:0" |
|-
| align="center" | '''Extreme Voltage'''
| align="right" | 2048 EU
| Redstoned [[HV Transformer]],[[Nuclear Reactor]]
| style="border-right:0;border-left:0" align="center" |[[File:Grid HV Cable.png|link=HV Cable]]
|-
|}

A [[Nuclear Reactor]] is able to provide variable sized packets based on setup, the maximum possible energy output is 2400 EU\t.

EU

2012-04-15T19:50:18Z

Medicdude: /* EU-Packet */

EU - '''Energy Unit''' is the measure of energy used by IC. It is most similar to the SI derived unit [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Joule Joule]. EUs are 'produced' by [[generator]]s, stored by mobile units like an [[RE Battery]] or by stationary units like a [[batbox]], transmitted along [[cable]]s, and 'consumed' by ICs various machines.

EU stored in items or devices does not leak over time.

EU is not related to Redstone current, but multiple machines can be affected by redstone currents, and a [[Detector Cable]] produces redstone current if there is any EU passing through it.
Some machines allow a lever to be mounted directly on its block.

Raw EU values are used to measure capacity of energy storage items or blocks.

== EU/t ==

EU/t means '''Energy unit per tick'''. It is a derived unit of energy over time, a rate of EU consumption or production, similar to the SI derived unit [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Watt Watt].

The sum of all '''EU/t''' in a wire can be measured with an [[EC-Meter]] by clicking twice; once to begin measurement, and again to finish and display the measurement. It can also be observed by the rate of change in EU capacity displayed by storage devices like the [[batbox]].

Minecraft normally operates at about 20 ticks per second, unless you are experiencing client or server [http://mcserverwiki.com/index.php?title=Reducing_Lag lag].

== EU-Packet ==
EU-Packet is abbreviated as '''EUP''', which is also used interchangeably with EU Power: the maximum size EU packet a device or wire can handle.

'''EU-Packets''' are the transmission containers of [[EU]]s in Industrial Craft 2. Each tick, the EU sent or received by each machine is done so by an individual EU-Packet.

EU-Packets come in different sizes ranging from 1 EU to 2048 EU. The sum of the EU value of all EU-Packets travelling through a cable or device in one tick is EU/t.

=== Emitters ===
* Generators and storage devices emit EU-packets as big as their output.
* Storage Units always emit packets the size of their "out" value.
* Transformers behave like Storage Units. They are able to upgrade four packets into one of a higher tier or downgrade a single packet into four of a lower tier.

=== Cables ===
[[Cable]]s are limited by the size of EU-Packets that may travel through, NOT the number of packets, NOR the total EU/t contained by these packets. If an EU Packet too large for a cable to handle tries to pass through, the cable will be destroyed.

For example, an unlimited amount of 32 EU-Packets can pass through a Copper cable per tick, but not a single 128 EU-Packet.

Energy loss of a cable is applied to every EU-packet, not the total EU/t passing through. Ex. Using a gold cable, sending 4 32 EU-Packets in a cable (by using 4 [[batbox]]s) results in 4 times the energy loss of sending one 128 EU-Packet (by using a [[MFE Unit]]). See the [[Cable#Voltage Efficiency|Voltage Efficiency]] section for more information.

=== Packet Sizes ===

{| class="wikitable"
|-
! Name
! Packet Size
! Emitters
! colspan=5 | Cable
|- style="height: 32px;"
| align="center" | '''Micro Voltage'''
| align="right" | 0-5 EU
| [[Solar Panel]], [[Water Mill]], [[Wind Mill]]
| style="border-right:0;border-left:0" align="center" |[[File:Grid Tin Cable.png|link=Tin Cable]]
| style="border-right:0;border-left:0" align="center" |[[File:Grid Copper Cable.png|link=Copper Cable]]
| style="border-right:0;border-left:0" align="center" |[[File:Grid Gold Cable.png|link=Gold Cable]]
| style="border-right:0;border-left:0" align="center" |[[File:Grid Glass Fibre Cable.png|link=Glass Fibre Cable]]
| style="border-right:0;border-left:0" align="center" |[[File:Grid HV Cable.png|link=HV Cable]]
|-
| align="center" | '''Low Voltage'''
| align="right" | 32 EU
| [[Batbox]], [[LV Transformer]],[[Nuclear Reactor]],[[Generator]],[[Geothermal Generator]]
| style="border-right:0;border-left:0" align="center" |[[File:Grid Copper Cable.png|link=Copper Cable]]
| style="border-right:0;border-left:0" align="center" |[[File:Grid Gold Cable.png|link=Gold Cable]]
| style="border: 0px;" align="center" |[[File:Grid Glass Fibre Cable.png|link=Glass Fibre Cable]]
| style="border-right:0;border-left:0" align="center" |[[File:Grid HV Cable.png|link=HV Cable]]
| style="border-right:0;border-left:0" |
|-
| align="center" | '''Medium Voltage'''
| align="right" | 128 EU
| [[MFE Unit]], [[MV Transformer]], Redstoned [[LV Transformer]],[[Nuclear Reactor]]
| style="border-right:0;border-left:0" align="center" |[[File:Grid Gold Cable.png|link=Gold Cable]]
| style="border-right:0;border-left:0" align="center" |[[File:Grid Glass Fibre Cable.png|link=Glass Fibre Cable]]
| style="border-right:0;border-left:0" align="center" |[[File:Grid HV Cable.png|link=HV Cable]]
| style="border-right:0;border-left:0" |
| style="border-right:0;border-left:0" |
|-
| align="center" | '''High Voltage'''
| align="right" | 512 EU
| [[MFS Unit]], [[HV Transformer]], Redstoned [[MV Transformer]],[[Nuclear Reactor]]
| style="border-right:0;border-left:0" align="center" |[[File:Grid Glass Fibre Cable.png|link=Glass Fibre Cable]]
| style="border-right:0;border-left:0" align="center" |[[File:Grid HV Cable.png|link=HV Cable]]
| style="border-right:0;border-left:0" |
| style="border-right:0;border-left:0" |
| style="border-right:0;border-left:0" |
|-
| align="center" | '''Extreme Voltage'''
| align="right" | 2048 EU
| Redstoned [[HV Transformer]],[[Nuclear Reactor]]
| style="border-right:0;border-left:0" align="center" |[[File:Grid HV Cable.png|link=HV Cable]]
|-
|}

A [[Nuclear Reactor]] is able to provide variable sized packets based on setup, the maximum possible energy output is 2400 EU\t.

EU

2012-04-15T19:47:29Z

Medicdude: /* EU-Packet */ revised EUP reference

EU - '''Energy Unit''' is the measure of energy used by IC. It is most similar to the SI derived unit [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Joule Joule]. EUs are 'produced' by [[generator]]s, stored by mobile units like an [[RE Battery]] or by stationary units like a [[batbox]], transmitted along [[cable]]s, and 'consumed' by ICs various machines.

EU stored in items or devices does not leak over time.

EU is not related to Redstone current, but multiple machines can be affected by redstone currents, and a [[Detector Cable]] produces redstone current if there is any EU passing through it.
Some machines allow a lever to be mounted directly on its block.

Raw EU values are used to measure capacity of energy storage items or blocks.

== EU/t ==

EU/t means '''Energy unit per tick'''. It is a derived unit of energy over time, a rate of EU consumption or production, similar to the SI derived unit [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Watt Watt].

The sum of all '''EU/t''' in a wire can be measured with an [[EC-Meter]] by clicking twice; once to begin measurement, and again to finish and display the measurement. It can also be observed by the rate of change in EU capacity displayed by storage devices like the [[batbox]].

Minecraft normally operates at about 20 ticks per second, unless you are experiencing client or server [http://mcserverwiki.com/index.php?title=Reducing_Lag lag].

== EU-Packet ==
EU-Packet is abbreviated as '''EUP''', which is also used interchangeably with EU Power: the maximum size EU packet a device or wire can handle.

'''EU-Packets''' are the transmission containers of [[EU]]s in Industrial Craft 2. Each tick, the EU sent or received by each machine is done so by an individual EU-Packet.

EU-Packets come in different sizes ranging from 1 EU to 2048 EU, unlike IC1 you may not change EU output of storage devices.

=== Emitters ===
* Generators and storage devices emit EU-packets as big as their output.
* Storage Units always emit packets the size of their "out" value.
* Transformers behave like Storage Units. They are able to upgrade four packets into one of a higher tier or downgrade a single packet into four of a lower tier.

=== Cables ===
[[Cable]]s are limited by the size of EU-Packets that may travel through, NOT the number of packets, NOR the total EU/t contained by these packets. If an EU Packet too large for a cable to handle tries to pass through, the cable will be destroyed.

For example, an unlimited amount of 32 EU-Packets can pass through a Copper cable per tick, but not a single 128 EU-Packet.

Energy loss of a cable is applied to every EU-packet, not the total EU/t passing through. Ex. Using a gold cable, sending 4 32 EU-Packets in a cable (by using 4 [[batbox]]s) results in 4 times the energy loss of sending one 128 EU-Packet (by using a [[MFE Unit]]). See the [[Cable#Voltage Efficiency|Voltage Efficiency]] section for more information.

=== Packet Sizes ===

{| class="wikitable"
|-
! Name
! Packet Size
! Emitters
! colspan=5 | Cable
|- style="height: 32px;"
| align="center" | '''Micro Voltage'''
| align="right" | 0-5 EU
| [[Solar Panel]], [[Water Mill]], [[Wind Mill]]
| style="border-right:0;border-left:0" align="center" |[[File:Grid Tin Cable.png|link=Tin Cable]]
| style="border-right:0;border-left:0" align="center" |[[File:Grid Copper Cable.png|link=Copper Cable]]
| style="border-right:0;border-left:0" align="center" |[[File:Grid Gold Cable.png|link=Gold Cable]]
| style="border-right:0;border-left:0" align="center" |[[File:Grid Glass Fibre Cable.png|link=Glass Fibre Cable]]
| style="border-right:0;border-left:0" align="center" |[[File:Grid HV Cable.png|link=HV Cable]]
|-
| align="center" | '''Low Voltage'''
| align="right" | 32 EU
| [[Batbox]], [[LV Transformer]],[[Nuclear Reactor]],[[Generator]],[[Geothermal Generator]]
| style="border-right:0;border-left:0" align="center" |[[File:Grid Copper Cable.png|link=Copper Cable]]
| style="border-right:0;border-left:0" align="center" |[[File:Grid Gold Cable.png|link=Gold Cable]]
| style="border: 0px;" align="center" |[[File:Grid Glass Fibre Cable.png|link=Glass Fibre Cable]]
| style="border-right:0;border-left:0" align="center" |[[File:Grid HV Cable.png|link=HV Cable]]
| style="border-right:0;border-left:0" |
|-
| align="center" | '''Medium Voltage'''
| align="right" | 128 EU
| [[MFE Unit]], [[MV Transformer]], Redstoned [[LV Transformer]],[[Nuclear Reactor]]
| style="border-right:0;border-left:0" align="center" |[[File:Grid Gold Cable.png|link=Gold Cable]]
| style="border-right:0;border-left:0" align="center" |[[File:Grid Glass Fibre Cable.png|link=Glass Fibre Cable]]
| style="border-right:0;border-left:0" align="center" |[[File:Grid HV Cable.png|link=HV Cable]]
| style="border-right:0;border-left:0" |
| style="border-right:0;border-left:0" |
|-
| align="center" | '''High Voltage'''
| align="right" | 512 EU
| [[MFS Unit]], [[HV Transformer]], Redstoned [[MV Transformer]],[[Nuclear Reactor]]
| style="border-right:0;border-left:0" align="center" |[[File:Grid Glass Fibre Cable.png|link=Glass Fibre Cable]]
| style="border-right:0;border-left:0" align="center" |[[File:Grid HV Cable.png|link=HV Cable]]
| style="border-right:0;border-left:0" |
| style="border-right:0;border-left:0" |
| style="border-right:0;border-left:0" |
|-
| align="center" | '''Extreme Voltage'''
| align="right" | 2048 EU
| Redstoned [[HV Transformer]],[[Nuclear Reactor]]
| style="border-right:0;border-left:0" align="center" |[[File:Grid HV Cable.png|link=HV Cable]]
|-
|}

A [[Nuclear Reactor]] is able to provide variable sized packets based on setup, the maximum possible energy output is 2400 EU\t.

MV Transformer

2012-04-15T19:43:42Z

Medicdude: added internal links to EUP and EU/t

MV Transformer

2012-04-15T19:38:42Z

Medicdude:

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{{IC²}}

The MV Transformer is used to turn '''High Power''' (512 EUP) into '''Medium Power''' (128 EUP) and back. This is useful for powering advanced machines and for medium-range energy transport.

By default, the Transformer accepts 512 EUP input and outputs 128 EUP. A 512 EUP or higher rated [[cable]] must be wired into the output face (the 3-dotted one) and 128 EUP or higher rated cable must be wired into the other faces.

A Redstone signal may be applied to reverse the conversion, thereby emitting 512 EUP from the output face (the 3-dotted one), and accepting 128 EUP or lower from the input faces. In reverse operation, 512 EUP or higher rated [[cable]] must be wired to the output face and any rate cable may be wired to the input faces.

It can handle a maximum of one conversion per tick, limiting the maximum transfer to 512 EU/t in either mode.

== Recipe ==

{{Grid/Crafting Table
|A1=|B1=Insulated Copper Cable|C1=
|A2=|B2=Machine|C2=
|A3=|B3=Insulated Copper Cable|C3=
|Output=MV Transformer
}}

== Usage ==

When using any Transformer, remember that the 3-dotted side means '''higher current''' and the 1-dotted sides mean '''lower current'''. You can change the direction the 3-dotted side is facing by right-clicking a 1-dotted face with a [[Wrench]].

=== Converting to MV: ===

In order to convert from HV to MV, you must point the [[Cable|cable]] carrying HV from a [[HV Transformer]] or [[MFS Unit]] to the 3-dotted side and then link a cable that can carry MV to one of the sides with a single dot. Then that cable will be carrying MV that you can link to advanced machines, store in a [[MFE Transmitter]] or convert to LV with an [[LV Transformer]].

=== Converting to HV: ===

In order to convert from MV to HV, point the cable carrying MV from a [[MFE Transmitter]] or a [[LV Transformer]] to one of the one-dotted sides and then link a cable that can carry HV to the 3-dotted side. '''Do not forget to apply redstone''' to the MV Transformer.

{{Energy|Input=128 or 512|Output=128 or 512|Storage=-}}

{{Navigation}}

MV Transformer

2012-04-15T19:36:40Z

Medicdude: removed voltage reference

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|gravity=No
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{{IC²}}

The MV Transformer is used to turn '''High Power''' (512 EUP) into '''Medium Power''' (128 EUP) and back. This is useful for powering advanced machines and for medium-range energy transport.

By default, the Transformer accepts 512 EUP input and outputs 128 EUP. A 512 EUP or higher rated [[cable]] must be wired into the output face (the 3-dotted one) and 128 EUP or higher rated cable must be wired into the other faces.

A Redstone signal may be applied to reverse the conversion, thereby emitting 512 EUP from the output face (the 3-dotted one), and accepting 128 EUP or lower from the input faces. In reverse operation, 512 EUP or higher rated [[cable]] must be wired to the output face and any rate cable may be wired to the input faces.

== Recipe ==

{{Grid/Crafting Table
|A1=|B1=Insulated Copper Cable|C1=
|A2=|B2=Machine|C2=
|A3=|B3=Insulated Copper Cable|C3=
|Output=MV Transformer
}}

== Usage ==

When using any Transformer, remember that the 3-dotted side means '''higher current''' and the 1-dotted sides mean '''lower current'''. You can change the direction the 3-dotted side is facing by right-clicking a 1-dotted face with a [[Wrench]].

=== Converting to MV: ===

In order to convert from HV to MV, you must point the [[Cable|cable]] carrying HV from a [[HV Transformer]] or [[MFS Unit]] to the 3-dotted side and then link a cable that can carry MV to one of the sides with a single dot. Then that cable will be carrying MV that you can link to advanced machines, store in a [[MFE Transmitter]] or convert to LV with an [[LV Transformer]].

=== Converting to HV: ===

In order to convert from MV to HV, point the cable carrying MV from a [[MFE Transmitter]] or a [[LV Transformer]] to one of the one-dotted sides and then link a cable that can carry HV to the 3-dotted side. '''Do not forget to apply redstone''' to the MV Transformer.

{{Energy|Input=128 or 512|Output=128 or 512|Storage=-}}

{{Navigation}}

MV Transformer

2012-04-15T19:35:46Z

Medicdude: Revised EUP transfer modes, removed voltage reference

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{{IC²}}

The Medium Voltage Transformer is used to turn '''High Power''' (512 EUP) into '''Medium Power''' (128 EUP) and back. This is useful for powering advanced machines and for medium-range energy transport.

By default, the Transformer accepts 512 EUP input and outputs 128 EUP. A 512 EUP or higher rated [[cable]] must be wired into the output face (the 3-dotted one) and 128 EUP or higher rated cable must be wired into the other faces.

A Redstone signal may be applied to reverse the conversion, thereby emitting 512 EUP from the output face (the 3-dotted one), and accepting 128 EUP or lower from the input faces. In reverse operation, 512 EUP or higher rated [[cable]] must be wired to the output face and any rate cable may be wired to the input faces.

== Recipe ==

{{Grid/Crafting Table
|A1=|B1=Insulated Copper Cable|C1=
|A2=|B2=Machine|C2=
|A3=|B3=Insulated Copper Cable|C3=
|Output=MV Transformer
}}

== Usage ==

When using any Transformer, remember that the 3-dotted side means '''higher current''' and the 1-dotted sides mean '''lower current'''. You can change the direction the 3-dotted side is facing by right-clicking a 1-dotted face with a [[Wrench]].

=== Converting to MV: ===

In order to convert from HV to MV, you must point the [[Cable|cable]] carrying HV from a [[HV Transformer]] or [[MFS Unit]] to the 3-dotted side and then link a cable that can carry MV to one of the sides with a single dot. Then that cable will be carrying MV that you can link to advanced machines, store in a [[MFE Transmitter]] or convert to LV with an [[LV Transformer]].

=== Converting to HV: ===

In order to convert from MV to HV, point the cable carrying MV from a [[MFE Transmitter]] or a [[LV Transformer]] to one of the one-dotted sides and then link a cable that can carry HV to the 3-dotted side. '''Do not forget to apply redstone''' to the MV Transformer.

{{Energy|Input=128 or 512|Output=128 or 512|Storage=-}}

{{Navigation}}

MV Transformer

2012-04-15T19:27:27Z

Medicdude: removed voltage reference, added EU/t limit

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{{IC²}}

The Medium Voltage Transformer is used to turn '''High Power''' (512 EUP) into '''Medium Power''' (128EUP) and back. This is useful for powering advanced machines and for medium-range energy transport. The transformer can only handle one conversion per tick, limiting it to 512 EU/t up or down. It can handle the output of one [[MFSU]] or the input of four [[MFE Unit]]s or sixteen [[batbox]]s.

512 EUP must be wired into the output face (the 3-dotted one), while MV current can be wired into any otherface. By default, the Transformer outputs MV current. A Redstone signal must be applied to it in order to make it reverse flow, thereby emitting HV current from the High Voltage face (the 3-dotted one).

== Recipe ==

{{Grid/Crafting Table
|A1=|B1=Insulated Copper Cable|C1=
|A2=|B2=Machine|C2=
|A3=|B3=Insulated Copper Cable|C3=
|Output=MV Transformer
}}

== Usage ==

When using any Transformer, remember that the 3-dotted side means '''higher current''' and the 1-dotted sides mean '''lower current'''. You can change the direction the 3-dotted side is facing by right-clicking a 1-dotted face with a [[Wrench]].

=== Converting to MV: ===

In order to convert from HV to MV, you must point the [[Cable|cable]] carrying HV from a [[HV Transformer]] or [[MFS Unit]] to the 3-dotted side and then link a cable that can carry MV to one of the sides with a single dot. Then that cable will be carrying MV that you can link to advanced machines, store in a [[MFE Transmitter]] or convert to LV with an [[LV Transformer]].

=== Converting to HV: ===

In order to convert from MV to HV, point the cable carrying MV from a [[MFE Transmitter]] or a [[LV Transformer]] to one of the one-dotted sides and then link a cable that can carry HV to the 3-dotted side. '''Do not forget to apply redstone''' to the MV Transformer.

{{Energy|Input=128 or 512|Output=128 or 512|Storage=-}}

{{Navigation}}

Cable

2012-04-15T19:09:20Z

Medicdude: revised insulation and energy loss

The '''Cables''' are the primary means of transferring [[EU]] from one device to another. There are several different types of cable, each type made from different metals, and each type can tolerate a different maximum [[EU#EU-Packet|EUP]]. If an applied EUP exceeds a cable's maximum, the cable will instantly melt. Cables can handle unlimited amounts of total ([[EU|EU/t]]).

All cables suffer from energy losses over distance. Long cables will lose energy in the process of transferring it. There are several ways to reduce losses - Transformers , insulation, and daisy-chaining storage devices.

Un-insulated cables shock the player and NPCs.

Insulating cables with rubber reduces energy losses, reduces shocks, and allows the cable to be painted using the [[Painter]]. Painted cables will not connect to different colored cables. This also greatly reduces the strain on CPU, as large cable meshes with many intersections require the game to perform many CPU-heavy calculations.

== Insulation ==
Cable can be insulated by adding 'rubber'. Insulation reduces the EU loss over distance of cable.

Placed cable can have insulation added or removed with [[Cutter|Insulation Cutters]].

Uninsulated cables (except glass fibre) cannot be coloured with the [[Painter]].

== Cable Types ==

More detailed information and a larger recipe list is available by looking at the page for each cable type.

=== Tin Cable ===
{{Grid/Crafting Table
|A2=Tin|B2=Tin|C2=Tin
|Output=Tin Cable|OA=9
|Output-link=Tin Cable
}}

Tin cables can only tolerate '''Micro Voltage''' (up to 5 [[EU|EUP]]) but they're very cheap to make and have extremely low energy loss.

=== Copper Cable ===

{|
|{{Grid/Crafting Table
|A2=Copper|B2=Copper|C2=Copper
|Output=Copper Cable|OA=6
|Output-link=Copper Cable
}}
|{{Grid/Crafting Table
|A1=Rubber|B1=Rubber|C1=Rubber
|A2=Copper|B2=Copper|C2=Copper
|A3=Rubber|B3=Rubber|C3=Rubber
|Output=Insulated Copper Cable|OA=6
|Output-link=Insulated Copper Cable
}}
|}

Copper cables are the most common cable tier. They are only capable of handling '''Low Voltage''' (up to 32 [[EU|EUP]]), however, they suffer the smallest distance-related energy losses out of all the conventional cables, with insulated copper cables having even less energy losses.

=== Gold Cable ===

{|
|{{Grid/Crafting Table
|A2=Gold|B2=Gold|C2=Gold
|Output=Gold_Cable|OA=12
|Output-link=Gold Cable
}}
|{{Grid/Crafting Table
|B1=Rubber
|A2=Rubber|B2=Gold|C2=Rubber
|B3=Rubber
|Output=Insulated_Gold_Cable|OA=4
|Output-link=Insulated Gold Cable
}}
|{{Grid/Crafting Table
|A2=Rubber|B2=Insulated_Gold_Cable
|Output=2xIns._Gold_Cable
|Output-link=2xIns. Gold Cable
}}
|}

Gold cables can transport '''Medium Voltage''' (up to 128 [[EU|EUP]]) but has higher energy loss than copper. The loss can be remedied to some extent by giving the cable up to two layers of insulation.

=== HV (Iron) Cable ===

{|
|{{Grid/Crafting Table
|A2=Refined Iron|B2=Refined Iron|C2=Refined Iron
|Output=HV_Cable|OA=12
|Output-link=HV Cable
}}
|{{Grid/Crafting Table
|B1=Rubber
|A2=Rubber|B2=Refined Iron|C2=Rubber
|B3=Rubber
|Output=Insulated_HV_Cable|OA=4
|Output-link=Insulated HV Cable
}}
|-
|{{Grid/Crafting Table
|A2=Rubber|B2=Insulated_HV_Cable
|Output=2xIns._HV_Cable
|Output-link=2xIns. HV Cable
}}
|{{Grid/Crafting Table
|A2=Rubber|B2=2xIns._HV_Cable
|Output=4xIns._HV_Cable
|Output-link=3xIns. HV Cable
}}
|}

HV Cables can handle the highest amount of current possible at '''Extreme Voltage''' (up to 2048 [[EU|EUP]]) however it loses energy very quickly and should only be used when there's no other choice. HV cables can have up to three layers of insulation to help deal with the energy loss.

=== Glass Fibre Cable ===

{|
|{{Grid/Crafting Table
|A1=Glass|B1=Glass|C1=Glass
|A2=Redstone|B2=Diamond|C2=Redstone
|A3=Glass|B3=Glass|C3=Glass
|Output=Glass_Fibre_Cable|OA=4
|Output-link=Glass Fibre Cable
}}
|{{Grid/Crafting Table
|A1=Glass|B1=Glass|C1=Glass
|A2=Silver ingot|B2=Diamond|C2=Silver ingot
|A3=Glass|B3=Glass|C3=Glass
|Output=Glass_Fibre_Cable|OA=6
|Output-link=Glass Fibre Cable
}}
|}

Glass Fibre cable is a special type of cable capable of transporting '''High Voltage''' (up to 512 [[EU|EUP]]). It does not shock anything standing too close and has only a tiny amount of energy loss, however it is very expensive to make.

=== Detector Cable ===

{{Grid/Crafting Table
|A1=|B1=Electronic_Circuit|C1=
|A2=Redstone|B2=4xIns._HV_Cable|C2=Redstone
|A3=|B3=Redstone|C3=
|Output=Detector Cable
|Output-link=Detector Cable
}}

The Detector Cable is a special cable which outputs a redstone current when EU is flowing through it.

=== Splitter Cable ===

{{Grid/Crafting Table
|A1=|B1=Redstone|C1=
|A2=4xIns._HV_Cable|B2=Lever|C2=4xIns._HV_Cable
|A3=|B3=Redstone|C3=
|Output=Splitter Cable
|Output link=Splitter Cable
}}

The Splitter Cable is a special cable which prevents EU from flowing through it when a redstone current is applied.

== Cable Efficiency ==

All cables suffer distance-related energy losses, and depending on the tier and insulation of the given cable, the losses can vary greatly. The general unit for cable efficiency is EU/block. It shows how much [[EU]] every [[EU#EU-Packet / Voltage|EU Packet]] looses per block. The number is accumulated along the whole length of the cable, and then rounded down to the nearest integer. Therefore, if a distance is short enough, there EU loss will remain zero. For example, since Copper Cable loses 1 EU every 5 blocks, a 4 block long Insulated Copper Cable won't lose any EU.

{| class="wikitable"
! rowspan="2" |
! colspan="2" | [[Tin Cable]]
! colspan="2" | [[Copper Cable]]
! colspan="2" | [[Gold Cable]]
! colspan="2" | [[HV Cable]]
! colspan="2" | [[Glass Fibre Cable]]
! colspan="2" | [[Detector Cable|Detector]] / [[Splitter Cable|Splitter]] Cable
|-
! EU/b
! EU loss
! EU/b
! EU loss
! EU/b
! EU loss
! EU/b
! EU loss
! EU/b
! EU loss
! EU/b
! EU loss
|-
! Uninsulated
| 0.025
|1 EU every 40 blocks
|0.3
|1 EU every 3.33 blocks
|0.5
|1 EU every 2 blocks
|1.0
|1 EU every block
|0.025
|1 EU every 40 blocks
|0.5
|1 EU every 2 blocks
|-
! Insulated (1")
| colspan="2" align="center" | ---
|0.2
|1 EU every 5 blocks
|0.45
|1 EU every 2.22 blocks
|0.95
|1 EU every 1.05 blocks
| colspan="2" align="center" | ---
| colspan="2" align="center" | ---
|-
! Insulated (2")
| colspan="2" align="center" | ---
| colspan="2" align="center" | ---
|0.4
|1 EU every 2.5 blocks
|0.9
|1 EU every 1.11 blocks
| colspan="2" align="center" | ---
| colspan="2" align="center" | ---
|-
! Insulated (3")
| colspan="2" align="center" | ---
| colspan="2" align="center" | ---
| colspan="2" align="center" | ---
|0.8
|1 EU every 1.25 blocks
| colspan="2" align="center" | ---
| colspan="2" align="center" | ---
|}

== Voltage Efficiency ==
Depending on the [[EU|EUP]] traveling trough a cable it may be more efficient to use higher voltage cables and packets. This is because EU/b isn't applied on the total [[EU#EU/t|EU/t]] that travels the cable but on every single [[EU#EU-Packet|EU-Packet]].
So a copper cable carrying 320 EU/t over 10 Blocks of insulated copper cable is really carrying 10*32 EU-Packets and instead of: 320EU-2EU=318EU you get: 32EU*10-2*10=300EU. But when using 512 EU-Packets and 2x insulated gold cables you get: 320EU-4EU=316EU. In this example this is a difference of 16 EU over 10 Blocks.

The formula for overall EU/b is: Combined EU/t divided by Desired packet size multiplied by Cable's EU/b per Packet equals '''Combined EU/b'''

Below is an example of different EU/t packed into different EU-Packets and carried with different cables, cables are full insulated, EU-P equals [[EU#EU-Packet / Voltage|EU-Packet]], results are in '''Overall / Combined EU/b ''' (not EU/b per Packet), results can't be rounded down to nearest integer.:
{| class="wikitable"
! rowspan="2" | Example EU/t
! colspan="1" | [[Tin Cable]]
! colspan="2" | [[Copper Cable]] 1"
! colspan="3" | [[Gold Cable]] 2"
! colspan="5" | [[HV Cable]] 3"
! colspan="4" | [[Glass Fibre Cable]]
|- width="100" |
! width="80pt" | 2 EU-P
! width="80pt" | 2 EU-P
! width="80pt" | 32 EU-P
! width="80pt" | 2 EU-P
! width="80pt" | 32 EU-P
! width="80pt" | 128 EU-P
! width="80pt" | 2 EU-P
! width="80pt" | 32 EU-P
! width="80pt" | 128 EU-P
! width="80pt" | 512 EU-P
! width="80pt" | 2048 EU-P
! width="80pt" | 2 EU-P
! width="80pt" | 32 EU-P
! width="80pt" | 128 EU-P
! width="80pt" | 512 EU-P
|- align="center"
! 2 EU/t
|0.025
|0.2
|0.0125
|0.4
|0.025
|0.00625
|0.8
|0.05
|0.0125
|0.003125
|0.000781
|0.025
|0.00156
|0.00039
|0.000097
|- align="center"
! 10 EU/t
|0.125
|1.0
|0.625
|2.0
|0.125
|0.0312
|4.0
|0.25
|0.0625
|0.0156
|0.0039
|0.125
|0.00781
|0.00195
|0.000488
|- align="center"
! 100 EU/t
|1.25
|10.0
|0.625
|20.0
|1.25
|0.312
|40.0
|2.5
|0.625
|0.156
|0.039
|1.25
|0.078
|0.0195
|0.00488
|- align="center"
! 500 EU/t
|6.25
|50.0
|3.125
|100.0
|6.25
|1.56
|200.0
|12.5
|3.125
|0.781
|0.195
|6.25
|0.39
|0.097
|0.024
|- align="center"
! 2000 EU/t
|25
|200
|12.5
|400
|25
|6.25
|800
|50
|12.5
|3.125
|0.781
|25
|1.56
|0.39
|0.097
|- align="center"
! percentual EU/b
|1.25%
|10%
|0.625%
|20%
|1.25%
|0.315%
|40%
|2.5%
|0.625%
|0.156%
|0.039%
|1.25%
|0.078%
|0.0195%
|0.0048%
|}

* Blue color indicates that EU-Packets under 32 EU can't be obtained by transforming. They can only be generated with generators as they always emit EU-Packages the size of their output EU.
* Green color indicates the optimal EU-Package for that EU/t example. Blue fields are ignored.
* Orange color and red color indicates sub-optimal EU-Packages.

== Cable Splitting ==
Up to 6 cables can connect to one other cable. Current will only flow through a cable when requested by a consumer if the loss from the cable length will allow some energy to get to the consumer. i.e. a [[Batbox]] (32EU) will send across insulated copper to a furnace up to 155 blocks away (5x31). No energy will be sent to a furnace 156 blocks away.

Keep in mind, however, that an excessive number of cable intersections will increase strain on your CPU (and more importantly, the server, when playing on a multi-player server). Don't do things like having rows of adjacent cables with every block connected to every other block. Also, separate cables connected to an energy storage device ([[BatBox]], etc.) or transformer do not count as a cable intersection, so take advantage of that when possible.

{{Navigation}}

[[Category:Wiring]]

Cable

2012-04-15T18:53:48Z

Medicdude: revised maximum eup, melting

The '''Cables''' are the primary means of transferring [[EU]] from one device to another. There are several different types of cable, each type made from different metals, and each type can tolerate a different maximum [[EU#EU-Packet|EUP]]. If an applied EUP exceeds a cable's maximum, the cable will instantly melt. Cables can handle unlimited amounts of total ([[EU|EU/t]]).

All cables suffer from energy losses over distance. Long cables will lose energy in the process of transferring it. There are several ways to reduce losses - Transformers , insulation, and daisy-chaining storage devices. Insulation also reduces the amount of shock damage the player and NPC's receive from touching high EUP cables.

Insulated cables can also be painted using the [[Painter]]. This separates them, preventing cables of different colors from interacting with each other. This also greatly reduces the strain on CPU, as large cable meshes with many intersections require the game to perform many CPU-heavy calculations.

== Insulation ==
Cable can be insulated by adding 'rubber'. Insulation reduces the EU loss over distance of cable.

Placed cable can have insulation added or removed with [[Cutter|Insulation Cutters]].

Uninsulated cables (except glass fibre) cannot be coloured with the [[Painter]].

== Cable Types ==

More detailed information and a larger recipe list is available by looking at the page for each cable type.

=== Tin Cable ===
{{Grid/Crafting Table
|A2=Tin|B2=Tin|C2=Tin
|Output=Tin Cable|OA=9
|Output-link=Tin Cable
}}

Tin cables can only tolerate '''Micro Voltage''' (up to 5 [[EU|EUP]]) but they're very cheap to make and have extremely low energy loss.

=== Copper Cable ===

{|
|{{Grid/Crafting Table
|A2=Copper|B2=Copper|C2=Copper
|Output=Copper Cable|OA=6
|Output-link=Copper Cable
}}
|{{Grid/Crafting Table
|A1=Rubber|B1=Rubber|C1=Rubber
|A2=Copper|B2=Copper|C2=Copper
|A3=Rubber|B3=Rubber|C3=Rubber
|Output=Insulated Copper Cable|OA=6
|Output-link=Insulated Copper Cable
}}
|}

Copper cables are the most common cable tier. They are only capable of handling '''Low Voltage''' (up to 32 [[EU|EUP]]), however, they suffer the smallest distance-related energy losses out of all the conventional cables, with insulated copper cables having even less energy losses.

=== Gold Cable ===

{|
|{{Grid/Crafting Table
|A2=Gold|B2=Gold|C2=Gold
|Output=Gold_Cable|OA=12
|Output-link=Gold Cable
}}
|{{Grid/Crafting Table
|B1=Rubber
|A2=Rubber|B2=Gold|C2=Rubber
|B3=Rubber
|Output=Insulated_Gold_Cable|OA=4
|Output-link=Insulated Gold Cable
}}
|{{Grid/Crafting Table
|A2=Rubber|B2=Insulated_Gold_Cable
|Output=2xIns._Gold_Cable
|Output-link=2xIns. Gold Cable
}}
|}

Gold cables can transport '''Medium Voltage''' (up to 128 [[EU|EUP]]) but has higher energy loss than copper. The loss can be remedied to some extent by giving the cable up to two layers of insulation.

=== HV (Iron) Cable ===

{|
|{{Grid/Crafting Table
|A2=Refined Iron|B2=Refined Iron|C2=Refined Iron
|Output=HV_Cable|OA=12
|Output-link=HV Cable
}}
|{{Grid/Crafting Table
|B1=Rubber
|A2=Rubber|B2=Refined Iron|C2=Rubber
|B3=Rubber
|Output=Insulated_HV_Cable|OA=4
|Output-link=Insulated HV Cable
}}
|-
|{{Grid/Crafting Table
|A2=Rubber|B2=Insulated_HV_Cable
|Output=2xIns._HV_Cable
|Output-link=2xIns. HV Cable
}}
|{{Grid/Crafting Table
|A2=Rubber|B2=2xIns._HV_Cable
|Output=4xIns._HV_Cable
|Output-link=3xIns. HV Cable
}}
|}

HV Cables can handle the highest amount of current possible at '''Extreme Voltage''' (up to 2048 [[EU|EUP]]) however it loses energy very quickly and should only be used when there's no other choice. HV cables can have up to three layers of insulation to help deal with the energy loss.

=== Glass Fibre Cable ===

{|
|{{Grid/Crafting Table
|A1=Glass|B1=Glass|C1=Glass
|A2=Redstone|B2=Diamond|C2=Redstone
|A3=Glass|B3=Glass|C3=Glass
|Output=Glass_Fibre_Cable|OA=4
|Output-link=Glass Fibre Cable
}}
|{{Grid/Crafting Table
|A1=Glass|B1=Glass|C1=Glass
|A2=Silver ingot|B2=Diamond|C2=Silver ingot
|A3=Glass|B3=Glass|C3=Glass
|Output=Glass_Fibre_Cable|OA=6
|Output-link=Glass Fibre Cable
}}
|}

Glass Fibre cable is a special type of cable capable of transporting '''High Voltage''' (up to 512 [[EU|EUP]]). It does not shock anything standing too close and has only a tiny amount of energy loss, however it is very expensive to make.

=== Detector Cable ===

{{Grid/Crafting Table
|A1=|B1=Electronic_Circuit|C1=
|A2=Redstone|B2=4xIns._HV_Cable|C2=Redstone
|A3=|B3=Redstone|C3=
|Output=Detector Cable
|Output-link=Detector Cable
}}

The Detector Cable is a special cable which outputs a redstone current when EU is flowing through it.

=== Splitter Cable ===

{{Grid/Crafting Table
|A1=|B1=Redstone|C1=
|A2=4xIns._HV_Cable|B2=Lever|C2=4xIns._HV_Cable
|A3=|B3=Redstone|C3=
|Output=Splitter Cable
|Output link=Splitter Cable
}}

The Splitter Cable is a special cable which prevents EU from flowing through it when a redstone current is applied.

== Cable Efficiency ==

All cables suffer distance-related energy losses, and depending on the tier and insulation of the given cable, the losses can vary greatly. The general unit for cable efficiency is EU/block. It shows how much [[EU]] every [[EU#EU-Packet / Voltage|EU Packet]] looses per block. The number is accumulated along the whole length of the cable, and then rounded down to the nearest integer. Therefore, if a distance is short enough, there EU loss will remain zero. For example, since Copper Cable loses 1 EU every 5 blocks, a 4 block long Insulated Copper Cable won't lose any EU.

{| class="wikitable"
! rowspan="2" |
! colspan="2" | [[Tin Cable]]
! colspan="2" | [[Copper Cable]]
! colspan="2" | [[Gold Cable]]
! colspan="2" | [[HV Cable]]
! colspan="2" | [[Glass Fibre Cable]]
! colspan="2" | [[Detector Cable|Detector]] / [[Splitter Cable|Splitter]] Cable
|-
! EU/b
! EU loss
! EU/b
! EU loss
! EU/b
! EU loss
! EU/b
! EU loss
! EU/b
! EU loss
! EU/b
! EU loss
|-
! Uninsulated
| 0.025
|1 EU every 40 blocks
|0.3
|1 EU every 3.33 blocks
|0.5
|1 EU every 2 blocks
|1.0
|1 EU every block
|0.025
|1 EU every 40 blocks
|0.5
|1 EU every 2 blocks
|-
! Insulated (1")
| colspan="2" align="center" | ---
|0.2
|1 EU every 5 blocks
|0.45
|1 EU every 2.22 blocks
|0.95
|1 EU every 1.05 blocks
| colspan="2" align="center" | ---
| colspan="2" align="center" | ---
|-
! Insulated (2")
| colspan="2" align="center" | ---
| colspan="2" align="center" | ---
|0.4
|1 EU every 2.5 blocks
|0.9
|1 EU every 1.11 blocks
| colspan="2" align="center" | ---
| colspan="2" align="center" | ---
|-
! Insulated (3")
| colspan="2" align="center" | ---
| colspan="2" align="center" | ---
| colspan="2" align="center" | ---
|0.8
|1 EU every 1.25 blocks
| colspan="2" align="center" | ---
| colspan="2" align="center" | ---
|}

== Voltage Efficiency ==
Depending on the [[EU|EUP]] traveling trough a cable it may be more efficient to use higher voltage cables and packets. This is because EU/b isn't applied on the total [[EU#EU/t|EU/t]] that travels the cable but on every single [[EU#EU-Packet|EU-Packet]].
So a copper cable carrying 320 EU/t over 10 Blocks of insulated copper cable is really carrying 10*32 EU-Packets and instead of: 320EU-2EU=318EU you get: 32EU*10-2*10=300EU. But when using 512 EU-Packets and 2x insulated gold cables you get: 320EU-4EU=316EU. In this example this is a difference of 16 EU over 10 Blocks.

The formula for overall EU/b is: Combined EU/t divided by Desired packet size multiplied by Cable's EU/b per Packet equals '''Combined EU/b'''

Below is an example of different EU/t packed into different EU-Packets and carried with different cables, cables are full insulated, EU-P equals [[EU#EU-Packet / Voltage|EU-Packet]], results are in '''Overall / Combined EU/b ''' (not EU/b per Packet), results can't be rounded down to nearest integer.:
{| class="wikitable"
! rowspan="2" | Example EU/t
! colspan="1" | [[Tin Cable]]
! colspan="2" | [[Copper Cable]] 1"
! colspan="3" | [[Gold Cable]] 2"
! colspan="5" | [[HV Cable]] 3"
! colspan="4" | [[Glass Fibre Cable]]
|- width="100" |
! width="80pt" | 2 EU-P
! width="80pt" | 2 EU-P
! width="80pt" | 32 EU-P
! width="80pt" | 2 EU-P
! width="80pt" | 32 EU-P
! width="80pt" | 128 EU-P
! width="80pt" | 2 EU-P
! width="80pt" | 32 EU-P
! width="80pt" | 128 EU-P
! width="80pt" | 512 EU-P
! width="80pt" | 2048 EU-P
! width="80pt" | 2 EU-P
! width="80pt" | 32 EU-P
! width="80pt" | 128 EU-P
! width="80pt" | 512 EU-P
|- align="center"
! 2 EU/t
|0.025
|0.2
|0.0125
|0.4
|0.025
|0.00625
|0.8
|0.05
|0.0125
|0.003125
|0.000781
|0.025
|0.00156
|0.00039
|0.000097
|- align="center"
! 10 EU/t
|0.125
|1.0
|0.625
|2.0
|0.125
|0.0312
|4.0
|0.25
|0.0625
|0.0156
|0.0039
|0.125
|0.00781
|0.00195
|0.000488
|- align="center"
! 100 EU/t
|1.25
|10.0
|0.625
|20.0
|1.25
|0.312
|40.0
|2.5
|0.625
|0.156
|0.039
|1.25
|0.078
|0.0195
|0.00488
|- align="center"
! 500 EU/t
|6.25
|50.0
|3.125
|100.0
|6.25
|1.56
|200.0
|12.5
|3.125
|0.781
|0.195
|6.25
|0.39
|0.097
|0.024
|- align="center"
! 2000 EU/t
|25
|200
|12.5
|400
|25
|6.25
|800
|50
|12.5
|3.125
|0.781
|25
|1.56
|0.39
|0.097
|- align="center"
! percentual EU/b
|1.25%
|10%
|0.625%
|20%
|1.25%
|0.315%
|40%
|2.5%
|0.625%
|0.156%
|0.039%
|1.25%
|0.078%
|0.0195%
|0.0048%
|}

* Blue color indicates that EU-Packets under 32 EU can't be obtained by transforming. They can only be generated with generators as they always emit EU-Packages the size of their output EU.
* Green color indicates the optimal EU-Package for that EU/t example. Blue fields are ignored.
* Orange color and red color indicates sub-optimal EU-Packages.

== Cable Splitting ==
Up to 6 cables can connect to one other cable. Current will only flow through a cable when requested by a consumer if the loss from the cable length will allow some energy to get to the consumer. i.e. a [[Batbox]] (32EU) will send across insulated copper to a furnace up to 155 blocks away (5x31). No energy will be sent to a furnace 156 blocks away.

Keep in mind, however, that an excessive number of cable intersections will increase strain on your CPU (and more importantly, the server, when playing on a multi-player server). Don't do things like having rows of adjacent cables with every block connected to every other block. Also, separate cables connected to an energy storage device ([[BatBox]], etc.) or transformer do not count as a cable intersection, so take advantage of that when possible.

{{Navigation}}

[[Category:Wiring]]

Cable

2012-04-15T18:52:20Z

Medicdude: revised energy losses, removed voltage reference

The '''Cables''' are the primary means of transferring [[EU]] from one device to another. There are several different types of cable, each type made from different metals, and each type can tolerate a different maximum [[EU#EU-Packet|EUP]]. If too high of an EUP is applied to a cable, it will instantly melt. Cables can handle unlimited amounts of total ([[EU|EU/t]]).

All cables suffer from energy losses over distance. Long cables will lose energy in the process of transferring it. There are several ways to reduce losses - Transformers , insulation, and daisy-chaining storage devices. Insulation also reduces the amount of shock damage the player and NPC's receive from touching high EUP cables.

Insulated cables can also be painted using the [[Painter]]. This separates them, preventing cables of different colors from interacting with each other. This also greatly reduces the strain on CPU, as large cable meshes with many intersections require the game to perform many CPU-heavy calculations.

== Insulation ==
Cable can be insulated by adding 'rubber'. Insulation reduces the EU loss over distance of cable.

Placed cable can have insulation added or removed with [[Cutter|Insulation Cutters]].

Uninsulated cables (except glass fibre) cannot be coloured with the [[Painter]].

== Cable Types ==

More detailed information and a larger recipe list is available by looking at the page for each cable type.

=== Tin Cable ===
{{Grid/Crafting Table
|A2=Tin|B2=Tin|C2=Tin
|Output=Tin Cable|OA=9
|Output-link=Tin Cable
}}

Tin cables can only tolerate '''Micro Voltage''' (up to 5 [[EU|EUP]]) but they're very cheap to make and have extremely low energy loss.

=== Copper Cable ===

{|
|{{Grid/Crafting Table
|A2=Copper|B2=Copper|C2=Copper
|Output=Copper Cable|OA=6
|Output-link=Copper Cable
}}
|{{Grid/Crafting Table
|A1=Rubber|B1=Rubber|C1=Rubber
|A2=Copper|B2=Copper|C2=Copper
|A3=Rubber|B3=Rubber|C3=Rubber
|Output=Insulated Copper Cable|OA=6
|Output-link=Insulated Copper Cable
}}
|}

Copper cables are the most common cable tier. They are only capable of handling '''Low Voltage''' (up to 32 [[EU|EUP]]), however, they suffer the smallest distance-related energy losses out of all the conventional cables, with insulated copper cables having even less energy losses.

=== Gold Cable ===

{|
|{{Grid/Crafting Table
|A2=Gold|B2=Gold|C2=Gold
|Output=Gold_Cable|OA=12
|Output-link=Gold Cable
}}
|{{Grid/Crafting Table
|B1=Rubber
|A2=Rubber|B2=Gold|C2=Rubber
|B3=Rubber
|Output=Insulated_Gold_Cable|OA=4
|Output-link=Insulated Gold Cable
}}
|{{Grid/Crafting Table
|A2=Rubber|B2=Insulated_Gold_Cable
|Output=2xIns._Gold_Cable
|Output-link=2xIns. Gold Cable
}}
|}

Gold cables can transport '''Medium Voltage''' (up to 128 [[EU|EUP]]) but has higher energy loss than copper. The loss can be remedied to some extent by giving the cable up to two layers of insulation.

=== HV (Iron) Cable ===

{|
|{{Grid/Crafting Table
|A2=Refined Iron|B2=Refined Iron|C2=Refined Iron
|Output=HV_Cable|OA=12
|Output-link=HV Cable
}}
|{{Grid/Crafting Table
|B1=Rubber
|A2=Rubber|B2=Refined Iron|C2=Rubber
|B3=Rubber
|Output=Insulated_HV_Cable|OA=4
|Output-link=Insulated HV Cable
}}
|-
|{{Grid/Crafting Table
|A2=Rubber|B2=Insulated_HV_Cable
|Output=2xIns._HV_Cable
|Output-link=2xIns. HV Cable
}}
|{{Grid/Crafting Table
|A2=Rubber|B2=2xIns._HV_Cable
|Output=4xIns._HV_Cable
|Output-link=3xIns. HV Cable
}}
|}

HV Cables can handle the highest amount of current possible at '''Extreme Voltage''' (up to 2048 [[EU|EUP]]) however it loses energy very quickly and should only be used when there's no other choice. HV cables can have up to three layers of insulation to help deal with the energy loss.

=== Glass Fibre Cable ===

{|
|{{Grid/Crafting Table
|A1=Glass|B1=Glass|C1=Glass
|A2=Redstone|B2=Diamond|C2=Redstone
|A3=Glass|B3=Glass|C3=Glass
|Output=Glass_Fibre_Cable|OA=4
|Output-link=Glass Fibre Cable
}}
|{{Grid/Crafting Table
|A1=Glass|B1=Glass|C1=Glass
|A2=Silver ingot|B2=Diamond|C2=Silver ingot
|A3=Glass|B3=Glass|C3=Glass
|Output=Glass_Fibre_Cable|OA=6
|Output-link=Glass Fibre Cable
}}
|}

Glass Fibre cable is a special type of cable capable of transporting '''High Voltage''' (up to 512 [[EU|EUP]]). It does not shock anything standing too close and has only a tiny amount of energy loss, however it is very expensive to make.

=== Detector Cable ===

{{Grid/Crafting Table
|A1=|B1=Electronic_Circuit|C1=
|A2=Redstone|B2=4xIns._HV_Cable|C2=Redstone
|A3=|B3=Redstone|C3=
|Output=Detector Cable
|Output-link=Detector Cable
}}

The Detector Cable is a special cable which outputs a redstone current when EU is flowing through it.

=== Splitter Cable ===

{{Grid/Crafting Table
|A1=|B1=Redstone|C1=
|A2=4xIns._HV_Cable|B2=Lever|C2=4xIns._HV_Cable
|A3=|B3=Redstone|C3=
|Output=Splitter Cable
|Output link=Splitter Cable
}}

The Splitter Cable is a special cable which prevents EU from flowing through it when a redstone current is applied.

== Cable Efficiency ==

All cables suffer distance-related energy losses, and depending on the tier and insulation of the given cable, the losses can vary greatly. The general unit for cable efficiency is EU/block. It shows how much [[EU]] every [[EU#EU-Packet / Voltage|EU Packet]] looses per block. The number is accumulated along the whole length of the cable, and then rounded down to the nearest integer. Therefore, if a distance is short enough, there EU loss will remain zero. For example, since Copper Cable loses 1 EU every 5 blocks, a 4 block long Insulated Copper Cable won't lose any EU.

{| class="wikitable"
! rowspan="2" |
! colspan="2" | [[Tin Cable]]
! colspan="2" | [[Copper Cable]]
! colspan="2" | [[Gold Cable]]
! colspan="2" | [[HV Cable]]
! colspan="2" | [[Glass Fibre Cable]]
! colspan="2" | [[Detector Cable|Detector]] / [[Splitter Cable|Splitter]] Cable
|-
! EU/b
! EU loss
! EU/b
! EU loss
! EU/b
! EU loss
! EU/b
! EU loss
! EU/b
! EU loss
! EU/b
! EU loss
|-
! Uninsulated
| 0.025
|1 EU every 40 blocks
|0.3
|1 EU every 3.33 blocks
|0.5
|1 EU every 2 blocks
|1.0
|1 EU every block
|0.025
|1 EU every 40 blocks
|0.5
|1 EU every 2 blocks
|-
! Insulated (1")
| colspan="2" align="center" | ---
|0.2
|1 EU every 5 blocks
|0.45
|1 EU every 2.22 blocks
|0.95
|1 EU every 1.05 blocks
| colspan="2" align="center" | ---
| colspan="2" align="center" | ---
|-
! Insulated (2")
| colspan="2" align="center" | ---
| colspan="2" align="center" | ---
|0.4
|1 EU every 2.5 blocks
|0.9
|1 EU every 1.11 blocks
| colspan="2" align="center" | ---
| colspan="2" align="center" | ---
|-
! Insulated (3")
| colspan="2" align="center" | ---
| colspan="2" align="center" | ---
| colspan="2" align="center" | ---
|0.8
|1 EU every 1.25 blocks
| colspan="2" align="center" | ---
| colspan="2" align="center" | ---
|}

== Voltage Efficiency ==
Depending on the [[EU|EUP]] traveling trough a cable it may be more efficient to use higher voltage cables and packets. This is because EU/b isn't applied on the total [[EU#EU/t|EU/t]] that travels the cable but on every single [[EU#EU-Packet|EU-Packet]].
So a copper cable carrying 320 EU/t over 10 Blocks of insulated copper cable is really carrying 10*32 EU-Packets and instead of: 320EU-2EU=318EU you get: 32EU*10-2*10=300EU. But when using 512 EU-Packets and 2x insulated gold cables you get: 320EU-4EU=316EU. In this example this is a difference of 16 EU over 10 Blocks.

The formula for overall EU/b is: Combined EU/t divided by Desired packet size multiplied by Cable's EU/b per Packet equals '''Combined EU/b'''

Below is an example of different EU/t packed into different EU-Packets and carried with different cables, cables are full insulated, EU-P equals [[EU#EU-Packet / Voltage|EU-Packet]], results are in '''Overall / Combined EU/b ''' (not EU/b per Packet), results can't be rounded down to nearest integer.:
{| class="wikitable"
! rowspan="2" | Example EU/t
! colspan="1" | [[Tin Cable]]
! colspan="2" | [[Copper Cable]] 1"
! colspan="3" | [[Gold Cable]] 2"
! colspan="5" | [[HV Cable]] 3"
! colspan="4" | [[Glass Fibre Cable]]
|- width="100" |
! width="80pt" | 2 EU-P
! width="80pt" | 2 EU-P
! width="80pt" | 32 EU-P
! width="80pt" | 2 EU-P
! width="80pt" | 32 EU-P
! width="80pt" | 128 EU-P
! width="80pt" | 2 EU-P
! width="80pt" | 32 EU-P
! width="80pt" | 128 EU-P
! width="80pt" | 512 EU-P
! width="80pt" | 2048 EU-P
! width="80pt" | 2 EU-P
! width="80pt" | 32 EU-P
! width="80pt" | 128 EU-P
! width="80pt" | 512 EU-P
|- align="center"
! 2 EU/t
|0.025
|0.2
|0.0125
|0.4
|0.025
|0.00625
|0.8
|0.05
|0.0125
|0.003125
|0.000781
|0.025
|0.00156
|0.00039
|0.000097
|- align="center"
! 10 EU/t
|0.125
|1.0
|0.625
|2.0
|0.125
|0.0312
|4.0
|0.25
|0.0625
|0.0156
|0.0039
|0.125
|0.00781
|0.00195
|0.000488
|- align="center"
! 100 EU/t
|1.25
|10.0
|0.625
|20.0
|1.25
|0.312
|40.0
|2.5
|0.625
|0.156
|0.039
|1.25
|0.078
|0.0195
|0.00488
|- align="center"
! 500 EU/t
|6.25
|50.0
|3.125
|100.0
|6.25
|1.56
|200.0
|12.5
|3.125
|0.781
|0.195
|6.25
|0.39
|0.097
|0.024
|- align="center"
! 2000 EU/t
|25
|200
|12.5
|400
|25
|6.25
|800
|50
|12.5
|3.125
|0.781
|25
|1.56
|0.39
|0.097
|- align="center"
! percentual EU/b
|1.25%
|10%
|0.625%
|20%
|1.25%
|0.315%
|40%
|2.5%
|0.625%
|0.156%
|0.039%
|1.25%
|0.078%
|0.0195%
|0.0048%
|}

* Blue color indicates that EU-Packets under 32 EU can't be obtained by transforming. They can only be generated with generators as they always emit EU-Packages the size of their output EU.
* Green color indicates the optimal EU-Package for that EU/t example. Blue fields are ignored.
* Orange color and red color indicates sub-optimal EU-Packages.

== Cable Splitting ==
Up to 6 cables can connect to one other cable. Current will only flow through a cable when requested by a consumer if the loss from the cable length will allow some energy to get to the consumer. i.e. a [[Batbox]] (32EU) will send across insulated copper to a furnace up to 155 blocks away (5x31). No energy will be sent to a furnace 156 blocks away.

Keep in mind, however, that an excessive number of cable intersections will increase strain on your CPU (and more importantly, the server, when playing on a multi-player server). Don't do things like having rows of adjacent cables with every block connected to every other block. Also, separate cables connected to an energy storage device ([[BatBox]], etc.) or transformer do not count as a cable intersection, so take advantage of that when possible.

{{Navigation}}

[[Category:Wiring]]

Cable

2012-04-15T18:48:15Z

Medicdude: removed reference to current

The '''Cables''' are the primary means of transferring [[EU]] from one device to another. There are several different types of cable, each type made from different metals, and each type can tolerate a different maximum [[EU#EU-Packet|EUP]]. If too high of an EUP is applied to a cable, it will instantly melt. Cables can handle unlimited amounts of total ([[EU|EU/t]]).

All cables suffer from distance-related energy losses - long cables will inevitably lose energy in the process of transferring it. There are several ways to offset it - Transformers and insulation. For higher-tier cables, the insulation also reduces the amount of shock damage the player and NPC's receive from touching the cable under high voltage.

Insulated cables can also be painted using the [[Painter]]. This separates them, preventing cables of different colors from interacting with each other. This also greatly reduces the strain on CPU, as large cable meshes with many intersections require the game to perform many CPU-heavy calculations.

== Insulation ==
Cable can be insulated by adding 'rubber'. Insulation reduces the EU loss over distance of cable.

Placed cable can have insulation added or removed with [[Cutter|Insulation Cutters]].

Uninsulated cables (except glass fibre) cannot be coloured with the [[Painter]].

== Cable Types ==

More detailed information and a larger recipe list is available by looking at the page for each cable type.

=== Tin Cable ===
{{Grid/Crafting Table
|A2=Tin|B2=Tin|C2=Tin
|Output=Tin Cable|OA=9
|Output-link=Tin Cable
}}

Tin cables can only tolerate '''Micro Voltage''' (up to 5 [[EU|EUP]]) but they're very cheap to make and have extremely low energy loss.

=== Copper Cable ===

{|
|{{Grid/Crafting Table
|A2=Copper|B2=Copper|C2=Copper
|Output=Copper Cable|OA=6
|Output-link=Copper Cable
}}
|{{Grid/Crafting Table
|A1=Rubber|B1=Rubber|C1=Rubber
|A2=Copper|B2=Copper|C2=Copper
|A3=Rubber|B3=Rubber|C3=Rubber
|Output=Insulated Copper Cable|OA=6
|Output-link=Insulated Copper Cable
}}
|}

Copper cables are the most common cable tier. They are only capable of handling '''Low Voltage''' (up to 32 [[EU|EUP]]), however, they suffer the smallest distance-related energy losses out of all the conventional cables, with insulated copper cables having even less energy losses.

=== Gold Cable ===

{|
|{{Grid/Crafting Table
|A2=Gold|B2=Gold|C2=Gold
|Output=Gold_Cable|OA=12
|Output-link=Gold Cable
}}
|{{Grid/Crafting Table
|B1=Rubber
|A2=Rubber|B2=Gold|C2=Rubber
|B3=Rubber
|Output=Insulated_Gold_Cable|OA=4
|Output-link=Insulated Gold Cable
}}
|{{Grid/Crafting Table
|A2=Rubber|B2=Insulated_Gold_Cable
|Output=2xIns._Gold_Cable
|Output-link=2xIns. Gold Cable
}}
|}

Gold cables can transport '''Medium Voltage''' (up to 128 [[EU|EUP]]) but has higher energy loss than copper. The loss can be remedied to some extent by giving the cable up to two layers of insulation.

=== HV (Iron) Cable ===

{|
|{{Grid/Crafting Table
|A2=Refined Iron|B2=Refined Iron|C2=Refined Iron
|Output=HV_Cable|OA=12
|Output-link=HV Cable
}}
|{{Grid/Crafting Table
|B1=Rubber
|A2=Rubber|B2=Refined Iron|C2=Rubber
|B3=Rubber
|Output=Insulated_HV_Cable|OA=4
|Output-link=Insulated HV Cable
}}
|-
|{{Grid/Crafting Table
|A2=Rubber|B2=Insulated_HV_Cable
|Output=2xIns._HV_Cable
|Output-link=2xIns. HV Cable
}}
|{{Grid/Crafting Table
|A2=Rubber|B2=2xIns._HV_Cable
|Output=4xIns._HV_Cable
|Output-link=3xIns. HV Cable
}}
|}

HV Cables can handle the highest amount of current possible at '''Extreme Voltage''' (up to 2048 [[EU|EUP]]) however it loses energy very quickly and should only be used when there's no other choice. HV cables can have up to three layers of insulation to help deal with the energy loss.

=== Glass Fibre Cable ===

{|
|{{Grid/Crafting Table
|A1=Glass|B1=Glass|C1=Glass
|A2=Redstone|B2=Diamond|C2=Redstone
|A3=Glass|B3=Glass|C3=Glass
|Output=Glass_Fibre_Cable|OA=4
|Output-link=Glass Fibre Cable
}}
|{{Grid/Crafting Table
|A1=Glass|B1=Glass|C1=Glass
|A2=Silver ingot|B2=Diamond|C2=Silver ingot
|A3=Glass|B3=Glass|C3=Glass
|Output=Glass_Fibre_Cable|OA=6
|Output-link=Glass Fibre Cable
}}
|}

Glass Fibre cable is a special type of cable capable of transporting '''High Voltage''' (up to 512 [[EU|EUP]]). It does not shock anything standing too close and has only a tiny amount of energy loss, however it is very expensive to make.

=== Detector Cable ===

{{Grid/Crafting Table
|A1=|B1=Electronic_Circuit|C1=
|A2=Redstone|B2=4xIns._HV_Cable|C2=Redstone
|A3=|B3=Redstone|C3=
|Output=Detector Cable
|Output-link=Detector Cable
}}

The Detector Cable is a special cable which outputs a redstone current when EU is flowing through it.

=== Splitter Cable ===

{{Grid/Crafting Table
|A1=|B1=Redstone|C1=
|A2=4xIns._HV_Cable|B2=Lever|C2=4xIns._HV_Cable
|A3=|B3=Redstone|C3=
|Output=Splitter Cable
|Output link=Splitter Cable
}}

The Splitter Cable is a special cable which prevents EU from flowing through it when a redstone current is applied.

== Cable Efficiency ==

All cables suffer distance-related energy losses, and depending on the tier and insulation of the given cable, the losses can vary greatly. The general unit for cable efficiency is EU/block. It shows how much [[EU]] every [[EU#EU-Packet / Voltage|EU Packet]] looses per block. The number is accumulated along the whole length of the cable, and then rounded down to the nearest integer. Therefore, if a distance is short enough, there EU loss will remain zero. For example, since Copper Cable loses 1 EU every 5 blocks, a 4 block long Insulated Copper Cable won't lose any EU.

{| class="wikitable"
! rowspan="2" |
! colspan="2" | [[Tin Cable]]
! colspan="2" | [[Copper Cable]]
! colspan="2" | [[Gold Cable]]
! colspan="2" | [[HV Cable]]
! colspan="2" | [[Glass Fibre Cable]]
! colspan="2" | [[Detector Cable|Detector]] / [[Splitter Cable|Splitter]] Cable
|-
! EU/b
! EU loss
! EU/b
! EU loss
! EU/b
! EU loss
! EU/b
! EU loss
! EU/b
! EU loss
! EU/b
! EU loss
|-
! Uninsulated
| 0.025
|1 EU every 40 blocks
|0.3
|1 EU every 3.33 blocks
|0.5
|1 EU every 2 blocks
|1.0
|1 EU every block
|0.025
|1 EU every 40 blocks
|0.5
|1 EU every 2 blocks
|-
! Insulated (1")
| colspan="2" align="center" | ---
|0.2
|1 EU every 5 blocks
|0.45
|1 EU every 2.22 blocks
|0.95
|1 EU every 1.05 blocks
| colspan="2" align="center" | ---
| colspan="2" align="center" | ---
|-
! Insulated (2")
| colspan="2" align="center" | ---
| colspan="2" align="center" | ---
|0.4
|1 EU every 2.5 blocks
|0.9
|1 EU every 1.11 blocks
| colspan="2" align="center" | ---
| colspan="2" align="center" | ---
|-
! Insulated (3")
| colspan="2" align="center" | ---
| colspan="2" align="center" | ---
| colspan="2" align="center" | ---
|0.8
|1 EU every 1.25 blocks
| colspan="2" align="center" | ---
| colspan="2" align="center" | ---
|}

== Voltage Efficiency ==
Depending on the [[EU|EUP]] traveling trough a cable it may be more efficient to use higher voltage cables and packets. This is because EU/b isn't applied on the total [[EU#EU/t|EU/t]] that travels the cable but on every single [[EU#EU-Packet|EU-Packet]].
So a copper cable carrying 320 EU/t over 10 Blocks of insulated copper cable is really carrying 10*32 EU-Packets and instead of: 320EU-2EU=318EU you get: 32EU*10-2*10=300EU. But when using 512 EU-Packets and 2x insulated gold cables you get: 320EU-4EU=316EU. In this example this is a difference of 16 EU over 10 Blocks.

The formula for overall EU/b is: Combined EU/t divided by Desired packet size multiplied by Cable's EU/b per Packet equals '''Combined EU/b'''

Below is an example of different EU/t packed into different EU-Packets and carried with different cables, cables are full insulated, EU-P equals [[EU#EU-Packet / Voltage|EU-Packet]], results are in '''Overall / Combined EU/b ''' (not EU/b per Packet), results can't be rounded down to nearest integer.:
{| class="wikitable"
! rowspan="2" | Example EU/t
! colspan="1" | [[Tin Cable]]
! colspan="2" | [[Copper Cable]] 1"
! colspan="3" | [[Gold Cable]] 2"
! colspan="5" | [[HV Cable]] 3"
! colspan="4" | [[Glass Fibre Cable]]
|- width="100" |
! width="80pt" | 2 EU-P
! width="80pt" | 2 EU-P
! width="80pt" | 32 EU-P
! width="80pt" | 2 EU-P
! width="80pt" | 32 EU-P
! width="80pt" | 128 EU-P
! width="80pt" | 2 EU-P
! width="80pt" | 32 EU-P
! width="80pt" | 128 EU-P
! width="80pt" | 512 EU-P
! width="80pt" | 2048 EU-P
! width="80pt" | 2 EU-P
! width="80pt" | 32 EU-P
! width="80pt" | 128 EU-P
! width="80pt" | 512 EU-P
|- align="center"
! 2 EU/t
|0.025
|0.2
|0.0125
|0.4
|0.025
|0.00625
|0.8
|0.05
|0.0125
|0.003125
|0.000781
|0.025
|0.00156
|0.00039
|0.000097
|- align="center"
! 10 EU/t
|0.125
|1.0
|0.625
|2.0
|0.125
|0.0312
|4.0
|0.25
|0.0625
|0.0156
|0.0039
|0.125
|0.00781
|0.00195
|0.000488
|- align="center"
! 100 EU/t
|1.25
|10.0
|0.625
|20.0
|1.25
|0.312
|40.0
|2.5
|0.625
|0.156
|0.039
|1.25
|0.078
|0.0195
|0.00488
|- align="center"
! 500 EU/t
|6.25
|50.0
|3.125
|100.0
|6.25
|1.56
|200.0
|12.5
|3.125
|0.781
|0.195
|6.25
|0.39
|0.097
|0.024
|- align="center"
! 2000 EU/t
|25
|200
|12.5
|400
|25
|6.25
|800
|50
|12.5
|3.125
|0.781
|25
|1.56
|0.39
|0.097
|- align="center"
! percentual EU/b
|1.25%
|10%
|0.625%
|20%
|1.25%
|0.315%
|40%
|2.5%
|0.625%
|0.156%
|0.039%
|1.25%
|0.078%
|0.0195%
|0.0048%
|}

* Blue color indicates that EU-Packets under 32 EU can't be obtained by transforming. They can only be generated with generators as they always emit EU-Packages the size of their output EU.
* Green color indicates the optimal EU-Package for that EU/t example. Blue fields are ignored.
* Orange color and red color indicates sub-optimal EU-Packages.

== Cable Splitting ==
Up to 6 cables can connect to one other cable. Current will only flow through a cable when requested by a consumer if the loss from the cable length will allow some energy to get to the consumer. i.e. a [[Batbox]] (32EU) will send across insulated copper to a furnace up to 155 blocks away (5x31). No energy will be sent to a furnace 156 blocks away.

Keep in mind, however, that an excessive number of cable intersections will increase strain on your CPU (and more importantly, the server, when playing on a multi-player server). Don't do things like having rows of adjacent cables with every block connected to every other block. Also, separate cables connected to an energy storage device ([[BatBox]], etc.) or transformer do not count as a cable intersection, so take advantage of that when possible.

{{Navigation}}

[[Category:Wiring]]

Cable

2012-04-15T18:47:30Z

Medicdude: consolidated EUP, cable types, removed reference to voltage

The '''Cables''' are the primary means of transferring [[EU]] from one device to another. There are several different types of cable, each type made from different metals, and each type can tolerate a different maximum [[EU#EU-Packet|EUP]]. If too high of an EUP is applied to a cable, it will instantly melt. Cables can handle unlimited amounts of "current" ([[EU|EU/t]]).

All cables suffer from distance-related energy losses - long cables will inevitably lose energy in the process of transferring it. There are several ways to offset it - Transformers and insulation. For higher-tier cables, the insulation also reduces the amount of shock damage the player and NPC's receive from touching the cable under high voltage.

Insulated cables can also be painted using the [[Painter]]. This separates them, preventing cables of different colors from interacting with each other. This also greatly reduces the strain on CPU, as large cable meshes with many intersections require the game to perform many CPU-heavy calculations.

== Insulation ==
Cable can be insulated by adding 'rubber'. Insulation reduces the EU loss over distance of cable.

Placed cable can have insulation added or removed with [[Cutter|Insulation Cutters]].

Uninsulated cables (except glass fibre) cannot be coloured with the [[Painter]].

== Cable Types ==

More detailed information and a larger recipe list is available by looking at the page for each cable type.

=== Tin Cable ===
{{Grid/Crafting Table
|A2=Tin|B2=Tin|C2=Tin
|Output=Tin Cable|OA=9
|Output-link=Tin Cable
}}

Tin cables can only tolerate '''Micro Voltage''' (up to 5 [[EU|EUP]]) but they're very cheap to make and have extremely low energy loss.

=== Copper Cable ===

{|
|{{Grid/Crafting Table
|A2=Copper|B2=Copper|C2=Copper
|Output=Copper Cable|OA=6
|Output-link=Copper Cable
}}
|{{Grid/Crafting Table
|A1=Rubber|B1=Rubber|C1=Rubber
|A2=Copper|B2=Copper|C2=Copper
|A3=Rubber|B3=Rubber|C3=Rubber
|Output=Insulated Copper Cable|OA=6
|Output-link=Insulated Copper Cable
}}
|}

Copper cables are the most common cable tier. They are only capable of handling '''Low Voltage''' (up to 32 [[EU|EUP]]), however, they suffer the smallest distance-related energy losses out of all the conventional cables, with insulated copper cables having even less energy losses.

=== Gold Cable ===

{|
|{{Grid/Crafting Table
|A2=Gold|B2=Gold|C2=Gold
|Output=Gold_Cable|OA=12
|Output-link=Gold Cable
}}
|{{Grid/Crafting Table
|B1=Rubber
|A2=Rubber|B2=Gold|C2=Rubber
|B3=Rubber
|Output=Insulated_Gold_Cable|OA=4
|Output-link=Insulated Gold Cable
}}
|{{Grid/Crafting Table
|A2=Rubber|B2=Insulated_Gold_Cable
|Output=2xIns._Gold_Cable
|Output-link=2xIns. Gold Cable
}}
|}

Gold cables can transport '''Medium Voltage''' (up to 128 [[EU|EUP]]) but has higher energy loss than copper. The loss can be remedied to some extent by giving the cable up to two layers of insulation.

=== HV (Iron) Cable ===

{|
|{{Grid/Crafting Table
|A2=Refined Iron|B2=Refined Iron|C2=Refined Iron
|Output=HV_Cable|OA=12
|Output-link=HV Cable
}}
|{{Grid/Crafting Table
|B1=Rubber
|A2=Rubber|B2=Refined Iron|C2=Rubber
|B3=Rubber
|Output=Insulated_HV_Cable|OA=4
|Output-link=Insulated HV Cable
}}
|-
|{{Grid/Crafting Table
|A2=Rubber|B2=Insulated_HV_Cable
|Output=2xIns._HV_Cable
|Output-link=2xIns. HV Cable
}}
|{{Grid/Crafting Table
|A2=Rubber|B2=2xIns._HV_Cable
|Output=4xIns._HV_Cable
|Output-link=3xIns. HV Cable
}}
|}

HV Cables can handle the highest amount of current possible at '''Extreme Voltage''' (up to 2048 [[EU|EUP]]) however it loses energy very quickly and should only be used when there's no other choice. HV cables can have up to three layers of insulation to help deal with the energy loss.

=== Glass Fibre Cable ===

{|
|{{Grid/Crafting Table
|A1=Glass|B1=Glass|C1=Glass
|A2=Redstone|B2=Diamond|C2=Redstone
|A3=Glass|B3=Glass|C3=Glass
|Output=Glass_Fibre_Cable|OA=4
|Output-link=Glass Fibre Cable
}}
|{{Grid/Crafting Table
|A1=Glass|B1=Glass|C1=Glass
|A2=Silver ingot|B2=Diamond|C2=Silver ingot
|A3=Glass|B3=Glass|C3=Glass
|Output=Glass_Fibre_Cable|OA=6
|Output-link=Glass Fibre Cable
}}
|}

Glass Fibre cable is a special type of cable capable of transporting '''High Voltage''' (up to 512 [[EU|EUP]]). It does not shock anything standing too close and has only a tiny amount of energy loss, however it is very expensive to make.

=== Detector Cable ===

{{Grid/Crafting Table
|A1=|B1=Electronic_Circuit|C1=
|A2=Redstone|B2=4xIns._HV_Cable|C2=Redstone
|A3=|B3=Redstone|C3=
|Output=Detector Cable
|Output-link=Detector Cable
}}

The Detector Cable is a special cable which outputs a redstone current when EU is flowing through it.

=== Splitter Cable ===

{{Grid/Crafting Table
|A1=|B1=Redstone|C1=
|A2=4xIns._HV_Cable|B2=Lever|C2=4xIns._HV_Cable
|A3=|B3=Redstone|C3=
|Output=Splitter Cable
|Output link=Splitter Cable
}}

The Splitter Cable is a special cable which prevents EU from flowing through it when a redstone current is applied.

== Cable Efficiency ==

All cables suffer distance-related energy losses, and depending on the tier and insulation of the given cable, the losses can vary greatly. The general unit for cable efficiency is EU/block. It shows how much [[EU]] every [[EU#EU-Packet / Voltage|EU Packet]] looses per block. The number is accumulated along the whole length of the cable, and then rounded down to the nearest integer. Therefore, if a distance is short enough, there EU loss will remain zero. For example, since Copper Cable loses 1 EU every 5 blocks, a 4 block long Insulated Copper Cable won't lose any EU.

{| class="wikitable"
! rowspan="2" |
! colspan="2" | [[Tin Cable]]
! colspan="2" | [[Copper Cable]]
! colspan="2" | [[Gold Cable]]
! colspan="2" | [[HV Cable]]
! colspan="2" | [[Glass Fibre Cable]]
! colspan="2" | [[Detector Cable|Detector]] / [[Splitter Cable|Splitter]] Cable
|-
! EU/b
! EU loss
! EU/b
! EU loss
! EU/b
! EU loss
! EU/b
! EU loss
! EU/b
! EU loss
! EU/b
! EU loss
|-
! Uninsulated
| 0.025
|1 EU every 40 blocks
|0.3
|1 EU every 3.33 blocks
|0.5
|1 EU every 2 blocks
|1.0
|1 EU every block
|0.025
|1 EU every 40 blocks
|0.5
|1 EU every 2 blocks
|-
! Insulated (1")
| colspan="2" align="center" | ---
|0.2
|1 EU every 5 blocks
|0.45
|1 EU every 2.22 blocks
|0.95
|1 EU every 1.05 blocks
| colspan="2" align="center" | ---
| colspan="2" align="center" | ---
|-
! Insulated (2")
| colspan="2" align="center" | ---
| colspan="2" align="center" | ---
|0.4
|1 EU every 2.5 blocks
|0.9
|1 EU every 1.11 blocks
| colspan="2" align="center" | ---
| colspan="2" align="center" | ---
|-
! Insulated (3")
| colspan="2" align="center" | ---
| colspan="2" align="center" | ---
| colspan="2" align="center" | ---
|0.8
|1 EU every 1.25 blocks
| colspan="2" align="center" | ---
| colspan="2" align="center" | ---
|}

== Voltage Efficiency ==
Depending on the [[EU|EUP]] traveling trough a cable it may be more efficient to use higher voltage cables and packets. This is because EU/b isn't applied on the total [[EU#EU/t|EU/t]] that travels the cable but on every single [[EU#EU-Packet|EU-Packet]].
So a copper cable carrying 320 EU/t over 10 Blocks of insulated copper cable is really carrying 10*32 EU-Packets and instead of: 320EU-2EU=318EU you get: 32EU*10-2*10=300EU. But when using 512 EU-Packets and 2x insulated gold cables you get: 320EU-4EU=316EU. In this example this is a difference of 16 EU over 10 Blocks.

The formula for overall EU/b is: Combined EU/t divided by Desired packet size multiplied by Cable's EU/b per Packet equals '''Combined EU/b'''

Below is an example of different EU/t packed into different EU-Packets and carried with different cables, cables are full insulated, EU-P equals [[EU#EU-Packet / Voltage|EU-Packet]], results are in '''Overall / Combined EU/b ''' (not EU/b per Packet), results can't be rounded down to nearest integer.:
{| class="wikitable"
! rowspan="2" | Example EU/t
! colspan="1" | [[Tin Cable]]
! colspan="2" | [[Copper Cable]] 1"
! colspan="3" | [[Gold Cable]] 2"
! colspan="5" | [[HV Cable]] 3"
! colspan="4" | [[Glass Fibre Cable]]
|- width="100" |
! width="80pt" | 2 EU-P
! width="80pt" | 2 EU-P
! width="80pt" | 32 EU-P
! width="80pt" | 2 EU-P
! width="80pt" | 32 EU-P
! width="80pt" | 128 EU-P
! width="80pt" | 2 EU-P
! width="80pt" | 32 EU-P
! width="80pt" | 128 EU-P
! width="80pt" | 512 EU-P
! width="80pt" | 2048 EU-P
! width="80pt" | 2 EU-P
! width="80pt" | 32 EU-P
! width="80pt" | 128 EU-P
! width="80pt" | 512 EU-P
|- align="center"
! 2 EU/t
|0.025
|0.2
|0.0125
|0.4
|0.025
|0.00625
|0.8
|0.05
|0.0125
|0.003125
|0.000781
|0.025
|0.00156
|0.00039
|0.000097
|- align="center"
! 10 EU/t
|0.125
|1.0
|0.625
|2.0
|0.125
|0.0312
|4.0
|0.25
|0.0625
|0.0156
|0.0039
|0.125
|0.00781
|0.00195
|0.000488
|- align="center"
! 100 EU/t
|1.25
|10.0
|0.625
|20.0
|1.25
|0.312
|40.0
|2.5
|0.625
|0.156
|0.039
|1.25
|0.078
|0.0195
|0.00488
|- align="center"
! 500 EU/t
|6.25
|50.0
|3.125
|100.0
|6.25
|1.56
|200.0
|12.5
|3.125
|0.781
|0.195
|6.25
|0.39
|0.097
|0.024
|- align="center"
! 2000 EU/t
|25
|200
|12.5
|400
|25
|6.25
|800
|50
|12.5
|3.125
|0.781
|25
|1.56
|0.39
|0.097
|- align="center"
! percentual EU/b
|1.25%
|10%
|0.625%
|20%
|1.25%
|0.315%
|40%
|2.5%
|0.625%
|0.156%
|0.039%
|1.25%
|0.078%
|0.0195%
|0.0048%
|}

* Blue color indicates that EU-Packets under 32 EU can't be obtained by transforming. They can only be generated with generators as they always emit EU-Packages the size of their output EU.
* Green color indicates the optimal EU-Package for that EU/t example. Blue fields are ignored.
* Orange color and red color indicates sub-optimal EU-Packages.

== Cable Splitting ==
Up to 6 cables can connect to one other cable. Current will only flow through a cable when requested by a consumer if the loss from the cable length will allow some energy to get to the consumer. i.e. a [[Batbox]] (32EU) will send across insulated copper to a furnace up to 155 blocks away (5x31). No energy will be sent to a furnace 156 blocks away.

Keep in mind, however, that an excessive number of cable intersections will increase strain on your CPU (and more importantly, the server, when playing on a multi-player server). Don't do things like having rows of adjacent cables with every block connected to every other block. Also, separate cables connected to an energy storage device ([[BatBox]], etc.) or transformer do not count as a cable intersection, so take advantage of that when possible.

{{Navigation}}

[[Category:Wiring]]

Cable

2012-04-15T18:40:17Z

Medicdude: /* Voltage Efficiency */ changed EU/t to EUP

The '''Cables''' are the primary means of transferring [[EU]] from one device to another. There are several different tiers of cables, depending on how much [[EU#EU-Packet / Voltage|Voltage]] they can tolerate. If too much Voltage is applied to a cable, it will instantly melt but it can take unlimited amounts of "current" ([[EU|EU/t]]) in the right Voltage-Range ([[EU#EU-Packet / Voltage|EU-Packet]]). Different tiers are made out of different metals. Furthermore, all cables suffer from distance-related energy losses - long cables will inevitably lose energy in the process of transferring it. There are several ways to offset it - Transformers and insulation. For higher-tier cables, the insulation also reduces the amount of shock damage the player and NPC's receive from touching the cable under high voltage.

Insulated cables can also be painted using the [[Painter]]. This separates them, preventing cables of different colors from interacting with each other. This also greatly reduces the strain on CPU, as large cable meshes with many intersections require the game to perform many CPU-heavy calculations.

== Insulation ==
Cable can be insulated by adding 'rubber'. Insulation reduces the EU loss over distance of cable.

Placed cable can have insulation added or removed with [[Cutter|Insulation Cutters]].

Uninsulated cables (except glass fibre) cannot be coloured with the [[Painter]].

== Cable Types ==

More detailed information and a larger recipe list is available by looking at the page for each cable type.

=== Tin Cable ===
{{Grid/Crafting Table
|A2=Tin|B2=Tin|C2=Tin
|Output=Tin Cable|OA=9
|Output-link=Tin Cable
}}

Tin cables can only tolerate '''Micro Voltage''' (up to 5 [[EU|EUP]]) but they're very cheap to make and have extremely low energy loss.

=== Copper Cable ===

{|
|{{Grid/Crafting Table
|A2=Copper|B2=Copper|C2=Copper
|Output=Copper Cable|OA=6
|Output-link=Copper Cable
}}
|{{Grid/Crafting Table
|A1=Rubber|B1=Rubber|C1=Rubber
|A2=Copper|B2=Copper|C2=Copper
|A3=Rubber|B3=Rubber|C3=Rubber
|Output=Insulated Copper Cable|OA=6
|Output-link=Insulated Copper Cable
}}
|}

Copper cables are the most common cable tier. They are only capable of handling '''Low Voltage''' (up to 32 [[EU|EUP]]), however, they suffer the smallest distance-related energy losses out of all the conventional cables, with insulated copper cables having even less energy losses.

=== Gold Cable ===

{|
|{{Grid/Crafting Table
|A2=Gold|B2=Gold|C2=Gold
|Output=Gold_Cable|OA=12
|Output-link=Gold Cable
}}
|{{Grid/Crafting Table
|B1=Rubber
|A2=Rubber|B2=Gold|C2=Rubber
|B3=Rubber
|Output=Insulated_Gold_Cable|OA=4
|Output-link=Insulated Gold Cable
}}
|{{Grid/Crafting Table
|A2=Rubber|B2=Insulated_Gold_Cable
|Output=2xIns._Gold_Cable
|Output-link=2xIns. Gold Cable
}}
|}

Gold cables can transport '''Medium Voltage''' (up to 128 [[EU|EUP]]) but has higher energy loss than copper. The loss can be remedied to some extent by giving the cable up to two layers of insulation.

=== HV (Iron) Cable ===

{|
|{{Grid/Crafting Table
|A2=Refined Iron|B2=Refined Iron|C2=Refined Iron
|Output=HV_Cable|OA=12
|Output-link=HV Cable
}}
|{{Grid/Crafting Table
|B1=Rubber
|A2=Rubber|B2=Refined Iron|C2=Rubber
|B3=Rubber
|Output=Insulated_HV_Cable|OA=4
|Output-link=Insulated HV Cable
}}
|-
|{{Grid/Crafting Table
|A2=Rubber|B2=Insulated_HV_Cable
|Output=2xIns._HV_Cable
|Output-link=2xIns. HV Cable
}}
|{{Grid/Crafting Table
|A2=Rubber|B2=2xIns._HV_Cable
|Output=4xIns._HV_Cable
|Output-link=3xIns. HV Cable
}}
|}

HV Cables can handle the highest amount of current possible at '''Extreme Voltage''' (up to 2048 [[EU|EUP]]) however it loses energy very quickly and should only be used when there's no other choice. HV cables can have up to three layers of insulation to help deal with the energy loss.

=== Glass Fibre Cable ===

{|
|{{Grid/Crafting Table
|A1=Glass|B1=Glass|C1=Glass
|A2=Redstone|B2=Diamond|C2=Redstone
|A3=Glass|B3=Glass|C3=Glass
|Output=Glass_Fibre_Cable|OA=4
|Output-link=Glass Fibre Cable
}}
|{{Grid/Crafting Table
|A1=Glass|B1=Glass|C1=Glass
|A2=Silver ingot|B2=Diamond|C2=Silver ingot
|A3=Glass|B3=Glass|C3=Glass
|Output=Glass_Fibre_Cable|OA=6
|Output-link=Glass Fibre Cable
}}
|}

Glass Fibre cable is a special type of cable capable of transporting '''High Voltage''' (up to 512 [[EU|EUP]]). It does not shock anything standing too close and has only a tiny amount of energy loss, however it is very expensive to make.

=== Detector Cable ===

{{Grid/Crafting Table
|A1=|B1=Electronic_Circuit|C1=
|A2=Redstone|B2=4xIns._HV_Cable|C2=Redstone
|A3=|B3=Redstone|C3=
|Output=Detector Cable
|Output-link=Detector Cable
}}

The Detector Cable is a special cable which outputs a redstone current when EU is flowing through it.

=== Splitter Cable ===

{{Grid/Crafting Table
|A1=|B1=Redstone|C1=
|A2=4xIns._HV_Cable|B2=Lever|C2=4xIns._HV_Cable
|A3=|B3=Redstone|C3=
|Output=Splitter Cable
|Output link=Splitter Cable
}}

The Splitter Cable is a special cable which prevents EU from flowing through it when a redstone current is applied.

== Cable Efficiency ==

All cables suffer distance-related energy losses, and depending on the tier and insulation of the given cable, the losses can vary greatly. The general unit for cable efficiency is EU/block. It shows how much [[EU]] every [[EU#EU-Packet / Voltage|EU Packet]] looses per block. The number is accumulated along the whole length of the cable, and then rounded down to the nearest integer. Therefore, if a distance is short enough, there EU loss will remain zero. For example, since Copper Cable loses 1 EU every 5 blocks, a 4 block long Insulated Copper Cable won't lose any EU.

{| class="wikitable"
! rowspan="2" |
! colspan="2" | [[Tin Cable]]
! colspan="2" | [[Copper Cable]]
! colspan="2" | [[Gold Cable]]
! colspan="2" | [[HV Cable]]
! colspan="2" | [[Glass Fibre Cable]]
! colspan="2" | [[Detector Cable|Detector]] / [[Splitter Cable|Splitter]] Cable
|-
! EU/b
! EU loss
! EU/b
! EU loss
! EU/b
! EU loss
! EU/b
! EU loss
! EU/b
! EU loss
! EU/b
! EU loss
|-
! Uninsulated
| 0.025
|1 EU every 40 blocks
|0.3
|1 EU every 3.33 blocks
|0.5
|1 EU every 2 blocks
|1.0
|1 EU every block
|0.025
|1 EU every 40 blocks
|0.5
|1 EU every 2 blocks
|-
! Insulated (1")
| colspan="2" align="center" | ---
|0.2
|1 EU every 5 blocks
|0.45
|1 EU every 2.22 blocks
|0.95
|1 EU every 1.05 blocks
| colspan="2" align="center" | ---
| colspan="2" align="center" | ---
|-
! Insulated (2")
| colspan="2" align="center" | ---
| colspan="2" align="center" | ---
|0.4
|1 EU every 2.5 blocks
|0.9
|1 EU every 1.11 blocks
| colspan="2" align="center" | ---
| colspan="2" align="center" | ---
|-
! Insulated (3")
| colspan="2" align="center" | ---
| colspan="2" align="center" | ---
| colspan="2" align="center" | ---
|0.8
|1 EU every 1.25 blocks
| colspan="2" align="center" | ---
| colspan="2" align="center" | ---
|}

== Voltage Efficiency ==
Depending on the [[EU|EUP]] traveling trough a cable it may be more efficient to use higher voltage cables and packets. This is because EU/b isn't applied on the total [[EU#EU/t|EU/t]] that travels the cable but on every single [[EU#EU-Packet|EU-Packet]].
So a copper cable carrying 320 EU/t over 10 Blocks of insulated copper cable is really carrying 10*32 EU-Packets and instead of: 320EU-2EU=318EU you get: 32EU*10-2*10=300EU. But when using 512 EU-Packets and 2x insulated gold cables you get: 320EU-4EU=316EU. In this example this is a difference of 16 EU over 10 Blocks.

The formula for overall EU/b is: Combined EU/t divided by Desired packet size multiplied by Cable's EU/b per Packet equals '''Combined EU/b'''

Below is an example of different EU/t packed into different EU-Packets and carried with different cables, cables are full insulated, EU-P equals [[EU#EU-Packet / Voltage|EU-Packet]], results are in '''Overall / Combined EU/b ''' (not EU/b per Packet), results can't be rounded down to nearest integer.:
{| class="wikitable"
! rowspan="2" | Example EU/t
! colspan="1" | [[Tin Cable]]
! colspan="2" | [[Copper Cable]] 1"
! colspan="3" | [[Gold Cable]] 2"
! colspan="5" | [[HV Cable]] 3"
! colspan="4" | [[Glass Fibre Cable]]
|- width="100" |
! width="80pt" | 2 EU-P
! width="80pt" | 2 EU-P
! width="80pt" | 32 EU-P
! width="80pt" | 2 EU-P
! width="80pt" | 32 EU-P
! width="80pt" | 128 EU-P
! width="80pt" | 2 EU-P
! width="80pt" | 32 EU-P
! width="80pt" | 128 EU-P
! width="80pt" | 512 EU-P
! width="80pt" | 2048 EU-P
! width="80pt" | 2 EU-P
! width="80pt" | 32 EU-P
! width="80pt" | 128 EU-P
! width="80pt" | 512 EU-P
|- align="center"
! 2 EU/t
|0.025
|0.2
|0.0125
|0.4
|0.025
|0.00625
|0.8
|0.05
|0.0125
|0.003125
|0.000781
|0.025
|0.00156
|0.00039
|0.000097
|- align="center"
! 10 EU/t
|0.125
|1.0
|0.625
|2.0
|0.125
|0.0312
|4.0
|0.25
|0.0625
|0.0156
|0.0039
|0.125
|0.00781
|0.00195
|0.000488
|- align="center"
! 100 EU/t
|1.25
|10.0
|0.625
|20.0
|1.25
|0.312
|40.0
|2.5
|0.625
|0.156
|0.039
|1.25
|0.078
|0.0195
|0.00488
|- align="center"
! 500 EU/t
|6.25
|50.0
|3.125
|100.0
|6.25
|1.56
|200.0
|12.5
|3.125
|0.781
|0.195
|6.25
|0.39
|0.097
|0.024
|- align="center"
! 2000 EU/t
|25
|200
|12.5
|400
|25
|6.25
|800
|50
|12.5
|3.125
|0.781
|25
|1.56
|0.39
|0.097
|- align="center"
! percentual EU/b
|1.25%
|10%
|0.625%
|20%
|1.25%
|0.315%
|40%
|2.5%
|0.625%
|0.156%
|0.039%
|1.25%
|0.078%
|0.0195%
|0.0048%
|}

* Blue color indicates that EU-Packets under 32 EU can't be obtained by transforming. They can only be generated with generators as they always emit EU-Packages the size of their output EU.
* Green color indicates the optimal EU-Package for that EU/t example. Blue fields are ignored.
* Orange color and red color indicates sub-optimal EU-Packages.

== Cable Splitting ==
Up to 6 cables can connect to one other cable. Current will only flow through a cable when requested by a consumer if the loss from the cable length will allow some energy to get to the consumer. i.e. a [[Batbox]] (32EU) will send across insulated copper to a furnace up to 155 blocks away (5x31). No energy will be sent to a furnace 156 blocks away.

Keep in mind, however, that an excessive number of cable intersections will increase strain on your CPU (and more importantly, the server, when playing on a multi-player server). Don't do things like having rows of adjacent cables with every block connected to every other block. Also, separate cables connected to an energy storage device ([[BatBox]], etc.) or transformer do not count as a cable intersection, so take advantage of that when possible.

{{Navigation}}

[[Category:Wiring]]

Cable

2012-04-15T18:39:11Z

Medicdude: /* Glass Fibre Cable */ hanged EU-Packet to EUP

The '''Cables''' are the primary means of transferring [[EU]] from one device to another. There are several different tiers of cables, depending on how much [[EU#EU-Packet / Voltage|Voltage]] they can tolerate. If too much Voltage is applied to a cable, it will instantly melt but it can take unlimited amounts of "current" ([[EU|EU/t]]) in the right Voltage-Range ([[EU#EU-Packet / Voltage|EU-Packet]]). Different tiers are made out of different metals. Furthermore, all cables suffer from distance-related energy losses - long cables will inevitably lose energy in the process of transferring it. There are several ways to offset it - Transformers and insulation. For higher-tier cables, the insulation also reduces the amount of shock damage the player and NPC's receive from touching the cable under high voltage.

Insulated cables can also be painted using the [[Painter]]. This separates them, preventing cables of different colors from interacting with each other. This also greatly reduces the strain on CPU, as large cable meshes with many intersections require the game to perform many CPU-heavy calculations.

== Insulation ==
Cable can be insulated by adding 'rubber'. Insulation reduces the EU loss over distance of cable.

Placed cable can have insulation added or removed with [[Cutter|Insulation Cutters]].

Uninsulated cables (except glass fibre) cannot be coloured with the [[Painter]].

== Cable Types ==

More detailed information and a larger recipe list is available by looking at the page for each cable type.

=== Tin Cable ===
{{Grid/Crafting Table
|A2=Tin|B2=Tin|C2=Tin
|Output=Tin Cable|OA=9
|Output-link=Tin Cable
}}

Tin cables can only tolerate '''Micro Voltage''' (up to 5 [[EU|EUP]]) but they're very cheap to make and have extremely low energy loss.

=== Copper Cable ===

{|
|{{Grid/Crafting Table
|A2=Copper|B2=Copper|C2=Copper
|Output=Copper Cable|OA=6
|Output-link=Copper Cable
}}
|{{Grid/Crafting Table
|A1=Rubber|B1=Rubber|C1=Rubber
|A2=Copper|B2=Copper|C2=Copper
|A3=Rubber|B3=Rubber|C3=Rubber
|Output=Insulated Copper Cable|OA=6
|Output-link=Insulated Copper Cable
}}
|}

Copper cables are the most common cable tier. They are only capable of handling '''Low Voltage''' (up to 32 [[EU|EUP]]), however, they suffer the smallest distance-related energy losses out of all the conventional cables, with insulated copper cables having even less energy losses.

=== Gold Cable ===

{|
|{{Grid/Crafting Table
|A2=Gold|B2=Gold|C2=Gold
|Output=Gold_Cable|OA=12
|Output-link=Gold Cable
}}
|{{Grid/Crafting Table
|B1=Rubber
|A2=Rubber|B2=Gold|C2=Rubber
|B3=Rubber
|Output=Insulated_Gold_Cable|OA=4
|Output-link=Insulated Gold Cable
}}
|{{Grid/Crafting Table
|A2=Rubber|B2=Insulated_Gold_Cable
|Output=2xIns._Gold_Cable
|Output-link=2xIns. Gold Cable
}}
|}

Gold cables can transport '''Medium Voltage''' (up to 128 [[EU|EUP]]) but has higher energy loss than copper. The loss can be remedied to some extent by giving the cable up to two layers of insulation.

=== HV (Iron) Cable ===

{|
|{{Grid/Crafting Table
|A2=Refined Iron|B2=Refined Iron|C2=Refined Iron
|Output=HV_Cable|OA=12
|Output-link=HV Cable
}}
|{{Grid/Crafting Table
|B1=Rubber
|A2=Rubber|B2=Refined Iron|C2=Rubber
|B3=Rubber
|Output=Insulated_HV_Cable|OA=4
|Output-link=Insulated HV Cable
}}
|-
|{{Grid/Crafting Table
|A2=Rubber|B2=Insulated_HV_Cable
|Output=2xIns._HV_Cable
|Output-link=2xIns. HV Cable
}}
|{{Grid/Crafting Table
|A2=Rubber|B2=2xIns._HV_Cable
|Output=4xIns._HV_Cable
|Output-link=3xIns. HV Cable
}}
|}

HV Cables can handle the highest amount of current possible at '''Extreme Voltage''' (up to 2048 [[EU|EUP]]) however it loses energy very quickly and should only be used when there's no other choice. HV cables can have up to three layers of insulation to help deal with the energy loss.

=== Glass Fibre Cable ===

{|
|{{Grid/Crafting Table
|A1=Glass|B1=Glass|C1=Glass
|A2=Redstone|B2=Diamond|C2=Redstone
|A3=Glass|B3=Glass|C3=Glass
|Output=Glass_Fibre_Cable|OA=4
|Output-link=Glass Fibre Cable
}}
|{{Grid/Crafting Table
|A1=Glass|B1=Glass|C1=Glass
|A2=Silver ingot|B2=Diamond|C2=Silver ingot
|A3=Glass|B3=Glass|C3=Glass
|Output=Glass_Fibre_Cable|OA=6
|Output-link=Glass Fibre Cable
}}
|}

Glass Fibre cable is a special type of cable capable of transporting '''High Voltage''' (up to 512 [[EU|EUP]]). It does not shock anything standing too close and has only a tiny amount of energy loss, however it is very expensive to make.

=== Detector Cable ===

{{Grid/Crafting Table
|A1=|B1=Electronic_Circuit|C1=
|A2=Redstone|B2=4xIns._HV_Cable|C2=Redstone
|A3=|B3=Redstone|C3=
|Output=Detector Cable
|Output-link=Detector Cable
}}

The Detector Cable is a special cable which outputs a redstone current when EU is flowing through it.

=== Splitter Cable ===

{{Grid/Crafting Table
|A1=|B1=Redstone|C1=
|A2=4xIns._HV_Cable|B2=Lever|C2=4xIns._HV_Cable
|A3=|B3=Redstone|C3=
|Output=Splitter Cable
|Output link=Splitter Cable
}}

The Splitter Cable is a special cable which prevents EU from flowing through it when a redstone current is applied.

== Cable Efficiency ==

All cables suffer distance-related energy losses, and depending on the tier and insulation of the given cable, the losses can vary greatly. The general unit for cable efficiency is EU/block. It shows how much [[EU]] every [[EU#EU-Packet / Voltage|EU Packet]] looses per block. The number is accumulated along the whole length of the cable, and then rounded down to the nearest integer. Therefore, if a distance is short enough, there EU loss will remain zero. For example, since Copper Cable loses 1 EU every 5 blocks, a 4 block long Insulated Copper Cable won't lose any EU.

{| class="wikitable"
! rowspan="2" |
! colspan="2" | [[Tin Cable]]
! colspan="2" | [[Copper Cable]]
! colspan="2" | [[Gold Cable]]
! colspan="2" | [[HV Cable]]
! colspan="2" | [[Glass Fibre Cable]]
! colspan="2" | [[Detector Cable|Detector]] / [[Splitter Cable|Splitter]] Cable
|-
! EU/b
! EU loss
! EU/b
! EU loss
! EU/b
! EU loss
! EU/b
! EU loss
! EU/b
! EU loss
! EU/b
! EU loss
|-
! Uninsulated
| 0.025
|1 EU every 40 blocks
|0.3
|1 EU every 3.33 blocks
|0.5
|1 EU every 2 blocks
|1.0
|1 EU every block
|0.025
|1 EU every 40 blocks
|0.5
|1 EU every 2 blocks
|-
! Insulated (1")
| colspan="2" align="center" | ---
|0.2
|1 EU every 5 blocks
|0.45
|1 EU every 2.22 blocks
|0.95
|1 EU every 1.05 blocks
| colspan="2" align="center" | ---
| colspan="2" align="center" | ---
|-
! Insulated (2")
| colspan="2" align="center" | ---
| colspan="2" align="center" | ---
|0.4
|1 EU every 2.5 blocks
|0.9
|1 EU every 1.11 blocks
| colspan="2" align="center" | ---
| colspan="2" align="center" | ---
|-
! Insulated (3")
| colspan="2" align="center" | ---
| colspan="2" align="center" | ---
| colspan="2" align="center" | ---
|0.8
|1 EU every 1.25 blocks
| colspan="2" align="center" | ---
| colspan="2" align="center" | ---
|}

== Voltage Efficiency ==
Depending on the [[EU#EU/t|EU/t]] traveling trough a cable it may be more efficient to use higher voltage cables and packets. This is because EU/b isn't applied on the total [[EU#EU/t|EU/t]] that travels the cable but on every single [[EU#EU-Packet|EU-Packet]].
So a copper cable carrying 320 EU/t over 10 Blocks of insulated copper cable is really carrying 10*32 EU-Packets and instead of: 320EU-2EU=318EU you get: 32EU*10-2*10=300EU. But when using 512 EU-Packets and 2x insulated gold cables you get: 320EU-4EU=316EU. In this example this is a difference of 16 EU over 10 Blocks.

The formula for overall EU/b is: Combined EU/t divided by Desired packet size multiplied by Cable's EU/b per Packet equals '''Combined EU/b'''

Below is an example of different EU/t packed into different EU-Packets and carried with different cables, cables are full insulated, EU-P equals [[EU#EU-Packet / Voltage|EU-Packet]], results are in '''Overall / Combined EU/b ''' (not EU/b per Packet), results can't be rounded down to nearest integer.:
{| class="wikitable"
! rowspan="2" | Example EU/t
! colspan="1" | [[Tin Cable]]
! colspan="2" | [[Copper Cable]] 1"
! colspan="3" | [[Gold Cable]] 2"
! colspan="5" | [[HV Cable]] 3"
! colspan="4" | [[Glass Fibre Cable]]
|- width="100" |
! width="80pt" | 2 EU-P
! width="80pt" | 2 EU-P
! width="80pt" | 32 EU-P
! width="80pt" | 2 EU-P
! width="80pt" | 32 EU-P
! width="80pt" | 128 EU-P
! width="80pt" | 2 EU-P
! width="80pt" | 32 EU-P
! width="80pt" | 128 EU-P
! width="80pt" | 512 EU-P
! width="80pt" | 2048 EU-P
! width="80pt" | 2 EU-P
! width="80pt" | 32 EU-P
! width="80pt" | 128 EU-P
! width="80pt" | 512 EU-P
|- align="center"
! 2 EU/t
|0.025
|0.2
|0.0125
|0.4
|0.025
|0.00625
|0.8
|0.05
|0.0125
|0.003125
|0.000781
|0.025
|0.00156
|0.00039
|0.000097
|- align="center"
! 10 EU/t
|0.125
|1.0
|0.625
|2.0
|0.125
|0.0312
|4.0
|0.25
|0.0625
|0.0156
|0.0039
|0.125
|0.00781
|0.00195
|0.000488
|- align="center"
! 100 EU/t
|1.25
|10.0
|0.625
|20.0
|1.25
|0.312
|40.0
|2.5
|0.625
|0.156
|0.039
|1.25
|0.078
|0.0195
|0.00488
|- align="center"
! 500 EU/t
|6.25
|50.0
|3.125
|100.0
|6.25
|1.56
|200.0
|12.5
|3.125
|0.781
|0.195
|6.25
|0.39
|0.097
|0.024
|- align="center"
! 2000 EU/t
|25
|200
|12.5
|400
|25
|6.25
|800
|50
|12.5
|3.125
|0.781
|25
|1.56
|0.39
|0.097
|- align="center"
! percentual EU/b
|1.25%
|10%
|0.625%
|20%
|1.25%
|0.315%
|40%
|2.5%
|0.625%
|0.156%
|0.039%
|1.25%
|0.078%
|0.0195%
|0.0048%
|}

* Blue color indicates that EU-Packets under 32 EU can't be obtained by transforming. They can only be generated with generators as they always emit EU-Packages the size of their output EU.
* Green color indicates the optimal EU-Package for that EU/t example. Blue fields are ignored.
* Orange color and red color indicates sub-optimal EU-Packages.

== Cable Splitting ==
Up to 6 cables can connect to one other cable. Current will only flow through a cable when requested by a consumer if the loss from the cable length will allow some energy to get to the consumer. i.e. a [[Batbox]] (32EU) will send across insulated copper to a furnace up to 155 blocks away (5x31). No energy will be sent to a furnace 156 blocks away.

Keep in mind, however, that an excessive number of cable intersections will increase strain on your CPU (and more importantly, the server, when playing on a multi-player server). Don't do things like having rows of adjacent cables with every block connected to every other block. Also, separate cables connected to an energy storage device ([[BatBox]], etc.) or transformer do not count as a cable intersection, so take advantage of that when possible.

{{Navigation}}

[[Category:Wiring]]

Cable

2012-04-15T18:38:34Z

Medicdude: /* HV (Iron) Cable */ hanged EU-Packet to EUP

The '''Cables''' are the primary means of transferring [[EU]] from one device to another. There are several different tiers of cables, depending on how much [[EU#EU-Packet / Voltage|Voltage]] they can tolerate. If too much Voltage is applied to a cable, it will instantly melt but it can take unlimited amounts of "current" ([[EU|EU/t]]) in the right Voltage-Range ([[EU#EU-Packet / Voltage|EU-Packet]]). Different tiers are made out of different metals. Furthermore, all cables suffer from distance-related energy losses - long cables will inevitably lose energy in the process of transferring it. There are several ways to offset it - Transformers and insulation. For higher-tier cables, the insulation also reduces the amount of shock damage the player and NPC's receive from touching the cable under high voltage.

Insulated cables can also be painted using the [[Painter]]. This separates them, preventing cables of different colors from interacting with each other. This also greatly reduces the strain on CPU, as large cable meshes with many intersections require the game to perform many CPU-heavy calculations.

== Insulation ==
Cable can be insulated by adding 'rubber'. Insulation reduces the EU loss over distance of cable.

Placed cable can have insulation added or removed with [[Cutter|Insulation Cutters]].

Uninsulated cables (except glass fibre) cannot be coloured with the [[Painter]].

== Cable Types ==

More detailed information and a larger recipe list is available by looking at the page for each cable type.

=== Tin Cable ===
{{Grid/Crafting Table
|A2=Tin|B2=Tin|C2=Tin
|Output=Tin Cable|OA=9
|Output-link=Tin Cable
}}

Tin cables can only tolerate '''Micro Voltage''' (up to 5 [[EU|EUP]]) but they're very cheap to make and have extremely low energy loss.

=== Copper Cable ===

{|
|{{Grid/Crafting Table
|A2=Copper|B2=Copper|C2=Copper
|Output=Copper Cable|OA=6
|Output-link=Copper Cable
}}
|{{Grid/Crafting Table
|A1=Rubber|B1=Rubber|C1=Rubber
|A2=Copper|B2=Copper|C2=Copper
|A3=Rubber|B3=Rubber|C3=Rubber
|Output=Insulated Copper Cable|OA=6
|Output-link=Insulated Copper Cable
}}
|}

Copper cables are the most common cable tier. They are only capable of handling '''Low Voltage''' (up to 32 [[EU|EUP]]), however, they suffer the smallest distance-related energy losses out of all the conventional cables, with insulated copper cables having even less energy losses.

=== Gold Cable ===

{|
|{{Grid/Crafting Table
|A2=Gold|B2=Gold|C2=Gold
|Output=Gold_Cable|OA=12
|Output-link=Gold Cable
}}
|{{Grid/Crafting Table
|B1=Rubber
|A2=Rubber|B2=Gold|C2=Rubber
|B3=Rubber
|Output=Insulated_Gold_Cable|OA=4
|Output-link=Insulated Gold Cable
}}
|{{Grid/Crafting Table
|A2=Rubber|B2=Insulated_Gold_Cable
|Output=2xIns._Gold_Cable
|Output-link=2xIns. Gold Cable
}}
|}

Gold cables can transport '''Medium Voltage''' (up to 128 [[EU|EUP]]) but has higher energy loss than copper. The loss can be remedied to some extent by giving the cable up to two layers of insulation.

=== HV (Iron) Cable ===

{|
|{{Grid/Crafting Table
|A2=Refined Iron|B2=Refined Iron|C2=Refined Iron
|Output=HV_Cable|OA=12
|Output-link=HV Cable
}}
|{{Grid/Crafting Table
|B1=Rubber
|A2=Rubber|B2=Refined Iron|C2=Rubber
|B3=Rubber
|Output=Insulated_HV_Cable|OA=4
|Output-link=Insulated HV Cable
}}
|-
|{{Grid/Crafting Table
|A2=Rubber|B2=Insulated_HV_Cable
|Output=2xIns._HV_Cable
|Output-link=2xIns. HV Cable
}}
|{{Grid/Crafting Table
|A2=Rubber|B2=2xIns._HV_Cable
|Output=4xIns._HV_Cable
|Output-link=3xIns. HV Cable
}}
|}

HV Cables can handle the highest amount of current possible at '''Extreme Voltage''' (up to 2048 [[EU|EUP]]) however it loses energy very quickly and should only be used when there's no other choice. HV cables can have up to three layers of insulation to help deal with the energy loss.

=== Glass Fibre Cable ===

{|
|{{Grid/Crafting Table
|A1=Glass|B1=Glass|C1=Glass
|A2=Redstone|B2=Diamond|C2=Redstone
|A3=Glass|B3=Glass|C3=Glass
|Output=Glass_Fibre_Cable|OA=4
|Output-link=Glass Fibre Cable
}}
|{{Grid/Crafting Table
|A1=Glass|B1=Glass|C1=Glass
|A2=Silver ingot|B2=Diamond|C2=Silver ingot
|A3=Glass|B3=Glass|C3=Glass
|Output=Glass_Fibre_Cable|OA=6
|Output-link=Glass Fibre Cable
}}
|}

Glass Fibre cable is a special type of cable capable of transporting '''High Voltage''' (up to 512 [[EU|EU-Packets]]). It does not shock anything standing too close and has only a tiny amount of energy loss, however it is very expensive to make.

=== Detector Cable ===

{{Grid/Crafting Table
|A1=|B1=Electronic_Circuit|C1=
|A2=Redstone|B2=4xIns._HV_Cable|C2=Redstone
|A3=|B3=Redstone|C3=
|Output=Detector Cable
|Output-link=Detector Cable
}}

The Detector Cable is a special cable which outputs a redstone current when EU is flowing through it.

=== Splitter Cable ===

{{Grid/Crafting Table
|A1=|B1=Redstone|C1=
|A2=4xIns._HV_Cable|B2=Lever|C2=4xIns._HV_Cable
|A3=|B3=Redstone|C3=
|Output=Splitter Cable
|Output link=Splitter Cable
}}

The Splitter Cable is a special cable which prevents EU from flowing through it when a redstone current is applied.

== Cable Efficiency ==

All cables suffer distance-related energy losses, and depending on the tier and insulation of the given cable, the losses can vary greatly. The general unit for cable efficiency is EU/block. It shows how much [[EU]] every [[EU#EU-Packet / Voltage|EU Packet]] looses per block. The number is accumulated along the whole length of the cable, and then rounded down to the nearest integer. Therefore, if a distance is short enough, there EU loss will remain zero. For example, since Copper Cable loses 1 EU every 5 blocks, a 4 block long Insulated Copper Cable won't lose any EU.

{| class="wikitable"
! rowspan="2" |
! colspan="2" | [[Tin Cable]]
! colspan="2" | [[Copper Cable]]
! colspan="2" | [[Gold Cable]]
! colspan="2" | [[HV Cable]]
! colspan="2" | [[Glass Fibre Cable]]
! colspan="2" | [[Detector Cable|Detector]] / [[Splitter Cable|Splitter]] Cable
|-
! EU/b
! EU loss
! EU/b
! EU loss
! EU/b
! EU loss
! EU/b
! EU loss
! EU/b
! EU loss
! EU/b
! EU loss
|-
! Uninsulated
| 0.025
|1 EU every 40 blocks
|0.3
|1 EU every 3.33 blocks
|0.5
|1 EU every 2 blocks
|1.0
|1 EU every block
|0.025
|1 EU every 40 blocks
|0.5
|1 EU every 2 blocks
|-
! Insulated (1")
| colspan="2" align="center" | ---
|0.2
|1 EU every 5 blocks
|0.45
|1 EU every 2.22 blocks
|0.95
|1 EU every 1.05 blocks
| colspan="2" align="center" | ---
| colspan="2" align="center" | ---
|-
! Insulated (2")
| colspan="2" align="center" | ---
| colspan="2" align="center" | ---
|0.4
|1 EU every 2.5 blocks
|0.9
|1 EU every 1.11 blocks
| colspan="2" align="center" | ---
| colspan="2" align="center" | ---
|-
! Insulated (3")
| colspan="2" align="center" | ---
| colspan="2" align="center" | ---
| colspan="2" align="center" | ---
|0.8
|1 EU every 1.25 blocks
| colspan="2" align="center" | ---
| colspan="2" align="center" | ---
|}

== Voltage Efficiency ==
Depending on the [[EU#EU/t|EU/t]] traveling trough a cable it may be more efficient to use higher voltage cables and packets. This is because EU/b isn't applied on the total [[EU#EU/t|EU/t]] that travels the cable but on every single [[EU#EU-Packet|EU-Packet]].
So a copper cable carrying 320 EU/t over 10 Blocks of insulated copper cable is really carrying 10*32 EU-Packets and instead of: 320EU-2EU=318EU you get: 32EU*10-2*10=300EU. But when using 512 EU-Packets and 2x insulated gold cables you get: 320EU-4EU=316EU. In this example this is a difference of 16 EU over 10 Blocks.

The formula for overall EU/b is: Combined EU/t divided by Desired packet size multiplied by Cable's EU/b per Packet equals '''Combined EU/b'''

Below is an example of different EU/t packed into different EU-Packets and carried with different cables, cables are full insulated, EU-P equals [[EU#EU-Packet / Voltage|EU-Packet]], results are in '''Overall / Combined EU/b ''' (not EU/b per Packet), results can't be rounded down to nearest integer.:
{| class="wikitable"
! rowspan="2" | Example EU/t
! colspan="1" | [[Tin Cable]]
! colspan="2" | [[Copper Cable]] 1"
! colspan="3" | [[Gold Cable]] 2"
! colspan="5" | [[HV Cable]] 3"
! colspan="4" | [[Glass Fibre Cable]]
|- width="100" |
! width="80pt" | 2 EU-P
! width="80pt" | 2 EU-P
! width="80pt" | 32 EU-P
! width="80pt" | 2 EU-P
! width="80pt" | 32 EU-P
! width="80pt" | 128 EU-P
! width="80pt" | 2 EU-P
! width="80pt" | 32 EU-P
! width="80pt" | 128 EU-P
! width="80pt" | 512 EU-P
! width="80pt" | 2048 EU-P
! width="80pt" | 2 EU-P
! width="80pt" | 32 EU-P
! width="80pt" | 128 EU-P
! width="80pt" | 512 EU-P
|- align="center"
! 2 EU/t
|0.025
|0.2
|0.0125
|0.4
|0.025
|0.00625
|0.8
|0.05
|0.0125
|0.003125
|0.000781
|0.025
|0.00156
|0.00039
|0.000097
|- align="center"
! 10 EU/t
|0.125
|1.0
|0.625
|2.0
|0.125
|0.0312
|4.0
|0.25
|0.0625
|0.0156
|0.0039
|0.125
|0.00781
|0.00195
|0.000488
|- align="center"
! 100 EU/t
|1.25
|10.0
|0.625
|20.0
|1.25
|0.312
|40.0
|2.5
|0.625
|0.156
|0.039
|1.25
|0.078
|0.0195
|0.00488
|- align="center"
! 500 EU/t
|6.25
|50.0
|3.125
|100.0
|6.25
|1.56
|200.0
|12.5
|3.125
|0.781
|0.195
|6.25
|0.39
|0.097
|0.024
|- align="center"
! 2000 EU/t
|25
|200
|12.5
|400
|25
|6.25
|800
|50
|12.5
|3.125
|0.781
|25
|1.56
|0.39
|0.097
|- align="center"
! percentual EU/b
|1.25%
|10%
|0.625%
|20%
|1.25%
|0.315%
|40%
|2.5%
|0.625%
|0.156%
|0.039%
|1.25%
|0.078%
|0.0195%
|0.0048%
|}

* Blue color indicates that EU-Packets under 32 EU can't be obtained by transforming. They can only be generated with generators as they always emit EU-Packages the size of their output EU.
* Green color indicates the optimal EU-Package for that EU/t example. Blue fields are ignored.
* Orange color and red color indicates sub-optimal EU-Packages.

== Cable Splitting ==
Up to 6 cables can connect to one other cable. Current will only flow through a cable when requested by a consumer if the loss from the cable length will allow some energy to get to the consumer. i.e. a [[Batbox]] (32EU) will send across insulated copper to a furnace up to 155 blocks away (5x31). No energy will be sent to a furnace 156 blocks away.

Keep in mind, however, that an excessive number of cable intersections will increase strain on your CPU (and more importantly, the server, when playing on a multi-player server). Don't do things like having rows of adjacent cables with every block connected to every other block. Also, separate cables connected to an energy storage device ([[BatBox]], etc.) or transformer do not count as a cable intersection, so take advantage of that when possible.

{{Navigation}}

[[Category:Wiring]]

Cable

2012-04-15T18:38:01Z

Medicdude: /* Gold Cable */ hanged EU-Packet to EUP

The '''Cables''' are the primary means of transferring [[EU]] from one device to another. There are several different tiers of cables, depending on how much [[EU#EU-Packet / Voltage|Voltage]] they can tolerate. If too much Voltage is applied to a cable, it will instantly melt but it can take unlimited amounts of "current" ([[EU|EU/t]]) in the right Voltage-Range ([[EU#EU-Packet / Voltage|EU-Packet]]). Different tiers are made out of different metals. Furthermore, all cables suffer from distance-related energy losses - long cables will inevitably lose energy in the process of transferring it. There are several ways to offset it - Transformers and insulation. For higher-tier cables, the insulation also reduces the amount of shock damage the player and NPC's receive from touching the cable under high voltage.

Insulated cables can also be painted using the [[Painter]]. This separates them, preventing cables of different colors from interacting with each other. This also greatly reduces the strain on CPU, as large cable meshes with many intersections require the game to perform many CPU-heavy calculations.

== Insulation ==
Cable can be insulated by adding 'rubber'. Insulation reduces the EU loss over distance of cable.

Placed cable can have insulation added or removed with [[Cutter|Insulation Cutters]].

Uninsulated cables (except glass fibre) cannot be coloured with the [[Painter]].

== Cable Types ==

More detailed information and a larger recipe list is available by looking at the page for each cable type.

=== Tin Cable ===
{{Grid/Crafting Table
|A2=Tin|B2=Tin|C2=Tin
|Output=Tin Cable|OA=9
|Output-link=Tin Cable
}}

Tin cables can only tolerate '''Micro Voltage''' (up to 5 [[EU|EUP]]) but they're very cheap to make and have extremely low energy loss.

=== Copper Cable ===

{|
|{{Grid/Crafting Table
|A2=Copper|B2=Copper|C2=Copper
|Output=Copper Cable|OA=6
|Output-link=Copper Cable
}}
|{{Grid/Crafting Table
|A1=Rubber|B1=Rubber|C1=Rubber
|A2=Copper|B2=Copper|C2=Copper
|A3=Rubber|B3=Rubber|C3=Rubber
|Output=Insulated Copper Cable|OA=6
|Output-link=Insulated Copper Cable
}}
|}

Copper cables are the most common cable tier. They are only capable of handling '''Low Voltage''' (up to 32 [[EU|EUP]]), however, they suffer the smallest distance-related energy losses out of all the conventional cables, with insulated copper cables having even less energy losses.

=== Gold Cable ===

{|
|{{Grid/Crafting Table
|A2=Gold|B2=Gold|C2=Gold
|Output=Gold_Cable|OA=12
|Output-link=Gold Cable
}}
|{{Grid/Crafting Table
|B1=Rubber
|A2=Rubber|B2=Gold|C2=Rubber
|B3=Rubber
|Output=Insulated_Gold_Cable|OA=4
|Output-link=Insulated Gold Cable
}}
|{{Grid/Crafting Table
|A2=Rubber|B2=Insulated_Gold_Cable
|Output=2xIns._Gold_Cable
|Output-link=2xIns. Gold Cable
}}
|}

Gold cables can transport '''Medium Voltage''' (up to 128 [[EU|EUP]]) but has higher energy loss than copper. The loss can be remedied to some extent by giving the cable up to two layers of insulation.

=== HV (Iron) Cable ===

{|
|{{Grid/Crafting Table
|A2=Refined Iron|B2=Refined Iron|C2=Refined Iron
|Output=HV_Cable|OA=12
|Output-link=HV Cable
}}
|{{Grid/Crafting Table
|B1=Rubber
|A2=Rubber|B2=Refined Iron|C2=Rubber
|B3=Rubber
|Output=Insulated_HV_Cable|OA=4
|Output-link=Insulated HV Cable
}}
|-
|{{Grid/Crafting Table
|A2=Rubber|B2=Insulated_HV_Cable
|Output=2xIns._HV_Cable
|Output-link=2xIns. HV Cable
}}
|{{Grid/Crafting Table
|A2=Rubber|B2=2xIns._HV_Cable
|Output=4xIns._HV_Cable
|Output-link=3xIns. HV Cable
}}
|}

HV Cables can handle the highest amount of current possible at '''Extreme Voltage''' (up to 2048 [[EU|EU-Packets]]) however it loses energy very quickly and should only be used when there's no other choice. HV cables can have up to three layers of insulation to help deal with the energy loss.

=== Glass Fibre Cable ===

{|
|{{Grid/Crafting Table
|A1=Glass|B1=Glass|C1=Glass
|A2=Redstone|B2=Diamond|C2=Redstone
|A3=Glass|B3=Glass|C3=Glass
|Output=Glass_Fibre_Cable|OA=4
|Output-link=Glass Fibre Cable
}}
|{{Grid/Crafting Table
|A1=Glass|B1=Glass|C1=Glass
|A2=Silver ingot|B2=Diamond|C2=Silver ingot
|A3=Glass|B3=Glass|C3=Glass
|Output=Glass_Fibre_Cable|OA=6
|Output-link=Glass Fibre Cable
}}
|}

Glass Fibre cable is a special type of cable capable of transporting '''High Voltage''' (up to 512 [[EU|EU-Packets]]). It does not shock anything standing too close and has only a tiny amount of energy loss, however it is very expensive to make.

=== Detector Cable ===

{{Grid/Crafting Table
|A1=|B1=Electronic_Circuit|C1=
|A2=Redstone|B2=4xIns._HV_Cable|C2=Redstone
|A3=|B3=Redstone|C3=
|Output=Detector Cable
|Output-link=Detector Cable
}}

The Detector Cable is a special cable which outputs a redstone current when EU is flowing through it.

=== Splitter Cable ===

{{Grid/Crafting Table
|A1=|B1=Redstone|C1=
|A2=4xIns._HV_Cable|B2=Lever|C2=4xIns._HV_Cable
|A3=|B3=Redstone|C3=
|Output=Splitter Cable
|Output link=Splitter Cable
}}

The Splitter Cable is a special cable which prevents EU from flowing through it when a redstone current is applied.

== Cable Efficiency ==

All cables suffer distance-related energy losses, and depending on the tier and insulation of the given cable, the losses can vary greatly. The general unit for cable efficiency is EU/block. It shows how much [[EU]] every [[EU#EU-Packet / Voltage|EU Packet]] looses per block. The number is accumulated along the whole length of the cable, and then rounded down to the nearest integer. Therefore, if a distance is short enough, there EU loss will remain zero. For example, since Copper Cable loses 1 EU every 5 blocks, a 4 block long Insulated Copper Cable won't lose any EU.

{| class="wikitable"
! rowspan="2" |
! colspan="2" | [[Tin Cable]]
! colspan="2" | [[Copper Cable]]
! colspan="2" | [[Gold Cable]]
! colspan="2" | [[HV Cable]]
! colspan="2" | [[Glass Fibre Cable]]
! colspan="2" | [[Detector Cable|Detector]] / [[Splitter Cable|Splitter]] Cable
|-
! EU/b
! EU loss
! EU/b
! EU loss
! EU/b
! EU loss
! EU/b
! EU loss
! EU/b
! EU loss
! EU/b
! EU loss
|-
! Uninsulated
| 0.025
|1 EU every 40 blocks
|0.3
|1 EU every 3.33 blocks
|0.5
|1 EU every 2 blocks
|1.0
|1 EU every block
|0.025
|1 EU every 40 blocks
|0.5
|1 EU every 2 blocks
|-
! Insulated (1")
| colspan="2" align="center" | ---
|0.2
|1 EU every 5 blocks
|0.45
|1 EU every 2.22 blocks
|0.95
|1 EU every 1.05 blocks
| colspan="2" align="center" | ---
| colspan="2" align="center" | ---
|-
! Insulated (2")
| colspan="2" align="center" | ---
| colspan="2" align="center" | ---
|0.4
|1 EU every 2.5 blocks
|0.9
|1 EU every 1.11 blocks
| colspan="2" align="center" | ---
| colspan="2" align="center" | ---
|-
! Insulated (3")
| colspan="2" align="center" | ---
| colspan="2" align="center" | ---
| colspan="2" align="center" | ---
|0.8
|1 EU every 1.25 blocks
| colspan="2" align="center" | ---
| colspan="2" align="center" | ---
|}

== Voltage Efficiency ==
Depending on the [[EU#EU/t|EU/t]] traveling trough a cable it may be more efficient to use higher voltage cables and packets. This is because EU/b isn't applied on the total [[EU#EU/t|EU/t]] that travels the cable but on every single [[EU#EU-Packet|EU-Packet]].
So a copper cable carrying 320 EU/t over 10 Blocks of insulated copper cable is really carrying 10*32 EU-Packets and instead of: 320EU-2EU=318EU you get: 32EU*10-2*10=300EU. But when using 512 EU-Packets and 2x insulated gold cables you get: 320EU-4EU=316EU. In this example this is a difference of 16 EU over 10 Blocks.

The formula for overall EU/b is: Combined EU/t divided by Desired packet size multiplied by Cable's EU/b per Packet equals '''Combined EU/b'''

Below is an example of different EU/t packed into different EU-Packets and carried with different cables, cables are full insulated, EU-P equals [[EU#EU-Packet / Voltage|EU-Packet]], results are in '''Overall / Combined EU/b ''' (not EU/b per Packet), results can't be rounded down to nearest integer.:
{| class="wikitable"
! rowspan="2" | Example EU/t
! colspan="1" | [[Tin Cable]]
! colspan="2" | [[Copper Cable]] 1"
! colspan="3" | [[Gold Cable]] 2"
! colspan="5" | [[HV Cable]] 3"
! colspan="4" | [[Glass Fibre Cable]]
|- width="100" |
! width="80pt" | 2 EU-P
! width="80pt" | 2 EU-P
! width="80pt" | 32 EU-P
! width="80pt" | 2 EU-P
! width="80pt" | 32 EU-P
! width="80pt" | 128 EU-P
! width="80pt" | 2 EU-P
! width="80pt" | 32 EU-P
! width="80pt" | 128 EU-P
! width="80pt" | 512 EU-P
! width="80pt" | 2048 EU-P
! width="80pt" | 2 EU-P
! width="80pt" | 32 EU-P
! width="80pt" | 128 EU-P
! width="80pt" | 512 EU-P
|- align="center"
! 2 EU/t
|0.025
|0.2
|0.0125
|0.4
|0.025
|0.00625
|0.8
|0.05
|0.0125
|0.003125
|0.000781
|0.025
|0.00156
|0.00039
|0.000097
|- align="center"
! 10 EU/t
|0.125
|1.0
|0.625
|2.0
|0.125
|0.0312
|4.0
|0.25
|0.0625
|0.0156
|0.0039
|0.125
|0.00781
|0.00195
|0.000488
|- align="center"
! 100 EU/t
|1.25
|10.0
|0.625
|20.0
|1.25
|0.312
|40.0
|2.5
|0.625
|0.156
|0.039
|1.25
|0.078
|0.0195
|0.00488
|- align="center"
! 500 EU/t
|6.25
|50.0
|3.125
|100.0
|6.25
|1.56
|200.0
|12.5
|3.125
|0.781
|0.195
|6.25
|0.39
|0.097
|0.024
|- align="center"
! 2000 EU/t
|25
|200
|12.5
|400
|25
|6.25
|800
|50
|12.5
|3.125
|0.781
|25
|1.56
|0.39
|0.097
|- align="center"
! percentual EU/b
|1.25%
|10%
|0.625%
|20%
|1.25%
|0.315%
|40%
|2.5%
|0.625%
|0.156%
|0.039%
|1.25%
|0.078%
|0.0195%
|0.0048%
|}

* Blue color indicates that EU-Packets under 32 EU can't be obtained by transforming. They can only be generated with generators as they always emit EU-Packages the size of their output EU.
* Green color indicates the optimal EU-Package for that EU/t example. Blue fields are ignored.
* Orange color and red color indicates sub-optimal EU-Packages.

== Cable Splitting ==
Up to 6 cables can connect to one other cable. Current will only flow through a cable when requested by a consumer if the loss from the cable length will allow some energy to get to the consumer. i.e. a [[Batbox]] (32EU) will send across insulated copper to a furnace up to 155 blocks away (5x31). No energy will be sent to a furnace 156 blocks away.

Keep in mind, however, that an excessive number of cable intersections will increase strain on your CPU (and more importantly, the server, when playing on a multi-player server). Don't do things like having rows of adjacent cables with every block connected to every other block. Also, separate cables connected to an energy storage device ([[BatBox]], etc.) or transformer do not count as a cable intersection, so take advantage of that when possible.

{{Navigation}}

[[Category:Wiring]]

Cable

2012-04-15T18:37:39Z

Medicdude: /* Copper Cable */ hanged EU-Packet to EUP

The '''Cables''' are the primary means of transferring [[EU]] from one device to another. There are several different tiers of cables, depending on how much [[EU#EU-Packet / Voltage|Voltage]] they can tolerate. If too much Voltage is applied to a cable, it will instantly melt but it can take unlimited amounts of "current" ([[EU|EU/t]]) in the right Voltage-Range ([[EU#EU-Packet / Voltage|EU-Packet]]). Different tiers are made out of different metals. Furthermore, all cables suffer from distance-related energy losses - long cables will inevitably lose energy in the process of transferring it. There are several ways to offset it - Transformers and insulation. For higher-tier cables, the insulation also reduces the amount of shock damage the player and NPC's receive from touching the cable under high voltage.

Insulated cables can also be painted using the [[Painter]]. This separates them, preventing cables of different colors from interacting with each other. This also greatly reduces the strain on CPU, as large cable meshes with many intersections require the game to perform many CPU-heavy calculations.

== Insulation ==
Cable can be insulated by adding 'rubber'. Insulation reduces the EU loss over distance of cable.

Placed cable can have insulation added or removed with [[Cutter|Insulation Cutters]].

Uninsulated cables (except glass fibre) cannot be coloured with the [[Painter]].

== Cable Types ==

More detailed information and a larger recipe list is available by looking at the page for each cable type.

=== Tin Cable ===
{{Grid/Crafting Table
|A2=Tin|B2=Tin|C2=Tin
|Output=Tin Cable|OA=9
|Output-link=Tin Cable
}}

Tin cables can only tolerate '''Micro Voltage''' (up to 5 [[EU|EUP]]) but they're very cheap to make and have extremely low energy loss.

=== Copper Cable ===

{|
|{{Grid/Crafting Table
|A2=Copper|B2=Copper|C2=Copper
|Output=Copper Cable|OA=6
|Output-link=Copper Cable
}}
|{{Grid/Crafting Table
|A1=Rubber|B1=Rubber|C1=Rubber
|A2=Copper|B2=Copper|C2=Copper
|A3=Rubber|B3=Rubber|C3=Rubber
|Output=Insulated Copper Cable|OA=6
|Output-link=Insulated Copper Cable
}}
|}

Copper cables are the most common cable tier. They are only capable of handling '''Low Voltage''' (up to 32 [[EU|EUP]]), however, they suffer the smallest distance-related energy losses out of all the conventional cables, with insulated copper cables having even less energy losses.

=== Gold Cable ===

{|
|{{Grid/Crafting Table
|A2=Gold|B2=Gold|C2=Gold
|Output=Gold_Cable|OA=12
|Output-link=Gold Cable
}}
|{{Grid/Crafting Table
|B1=Rubber
|A2=Rubber|B2=Gold|C2=Rubber
|B3=Rubber
|Output=Insulated_Gold_Cable|OA=4
|Output-link=Insulated Gold Cable
}}
|{{Grid/Crafting Table
|A2=Rubber|B2=Insulated_Gold_Cable
|Output=2xIns._Gold_Cable
|Output-link=2xIns. Gold Cable
}}
|}

Gold cables can transport '''Medium Voltage''' (up to 128 [[EU|EU-Packets]]) but has higher energy loss than copper. The loss can be remedied to some extent by giving the cable up to two layers of insulation.

=== HV (Iron) Cable ===

{|
|{{Grid/Crafting Table
|A2=Refined Iron|B2=Refined Iron|C2=Refined Iron
|Output=HV_Cable|OA=12
|Output-link=HV Cable
}}
|{{Grid/Crafting Table
|B1=Rubber
|A2=Rubber|B2=Refined Iron|C2=Rubber
|B3=Rubber
|Output=Insulated_HV_Cable|OA=4
|Output-link=Insulated HV Cable
}}
|-
|{{Grid/Crafting Table
|A2=Rubber|B2=Insulated_HV_Cable
|Output=2xIns._HV_Cable
|Output-link=2xIns. HV Cable
}}
|{{Grid/Crafting Table
|A2=Rubber|B2=2xIns._HV_Cable
|Output=4xIns._HV_Cable
|Output-link=3xIns. HV Cable
}}
|}

HV Cables can handle the highest amount of current possible at '''Extreme Voltage''' (up to 2048 [[EU|EU-Packets]]) however it loses energy very quickly and should only be used when there's no other choice. HV cables can have up to three layers of insulation to help deal with the energy loss.

=== Glass Fibre Cable ===

{|
|{{Grid/Crafting Table
|A1=Glass|B1=Glass|C1=Glass
|A2=Redstone|B2=Diamond|C2=Redstone
|A3=Glass|B3=Glass|C3=Glass
|Output=Glass_Fibre_Cable|OA=4
|Output-link=Glass Fibre Cable
}}
|{{Grid/Crafting Table
|A1=Glass|B1=Glass|C1=Glass
|A2=Silver ingot|B2=Diamond|C2=Silver ingot
|A3=Glass|B3=Glass|C3=Glass
|Output=Glass_Fibre_Cable|OA=6
|Output-link=Glass Fibre Cable
}}
|}

Glass Fibre cable is a special type of cable capable of transporting '''High Voltage''' (up to 512 [[EU|EU-Packets]]). It does not shock anything standing too close and has only a tiny amount of energy loss, however it is very expensive to make.

=== Detector Cable ===

{{Grid/Crafting Table
|A1=|B1=Electronic_Circuit|C1=
|A2=Redstone|B2=4xIns._HV_Cable|C2=Redstone
|A3=|B3=Redstone|C3=
|Output=Detector Cable
|Output-link=Detector Cable
}}

The Detector Cable is a special cable which outputs a redstone current when EU is flowing through it.

=== Splitter Cable ===

{{Grid/Crafting Table
|A1=|B1=Redstone|C1=
|A2=4xIns._HV_Cable|B2=Lever|C2=4xIns._HV_Cable
|A3=|B3=Redstone|C3=
|Output=Splitter Cable
|Output link=Splitter Cable
}}

The Splitter Cable is a special cable which prevents EU from flowing through it when a redstone current is applied.

== Cable Efficiency ==

All cables suffer distance-related energy losses, and depending on the tier and insulation of the given cable, the losses can vary greatly. The general unit for cable efficiency is EU/block. It shows how much [[EU]] every [[EU#EU-Packet / Voltage|EU Packet]] looses per block. The number is accumulated along the whole length of the cable, and then rounded down to the nearest integer. Therefore, if a distance is short enough, there EU loss will remain zero. For example, since Copper Cable loses 1 EU every 5 blocks, a 4 block long Insulated Copper Cable won't lose any EU.

{| class="wikitable"
! rowspan="2" |
! colspan="2" | [[Tin Cable]]
! colspan="2" | [[Copper Cable]]
! colspan="2" | [[Gold Cable]]
! colspan="2" | [[HV Cable]]
! colspan="2" | [[Glass Fibre Cable]]
! colspan="2" | [[Detector Cable|Detector]] / [[Splitter Cable|Splitter]] Cable
|-
! EU/b
! EU loss
! EU/b
! EU loss
! EU/b
! EU loss
! EU/b
! EU loss
! EU/b
! EU loss
! EU/b
! EU loss
|-
! Uninsulated
| 0.025
|1 EU every 40 blocks
|0.3
|1 EU every 3.33 blocks
|0.5
|1 EU every 2 blocks
|1.0
|1 EU every block
|0.025
|1 EU every 40 blocks
|0.5
|1 EU every 2 blocks
|-
! Insulated (1")
| colspan="2" align="center" | ---
|0.2
|1 EU every 5 blocks
|0.45
|1 EU every 2.22 blocks
|0.95
|1 EU every 1.05 blocks
| colspan="2" align="center" | ---
| colspan="2" align="center" | ---
|-
! Insulated (2")
| colspan="2" align="center" | ---
| colspan="2" align="center" | ---
|0.4
|1 EU every 2.5 blocks
|0.9
|1 EU every 1.11 blocks
| colspan="2" align="center" | ---
| colspan="2" align="center" | ---
|-
! Insulated (3")
| colspan="2" align="center" | ---
| colspan="2" align="center" | ---
| colspan="2" align="center" | ---
|0.8
|1 EU every 1.25 blocks
| colspan="2" align="center" | ---
| colspan="2" align="center" | ---
|}

== Voltage Efficiency ==
Depending on the [[EU#EU/t|EU/t]] traveling trough a cable it may be more efficient to use higher voltage cables and packets. This is because EU/b isn't applied on the total [[EU#EU/t|EU/t]] that travels the cable but on every single [[EU#EU-Packet|EU-Packet]].
So a copper cable carrying 320 EU/t over 10 Blocks of insulated copper cable is really carrying 10*32 EU-Packets and instead of: 320EU-2EU=318EU you get: 32EU*10-2*10=300EU. But when using 512 EU-Packets and 2x insulated gold cables you get: 320EU-4EU=316EU. In this example this is a difference of 16 EU over 10 Blocks.

The formula for overall EU/b is: Combined EU/t divided by Desired packet size multiplied by Cable's EU/b per Packet equals '''Combined EU/b'''

Below is an example of different EU/t packed into different EU-Packets and carried with different cables, cables are full insulated, EU-P equals [[EU#EU-Packet / Voltage|EU-Packet]], results are in '''Overall / Combined EU/b ''' (not EU/b per Packet), results can't be rounded down to nearest integer.:
{| class="wikitable"
! rowspan="2" | Example EU/t
! colspan="1" | [[Tin Cable]]
! colspan="2" | [[Copper Cable]] 1"
! colspan="3" | [[Gold Cable]] 2"
! colspan="5" | [[HV Cable]] 3"
! colspan="4" | [[Glass Fibre Cable]]
|- width="100" |
! width="80pt" | 2 EU-P
! width="80pt" | 2 EU-P
! width="80pt" | 32 EU-P
! width="80pt" | 2 EU-P
! width="80pt" | 32 EU-P
! width="80pt" | 128 EU-P
! width="80pt" | 2 EU-P
! width="80pt" | 32 EU-P
! width="80pt" | 128 EU-P
! width="80pt" | 512 EU-P
! width="80pt" | 2048 EU-P
! width="80pt" | 2 EU-P
! width="80pt" | 32 EU-P
! width="80pt" | 128 EU-P
! width="80pt" | 512 EU-P
|- align="center"
! 2 EU/t
|0.025
|0.2
|0.0125
|0.4
|0.025
|0.00625
|0.8
|0.05
|0.0125
|0.003125
|0.000781
|0.025
|0.00156
|0.00039
|0.000097
|- align="center"
! 10 EU/t
|0.125
|1.0
|0.625
|2.0
|0.125
|0.0312
|4.0
|0.25
|0.0625
|0.0156
|0.0039
|0.125
|0.00781
|0.00195
|0.000488
|- align="center"
! 100 EU/t
|1.25
|10.0
|0.625
|20.0
|1.25
|0.312
|40.0
|2.5
|0.625
|0.156
|0.039
|1.25
|0.078
|0.0195
|0.00488
|- align="center"
! 500 EU/t
|6.25
|50.0
|3.125
|100.0
|6.25
|1.56
|200.0
|12.5
|3.125
|0.781
|0.195
|6.25
|0.39
|0.097
|0.024
|- align="center"
! 2000 EU/t
|25
|200
|12.5
|400
|25
|6.25
|800
|50
|12.5
|3.125
|0.781
|25
|1.56
|0.39
|0.097
|- align="center"
! percentual EU/b
|1.25%
|10%
|0.625%
|20%
|1.25%
|0.315%
|40%
|2.5%
|0.625%
|0.156%
|0.039%
|1.25%
|0.078%
|0.0195%
|0.0048%
|}

* Blue color indicates that EU-Packets under 32 EU can't be obtained by transforming. They can only be generated with generators as they always emit EU-Packages the size of their output EU.
* Green color indicates the optimal EU-Package for that EU/t example. Blue fields are ignored.
* Orange color and red color indicates sub-optimal EU-Packages.

== Cable Splitting ==
Up to 6 cables can connect to one other cable. Current will only flow through a cable when requested by a consumer if the loss from the cable length will allow some energy to get to the consumer. i.e. a [[Batbox]] (32EU) will send across insulated copper to a furnace up to 155 blocks away (5x31). No energy will be sent to a furnace 156 blocks away.

Keep in mind, however, that an excessive number of cable intersections will increase strain on your CPU (and more importantly, the server, when playing on a multi-player server). Don't do things like having rows of adjacent cables with every block connected to every other block. Also, separate cables connected to an energy storage device ([[BatBox]], etc.) or transformer do not count as a cable intersection, so take advantage of that when possible.

{{Navigation}}

[[Category:Wiring]]

Cable

2012-04-15T18:37:22Z

Medicdude: /* Tin Cable */ Changed EU-Packet to EUP

The '''Cables''' are the primary means of transferring [[EU]] from one device to another. There are several different tiers of cables, depending on how much [[EU#EU-Packet / Voltage|Voltage]] they can tolerate. If too much Voltage is applied to a cable, it will instantly melt but it can take unlimited amounts of "current" ([[EU|EU/t]]) in the right Voltage-Range ([[EU#EU-Packet / Voltage|EU-Packet]]). Different tiers are made out of different metals. Furthermore, all cables suffer from distance-related energy losses - long cables will inevitably lose energy in the process of transferring it. There are several ways to offset it - Transformers and insulation. For higher-tier cables, the insulation also reduces the amount of shock damage the player and NPC's receive from touching the cable under high voltage.

Insulated cables can also be painted using the [[Painter]]. This separates them, preventing cables of different colors from interacting with each other. This also greatly reduces the strain on CPU, as large cable meshes with many intersections require the game to perform many CPU-heavy calculations.

== Insulation ==
Cable can be insulated by adding 'rubber'. Insulation reduces the EU loss over distance of cable.

Placed cable can have insulation added or removed with [[Cutter|Insulation Cutters]].

Uninsulated cables (except glass fibre) cannot be coloured with the [[Painter]].

== Cable Types ==

More detailed information and a larger recipe list is available by looking at the page for each cable type.

=== Tin Cable ===
{{Grid/Crafting Table
|A2=Tin|B2=Tin|C2=Tin
|Output=Tin Cable|OA=9
|Output-link=Tin Cable
}}

Tin cables can only tolerate '''Micro Voltage''' (up to 5 [[EU|EUP]]) but they're very cheap to make and have extremely low energy loss.

=== Copper Cable ===

{|
|{{Grid/Crafting Table
|A2=Copper|B2=Copper|C2=Copper
|Output=Copper Cable|OA=6
|Output-link=Copper Cable
}}
|{{Grid/Crafting Table
|A1=Rubber|B1=Rubber|C1=Rubber
|A2=Copper|B2=Copper|C2=Copper
|A3=Rubber|B3=Rubber|C3=Rubber
|Output=Insulated Copper Cable|OA=6
|Output-link=Insulated Copper Cable
}}
|}

Copper cables are the most common cable tier. They are only capable of handling '''Low Voltage''' (up to 32 [[EU|EU-Packets]]), however, they suffer the smallest distance-related energy losses out of all the conventional cables, with insulated copper cables having even less energy losses.

=== Gold Cable ===

{|
|{{Grid/Crafting Table
|A2=Gold|B2=Gold|C2=Gold
|Output=Gold_Cable|OA=12
|Output-link=Gold Cable
}}
|{{Grid/Crafting Table
|B1=Rubber
|A2=Rubber|B2=Gold|C2=Rubber
|B3=Rubber
|Output=Insulated_Gold_Cable|OA=4
|Output-link=Insulated Gold Cable
}}
|{{Grid/Crafting Table
|A2=Rubber|B2=Insulated_Gold_Cable
|Output=2xIns._Gold_Cable
|Output-link=2xIns. Gold Cable
}}
|}

Gold cables can transport '''Medium Voltage''' (up to 128 [[EU|EU-Packets]]) but has higher energy loss than copper. The loss can be remedied to some extent by giving the cable up to two layers of insulation.

=== HV (Iron) Cable ===

{|
|{{Grid/Crafting Table
|A2=Refined Iron|B2=Refined Iron|C2=Refined Iron
|Output=HV_Cable|OA=12
|Output-link=HV Cable
}}
|{{Grid/Crafting Table
|B1=Rubber
|A2=Rubber|B2=Refined Iron|C2=Rubber
|B3=Rubber
|Output=Insulated_HV_Cable|OA=4
|Output-link=Insulated HV Cable
}}
|-
|{{Grid/Crafting Table
|A2=Rubber|B2=Insulated_HV_Cable
|Output=2xIns._HV_Cable
|Output-link=2xIns. HV Cable
}}
|{{Grid/Crafting Table
|A2=Rubber|B2=2xIns._HV_Cable
|Output=4xIns._HV_Cable
|Output-link=3xIns. HV Cable
}}
|}

HV Cables can handle the highest amount of current possible at '''Extreme Voltage''' (up to 2048 [[EU|EU-Packets]]) however it loses energy very quickly and should only be used when there's no other choice. HV cables can have up to three layers of insulation to help deal with the energy loss.

=== Glass Fibre Cable ===

{|
|{{Grid/Crafting Table
|A1=Glass|B1=Glass|C1=Glass
|A2=Redstone|B2=Diamond|C2=Redstone
|A3=Glass|B3=Glass|C3=Glass
|Output=Glass_Fibre_Cable|OA=4
|Output-link=Glass Fibre Cable
}}
|{{Grid/Crafting Table
|A1=Glass|B1=Glass|C1=Glass
|A2=Silver ingot|B2=Diamond|C2=Silver ingot
|A3=Glass|B3=Glass|C3=Glass
|Output=Glass_Fibre_Cable|OA=6
|Output-link=Glass Fibre Cable
}}
|}

Glass Fibre cable is a special type of cable capable of transporting '''High Voltage''' (up to 512 [[EU|EU-Packets]]). It does not shock anything standing too close and has only a tiny amount of energy loss, however it is very expensive to make.

=== Detector Cable ===

{{Grid/Crafting Table
|A1=|B1=Electronic_Circuit|C1=
|A2=Redstone|B2=4xIns._HV_Cable|C2=Redstone
|A3=|B3=Redstone|C3=
|Output=Detector Cable
|Output-link=Detector Cable
}}

The Detector Cable is a special cable which outputs a redstone current when EU is flowing through it.

=== Splitter Cable ===

{{Grid/Crafting Table
|A1=|B1=Redstone|C1=
|A2=4xIns._HV_Cable|B2=Lever|C2=4xIns._HV_Cable
|A3=|B3=Redstone|C3=
|Output=Splitter Cable
|Output link=Splitter Cable
}}

The Splitter Cable is a special cable which prevents EU from flowing through it when a redstone current is applied.

== Cable Efficiency ==

All cables suffer distance-related energy losses, and depending on the tier and insulation of the given cable, the losses can vary greatly. The general unit for cable efficiency is EU/block. It shows how much [[EU]] every [[EU#EU-Packet / Voltage|EU Packet]] looses per block. The number is accumulated along the whole length of the cable, and then rounded down to the nearest integer. Therefore, if a distance is short enough, there EU loss will remain zero. For example, since Copper Cable loses 1 EU every 5 blocks, a 4 block long Insulated Copper Cable won't lose any EU.

{| class="wikitable"
! rowspan="2" |
! colspan="2" | [[Tin Cable]]
! colspan="2" | [[Copper Cable]]
! colspan="2" | [[Gold Cable]]
! colspan="2" | [[HV Cable]]
! colspan="2" | [[Glass Fibre Cable]]
! colspan="2" | [[Detector Cable|Detector]] / [[Splitter Cable|Splitter]] Cable
|-
! EU/b
! EU loss
! EU/b
! EU loss
! EU/b
! EU loss
! EU/b
! EU loss
! EU/b
! EU loss
! EU/b
! EU loss
|-
! Uninsulated
| 0.025
|1 EU every 40 blocks
|0.3
|1 EU every 3.33 blocks
|0.5
|1 EU every 2 blocks
|1.0
|1 EU every block
|0.025
|1 EU every 40 blocks
|0.5
|1 EU every 2 blocks
|-
! Insulated (1")
| colspan="2" align="center" | ---
|0.2
|1 EU every 5 blocks
|0.45
|1 EU every 2.22 blocks
|0.95
|1 EU every 1.05 blocks
| colspan="2" align="center" | ---
| colspan="2" align="center" | ---
|-
! Insulated (2")
| colspan="2" align="center" | ---
| colspan="2" align="center" | ---
|0.4
|1 EU every 2.5 blocks
|0.9
|1 EU every 1.11 blocks
| colspan="2" align="center" | ---
| colspan="2" align="center" | ---
|-
! Insulated (3")
| colspan="2" align="center" | ---
| colspan="2" align="center" | ---
| colspan="2" align="center" | ---
|0.8
|1 EU every 1.25 blocks
| colspan="2" align="center" | ---
| colspan="2" align="center" | ---
|}

== Voltage Efficiency ==
Depending on the [[EU#EU/t|EU/t]] traveling trough a cable it may be more efficient to use higher voltage cables and packets. This is because EU/b isn't applied on the total [[EU#EU/t|EU/t]] that travels the cable but on every single [[EU#EU-Packet|EU-Packet]].
So a copper cable carrying 320 EU/t over 10 Blocks of insulated copper cable is really carrying 10*32 EU-Packets and instead of: 320EU-2EU=318EU you get: 32EU*10-2*10=300EU. But when using 512 EU-Packets and 2x insulated gold cables you get: 320EU-4EU=316EU. In this example this is a difference of 16 EU over 10 Blocks.

The formula for overall EU/b is: Combined EU/t divided by Desired packet size multiplied by Cable's EU/b per Packet equals '''Combined EU/b'''

Below is an example of different EU/t packed into different EU-Packets and carried with different cables, cables are full insulated, EU-P equals [[EU#EU-Packet / Voltage|EU-Packet]], results are in '''Overall / Combined EU/b ''' (not EU/b per Packet), results can't be rounded down to nearest integer.:
{| class="wikitable"
! rowspan="2" | Example EU/t
! colspan="1" | [[Tin Cable]]
! colspan="2" | [[Copper Cable]] 1"
! colspan="3" | [[Gold Cable]] 2"
! colspan="5" | [[HV Cable]] 3"
! colspan="4" | [[Glass Fibre Cable]]
|- width="100" |
! width="80pt" | 2 EU-P
! width="80pt" | 2 EU-P
! width="80pt" | 32 EU-P
! width="80pt" | 2 EU-P
! width="80pt" | 32 EU-P
! width="80pt" | 128 EU-P
! width="80pt" | 2 EU-P
! width="80pt" | 32 EU-P
! width="80pt" | 128 EU-P
! width="80pt" | 512 EU-P
! width="80pt" | 2048 EU-P
! width="80pt" | 2 EU-P
! width="80pt" | 32 EU-P
! width="80pt" | 128 EU-P
! width="80pt" | 512 EU-P
|- align="center"
! 2 EU/t
|0.025
|0.2
|0.0125
|0.4
|0.025
|0.00625
|0.8
|0.05
|0.0125
|0.003125
|0.000781
|0.025
|0.00156
|0.00039
|0.000097
|- align="center"
! 10 EU/t
|0.125
|1.0
|0.625
|2.0
|0.125
|0.0312
|4.0
|0.25
|0.0625
|0.0156
|0.0039
|0.125
|0.00781
|0.00195
|0.000488
|- align="center"
! 100 EU/t
|1.25
|10.0
|0.625
|20.0
|1.25
|0.312
|40.0
|2.5
|0.625
|0.156
|0.039
|1.25
|0.078
|0.0195
|0.00488
|- align="center"
! 500 EU/t
|6.25
|50.0
|3.125
|100.0
|6.25
|1.56
|200.0
|12.5
|3.125
|0.781
|0.195
|6.25
|0.39
|0.097
|0.024
|- align="center"
! 2000 EU/t
|25
|200
|12.5
|400
|25
|6.25
|800
|50
|12.5
|3.125
|0.781
|25
|1.56
|0.39
|0.097
|- align="center"
! percentual EU/b
|1.25%
|10%
|0.625%
|20%
|1.25%
|0.315%
|40%
|2.5%
|0.625%
|0.156%
|0.039%
|1.25%
|0.078%
|0.0195%
|0.0048%
|}

* Blue color indicates that EU-Packets under 32 EU can't be obtained by transforming. They can only be generated with generators as they always emit EU-Packages the size of their output EU.
* Green color indicates the optimal EU-Package for that EU/t example. Blue fields are ignored.
* Orange color and red color indicates sub-optimal EU-Packages.

== Cable Splitting ==
Up to 6 cables can connect to one other cable. Current will only flow through a cable when requested by a consumer if the loss from the cable length will allow some energy to get to the consumer. i.e. a [[Batbox]] (32EU) will send across insulated copper to a furnace up to 155 blocks away (5x31). No energy will be sent to a furnace 156 blocks away.

Keep in mind, however, that an excessive number of cable intersections will increase strain on your CPU (and more importantly, the server, when playing on a multi-player server). Don't do things like having rows of adjacent cables with every block connected to every other block. Also, separate cables connected to an energy storage device ([[BatBox]], etc.) or transformer do not count as a cable intersection, so take advantage of that when possible.

{{Navigation}}

[[Category:Wiring]]

EU

2012-04-15T18:36:23Z

Medicdude: /* EU-Packet */ added new rating 'EUP'

EU - '''Energy Unit''' is the measure of energy used by IC. It is most similar to the SI derived unit [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Joule Joule]. EUs are 'produced' by [[generator]]s, stored by mobile units like an [[RE Battery]] or by stationary units like a [[batbox]], transmitted along [[cable]]s, and 'consumed' by ICs various machines.

EU stored in items or devices does not leak over time.

EU is not related to Redstone current, but multiple machines can be affected by redstone currents, and a [[Detector Cable]] produces redstone current if there is any EU passing through it.
Some machines allow a lever to be mounted directly on its block.

Raw EU values are used to measure capacity of energy storage items or blocks.

== EU/t ==

EU/t means '''Energy unit per tick'''. It is a derived unit of energy over time, a rate of EU consumption or production, similar to the SI derived unit [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Watt Watt].

The sum of all '''EU/t''' in a wire can be measured with an [[EC-Meter]] by clicking twice; once to begin measurement, and again to finish and display the measurement. It can also be observed by the rate of change in EU capacity displayed by storage devices like the [[batbox]].

Minecraft normally operates at about 20 ticks per second, unless you are experiencing client or server [http://mcserverwiki.com/index.php?title=Reducing_Lag lag].

== EU-Packet ==

'''EU-Packets''' are the transmission containers of [[EU]]s in Industrial Craft 2. Each tick, the EU sent or received by each machine is done so by an individual EU-Packet.

EU-Packets come in different sizes ranging from 1 EU to 2048 EU, unlike IC1 you may not change EU output of storage devices.

The maximum size EU-Packet a device or cable can handle is abbreviated as '''EUP''' (Said as EU Packet, or EU Power).

=== Emitters ===
* Generators and storage devices emit EU-packets as big as their output.
* Storage Units always emit packets the size of their "out" value.
* Transformers behave like Storage Units. They are able to upgrade four packets into one of a higher tier or downgrade a single packet into four of a lower tier.

=== Cables ===
[[Cable]]s are limited by the size of EU-Packets that may travel through, NOT the number of packets, NOR the total EU/t contained by these packets. If an EU Packet too large for a cable to handle tries to pass through, the cable will be destroyed.

For example, an unlimited amount of 32 EU-Packets can pass through a Copper cable per tick, but not a single 128 EU-Packet.

Energy loss of a cable is applied to every EU-packet, not the total EU/t passing through. Ex. Using a gold cable, sending 4 32 EU-Packets in a cable (by using 4 [[batbox]]s) results in 4 times the energy loss of sending one 128 EU-Packet (by using a [[MFE Unit]]). See the [[Cable#Voltage Efficiency|Voltage Efficiency]] section for more information.

=== Packet Sizes ===

{| class="wikitable"
|-
! Name
! Packet Size
! Emitters
! colspan=5 | Cable
|- style="height: 32px;"
| align="center" | '''Micro Voltage'''
| align="right" | 0-5 EU
| [[Solar Panel]], [[Water Mill]], [[Wind Mill]]
| style="border-right:0;border-left:0" align="center" |[[File:Grid Tin Cable.png|link=Tin Cable]]
| style="border-right:0;border-left:0" align="center" |[[File:Grid Copper Cable.png|link=Copper Cable]]
| style="border-right:0;border-left:0" align="center" |[[File:Grid Gold Cable.png|link=Gold Cable]]
| style="border-right:0;border-left:0" align="center" |[[File:Grid Glass Fibre Cable.png|link=Glass Fibre Cable]]
| style="border-right:0;border-left:0" align="center" |[[File:Grid HV Cable.png|link=HV Cable]]
|-
| align="center" | '''Low Voltage'''
| align="right" | 32 EU
| [[Batbox]], [[LV Transformer]],[[Nuclear Reactor]],[[Generator]],[[Geothermal Generator]]
| style="border-right:0;border-left:0" align="center" |[[File:Grid Copper Cable.png|link=Copper Cable]]
| style="border-right:0;border-left:0" align="center" |[[File:Grid Gold Cable.png|link=Gold Cable]]
| style="border: 0px;" align="center" |[[File:Grid Glass Fibre Cable.png|link=Glass Fibre Cable]]
| style="border-right:0;border-left:0" align="center" |[[File:Grid HV Cable.png|link=HV Cable]]
| style="border-right:0;border-left:0" |
|-
| align="center" | '''Medium Voltage'''
| align="right" | 128 EU
| [[MFE Unit]], [[MV Transformer]], Redstoned [[LV Transformer]],[[Nuclear Reactor]]
| style="border-right:0;border-left:0" align="center" |[[File:Grid Gold Cable.png|link=Gold Cable]]
| style="border-right:0;border-left:0" align="center" |[[File:Grid Glass Fibre Cable.png|link=Glass Fibre Cable]]
| style="border-right:0;border-left:0" align="center" |[[File:Grid HV Cable.png|link=HV Cable]]
| style="border-right:0;border-left:0" |
| style="border-right:0;border-left:0" |
|-
| align="center" | '''High Voltage'''
| align="right" | 512 EU
| [[MFS Unit]], [[HV Transformer]], Redstoned [[MV Transformer]],[[Nuclear Reactor]]
| style="border-right:0;border-left:0" align="center" |[[File:Grid Glass Fibre Cable.png|link=Glass Fibre Cable]]
| style="border-right:0;border-left:0" align="center" |[[File:Grid HV Cable.png|link=HV Cable]]
| style="border-right:0;border-left:0" |
| style="border-right:0;border-left:0" |
| style="border-right:0;border-left:0" |
|-
| align="center" | '''Extreme Voltage'''
| align="right" | 2048 EU
| Redstoned [[HV Transformer]],[[Nuclear Reactor]]
| style="border-right:0;border-left:0" align="center" |[[File:Grid HV Cable.png|link=HV Cable]]
|-
|}

A [[Nuclear Reactor]] is able to provide variable sized packets based on setup, the maximum possible energy output is 2400 EU\t.

Macerator

2012-04-15T18:32:59Z

Medicdude:

{{Block
|image=Macerator_ig.png
|type=Machine
|gravity=No
|dirt=No
|transparent=No
|light=No
|tool=bwrench
|stackable=Yes (64)
}}

The ''Macerator'' is an all purpose grinding machine, capable of breaking down many ores and other items into their base components.

For example, the Macerator grinds down '''one''' [[Tin Ore]] into '''two''' [[Dusts|Tin Dust]], each of which can be smelted into a [[Tin|Tin Ingot]].

Easily '''doubles''' mining profits! How's that for a Hayo-ish tool!?

It uses either a direct [[Cable]] connection or an energy storage item ([[Single-use Battery]] or [[RE Battery]]).

== Recipe ==

{{Grid/Crafting Table
|A1=Flint|B1=Flint|C1=Flint
|A2=Cobblestone|B2=Machine|C2=Cobblestone
|B3=Electronic Circuit
|Output=Macerator
}}

== Usage ==

It reduces ore blocks (and {{mp|Clay_Blocks|Clay blocks}}) into 2 [[Dusts]] and {{mp|Coal}} into 1 Coal Dust. It can grind {{mp|Cobblestone}} and {{mp|Sandstone}} into {{mp|Sand}}. It can also convert {{mp|Gravel}} into {{mp|Flint}} and {{mp|Wool}} into {{mp|String}}.

{{Grid/Machine
|Type=Macerator
|Top=Copper Ore
|Bottom=RE Battery (Charged)
|Output=Copper Dust|OA=2
}}

{{Grid/Machine
|Type=Macerator
|Top=Cobblestone
|Bottom=RE Battery (Charged)
|Output=Sand
}}

{{Grid/Machine
|Type=Macerator
|Top=Gravel
|Bottom=RE Battery (Charged)
|Output=Flint
}}

{{Energy|Input=625 (2 EU/t)|Output=-|Storage=800 EU}}
Maximum Input Power: 32 EUP before exploding.

== Trivia ==
As of v1.337, the Macerator gives off dust particle effects while in use.

{{Navigation}}

[[Category:Machines]]

Macerator

2012-04-15T18:29:55Z

Medicdude: changed EU/t to EU-Packet power

{{Block
|image=Macerator_ig.png
|type=Machine
|gravity=No
|dirt=No
|transparent=No
|light=No
|tool=bwrench
|stackable=Yes (64)
}}

The ''Macerator'' is an all purpose grinding machine, capable of breaking down many ores and other items into their base components.

For example, the Macerator grinds down '''one''' [[Tin Ore]] into '''two''' [[Dusts|Tin Dust]], each of which can be smelted into a [[Tin|Tin Ingot]].

Easily '''doubles''' mining profits! How's that for a Hayo-ish tool!?

It uses either a direct [[Cable]] connection or an energy storage item ([[Single-use Battery]] or [[RE Battery]]).

== Recipe ==

{{Grid/Crafting Table
|A1=Flint|B1=Flint|C1=Flint
|A2=Cobblestone|B2=Machine|C2=Cobblestone
|B3=Electronic Circuit
|Output=Macerator
}}

== Usage ==

It reduces ore blocks (and {{mp|Clay_Blocks|Clay blocks}}) into 2 [[Dusts]] and {{mp|Coal}} into 1 Coal Dust. It can grind {{mp|Cobblestone}} and {{mp|Sandstone}} into {{mp|Sand}}. It can also convert {{mp|Gravel}} into {{mp|Flint}} and {{mp|Wool}} into {{mp|String}}.

{{Grid/Machine
|Type=Macerator
|Top=Copper Ore
|Bottom=RE Battery (Charged)
|Output=Copper Dust|OA=2
}}

{{Grid/Machine
|Type=Macerator
|Top=Cobblestone
|Bottom=RE Battery (Charged)
|Output=Sand
}}

{{Grid/Machine
|Type=Macerator
|Top=Gravel
|Bottom=RE Battery (Charged)
|Output=Flint
}}

{{Energy|Input=625 (2 EU/t)|Output=-|Storage=625}}
Maximum Input Power: 32 EU-Packet power before exploding
Storage before upgrade: 800EU

== Trivia ==
As of v1.337, the Macerator gives off dust particle effects while in use.

{{Navigation}}

[[Category:Machines]]

EU

2012-04-15T18:26:30Z

Medicdude: /* Cables */

EU - '''Energy Unit''' is the measure of energy used by IC. It is most similar to the SI derived unit [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Joule Joule]. EUs are 'produced' by [[generator]]s, stored by mobile units like an [[RE Battery]] or by stationary units like a [[batbox]], transmitted along [[cable]]s, and 'consumed' by ICs various machines.

EU stored in items or devices does not leak over time.

EU is not related to Redstone current, but multiple machines can be affected by redstone currents, and a [[Detector Cable]] produces redstone current if there is any EU passing through it.
Some machines allow a lever to be mounted directly on its block.

Raw EU values are used to measure capacity of energy storage items or blocks.

== EU/t ==

EU/t means '''Energy unit per tick'''. It is a derived unit of energy over time, a rate of EU consumption or production, similar to the SI derived unit [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Watt Watt].

The sum of all '''EU/t''' in a wire can be measured with an [[EC-Meter]] by clicking twice; once to begin measurement, and again to finish and display the measurement. It can also be observed by the rate of change in EU capacity displayed by storage devices like the [[batbox]].

Minecraft normally operates at about 20 ticks per second, unless you are experiencing client or server [http://mcserverwiki.com/index.php?title=Reducing_Lag lag].

== EU-Packet ==

'''EU-Packets''' are the transmission containers of [[EU]]s in Industrial Craft 2. Each tick, the EU sent or received by each machine is done so by an individual EU-Packet.

EU-Packets come in different sizes ranging from 1 EU to 2048 EU, unlike IC1 you may not change EU output of storage devices.

=== Emitters ===
* Generators and storage devices emit EU-packets as big as their output.
* Storage Units always emit packets the size of their "out" value.
* Transformers behave like Storage Units. They are able to upgrade four packets into one of a higher tier or downgrade a single packet into four of a lower tier.

=== Cables ===
[[Cable]]s are limited by the size of EU-Packets that may travel through, NOT the number of packets, NOR the total EU/t contained by these packets. If an EU Packet too large for a cable to handle tries to pass through, the cable will be destroyed.

For example, an unlimited amount of 32 EU-Packets can pass through a Copper cable per tick, but not a single 128 EU-Packet.

Energy loss of a cable is applied to every EU-packet, not the total EU/t passing through. Ex. Using a gold cable, sending 4 32 EU-Packets in a cable (by using 4 [[batbox]]s) results in 4 times the energy loss of sending one 128 EU-Packet (by using a [[MFE Unit]]). See the [[Cable#Voltage Efficiency|Voltage Efficiency]] section for more information.

=== Packet Sizes ===

{| class="wikitable"
|-
! Name
! Packet Size
! Emitters
! colspan=5 | Cable
|- style="height: 32px;"
| align="center" | '''Micro Voltage'''
| align="right" | 0-5 EU
| [[Solar Panel]], [[Water Mill]], [[Wind Mill]]
| style="border-right:0;border-left:0" align="center" |[[File:Grid Tin Cable.png|link=Tin Cable]]
| style="border-right:0;border-left:0" align="center" |[[File:Grid Copper Cable.png|link=Copper Cable]]
| style="border-right:0;border-left:0" align="center" |[[File:Grid Gold Cable.png|link=Gold Cable]]
| style="border-right:0;border-left:0" align="center" |[[File:Grid Glass Fibre Cable.png|link=Glass Fibre Cable]]
| style="border-right:0;border-left:0" align="center" |[[File:Grid HV Cable.png|link=HV Cable]]
|-
| align="center" | '''Low Voltage'''
| align="right" | 32 EU
| [[Batbox]], [[LV Transformer]],[[Nuclear Reactor]],[[Generator]],[[Geothermal Generator]]
| style="border-right:0;border-left:0" align="center" |[[File:Grid Copper Cable.png|link=Copper Cable]]
| style="border-right:0;border-left:0" align="center" |[[File:Grid Gold Cable.png|link=Gold Cable]]
| style="border: 0px;" align="center" |[[File:Grid Glass Fibre Cable.png|link=Glass Fibre Cable]]
| style="border-right:0;border-left:0" align="center" |[[File:Grid HV Cable.png|link=HV Cable]]
| style="border-right:0;border-left:0" |
|-
| align="center" | '''Medium Voltage'''
| align="right" | 128 EU
| [[MFE Unit]], [[MV Transformer]], Redstoned [[LV Transformer]],[[Nuclear Reactor]]
| style="border-right:0;border-left:0" align="center" |[[File:Grid Gold Cable.png|link=Gold Cable]]
| style="border-right:0;border-left:0" align="center" |[[File:Grid Glass Fibre Cable.png|link=Glass Fibre Cable]]
| style="border-right:0;border-left:0" align="center" |[[File:Grid HV Cable.png|link=HV Cable]]
| style="border-right:0;border-left:0" |
| style="border-right:0;border-left:0" |
|-
| align="center" | '''High Voltage'''
| align="right" | 512 EU
| [[MFS Unit]], [[HV Transformer]], Redstoned [[MV Transformer]],[[Nuclear Reactor]]
| style="border-right:0;border-left:0" align="center" |[[File:Grid Glass Fibre Cable.png|link=Glass Fibre Cable]]
| style="border-right:0;border-left:0" align="center" |[[File:Grid HV Cable.png|link=HV Cable]]
| style="border-right:0;border-left:0" |
| style="border-right:0;border-left:0" |
| style="border-right:0;border-left:0" |
|-
| align="center" | '''Extreme Voltage'''
| align="right" | 2048 EU
| Redstoned [[HV Transformer]],[[Nuclear Reactor]]
| style="border-right:0;border-left:0" align="center" |[[File:Grid HV Cable.png|link=HV Cable]]
|-
|}

A [[Nuclear Reactor]] is able to provide variable sized packets based on setup, the maximum possible energy output is 2400 EU\t.

MFE Unit

2012-04-15T18:20:42Z

Medicdude: Power in/out fixed

{{Block
|image=MFE_Transmitter_ig.png
|type=Wiring
|gravity=No
|dirt=No
|transparent=No
|light=no
|tool=bwrench
|stackable=Yes (64)
}}

The Multi-Functional Electric storage unit, or MFE, is a Tier 2 energy storage device. It is able to store up to 600,000 [[EU]]. It can accept up to 128 EU-Packet power, with unlimited EU/t, from its 5 input faces and output 128 EU-Packet power, with a max of 128EU/t, from its output face.

Like all storage units, its output face is marked by a special texture, which usually faces the player when the block is placed. The direction of the output face can be changed by right-clicking with a Bronze [[Wrench]] onto any of the input faces of the block; normally, this will point the output face towards the player, but holding Shift while clicking will point the output face in the opposite direction. Be aware that right-clicking the MFE Unit while pointing at its output face will dismantle it.

You can set the redstone behavior by clicking the redstone button on the top left of the GUI.

PROTIP: Do NOT use [[Copper Cable]] on the output face because Copper cable cannot handle more than 32 EU.

== Recipe ==

{{Grid/Crafting Table
|A1=Insulated Copper Cable|B1=Energy Crystal|C1=Insulated Copper Cable
|A2=Energy Crystal|B2=Machine|C2=Energy Crystal
|A3=Insulated Copper Cable|B3=Energy Crystal|C3=Insulated Copper Cable

|Output=MFE Unit
}}

{{Energy
|Input=0 - 128
|Output=128
|Storage=600,000}}

{{Navigation}}

[[Category:Wiring]]

MFE Unit

2012-04-15T17:49:41Z

Medicdude: changed to EU-Packet power

{{Block
|image=MFE_Transmitter_ig.png
|type=Wiring
|gravity=No
|dirt=No
|transparent=No
|light=no
|tool=bwrench
|stackable=Yes (64)
}}

The Multi-Functional Electric storage unit, or MFE, is a Tier 2 energy storage device. It is able to store up to 600,000 [[EU]]. It can accept up to 128 EU-Packet power from 5 input faces and output 128 EU-Packet power from its output face.

Like all storage units, its output face is marked by a special texture, which usually faces the player when the block is placed. The direction of the output face can be changed by right-clicking with a Bronze [[Wrench]] onto any of the input faces of the block; normally, this will point the output face towards the player, but holding Shift while clicking will point the output face in the opposite direction. Be aware that right-clicking the MFE Unit while pointing at its output face will dismantle it.

You can set the redstone behavior by clicking the redstone button on the top left of the GUI.

PROTIP: Do NOT use [[Copper Cable]] on the output face because Copper cable cannot handle more than 32 EU.

== Recipe ==

{{Grid/Crafting Table
|A1=Insulated Copper Cable|B1=Energy Crystal|C1=Insulated Copper Cable
|A2=Energy Crystal|B2=Machine|C2=Energy Crystal
|A3=Insulated Copper Cable|B3=Energy Crystal|C3=Insulated Copper Cable

|Output=MFE Unit
}}

{{Energy
|Input=0 - 128
|Output=128
|Storage=600,000}}

{{Navigation}}

[[Category:Wiring]]

EU

2012-04-15T17:43:19Z

Medicdude: /* Emitters */

EU - '''Energy Unit''' is the measure of energy used by IC. It is most similar to the SI derived unit [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Joule Joule]. EUs are 'produced' by [[generator]]s, stored by mobile units like an [[RE Battery]] or by stationary units like a [[batbox]], transmitted along [[cable]]s, and 'consumed' by ICs various machines.

EU stored in items or devices does not leak over time.

EU is not related to Redstone current, but multiple machines can be affected by redstone currents, and a [[Detector Cable]] produces redstone current if there is any EU passing through it.
Some machines allow a lever to be mounted directly on its block.

Raw EU values are used to measure capacity of energy storage items or blocks.

== EU/t ==

EU/t means '''Energy unit per tick'''. It is a derived unit of energy over time, a rate of EU consumption or production, similar to the SI derived unit [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Watt Watt].

The sum of all '''EU/t''' in a wire can be measured with an [[EC-Meter]] by clicking twice; once to begin measurement, and again to finish and display the measurement. It can also be observed by the rate of change in EU capacity displayed by storage devices like the [[batbox]].

Minecraft normally operates at about 20 ticks per second, unless you are experiencing client or server [http://mcserverwiki.com/index.php?title=Reducing_Lag lag].

== EU-Packet ==

'''EU-Packets''' are the transmission containers of [[EU]]s in Industrial Craft 2. Each tick, the EU sent or received by each machine is done so by an individual EU-Packet.

EU-Packets come in different sizes ranging from 1 EU to 2048 EU, unlike IC1 you may not change EU output of storage devices.

=== Emitters ===
* Generators and storage devices emit EU-packets as big as their output.
* Storage Units always emit packets the size of their "out" value.
* Transformers behave like Storage Units. They are able to upgrade four packets into one of a higher tier or downgrade a single packet into four of a lower tier.

=== Cables ===
[[Cable]]s are limited by the size of EU-Packets that may travel through, NOT the number of packets, NOR the total EU/t contained by these packets. If an EU Packet too large for a cable to handle tries to pass through, the cable will be destroyed.

For example, an unlimited amount of 32 EU-Packets can pass through a Copper cable per tick, but not a single 128 EU-Packet.

Energy loss of a cable is applied to every EU-packet, not the total EU/t passing through. Sending 4 32 EU-Packets in a cable (by using 4 [[batbox]]s) results in 4 times the energy loss of sending one 128 EU-Packet (by using a [[MFE Unit]]). See the [[Cable#Voltage Efficiency|Voltage Efficiency]] section for more information.

=== Packet Sizes ===

{| class="wikitable"
|-
! Name
! Packet Size
! Emitters
! colspan=5 | Cable
|- style="height: 32px;"
| align="center" | '''Micro Voltage'''
| align="right" | 0-5 EU
| [[Solar Panel]], [[Water Mill]], [[Wind Mill]]
| style="border-right:0;border-left:0" align="center" |[[File:Grid Tin Cable.png|link=Tin Cable]]
| style="border-right:0;border-left:0" align="center" |[[File:Grid Copper Cable.png|link=Copper Cable]]
| style="border-right:0;border-left:0" align="center" |[[File:Grid Gold Cable.png|link=Gold Cable]]
| style="border-right:0;border-left:0" align="center" |[[File:Grid Glass Fibre Cable.png|link=Glass Fibre Cable]]
| style="border-right:0;border-left:0" align="center" |[[File:Grid HV Cable.png|link=HV Cable]]
|-
| align="center" | '''Low Voltage'''
| align="right" | 32 EU
| [[Batbox]], [[LV Transformer]],[[Nuclear Reactor]],[[Generator]],[[Geothermal Generator]]
| style="border-right:0;border-left:0" align="center" |[[File:Grid Copper Cable.png|link=Copper Cable]]
| style="border-right:0;border-left:0" align="center" |[[File:Grid Gold Cable.png|link=Gold Cable]]
| style="border: 0px;" align="center" |[[File:Grid Glass Fibre Cable.png|link=Glass Fibre Cable]]
| style="border-right:0;border-left:0" align="center" |[[File:Grid HV Cable.png|link=HV Cable]]
| style="border-right:0;border-left:0" |
|-
| align="center" | '''Medium Voltage'''
| align="right" | 128 EU
| [[MFE Unit]], [[MV Transformer]], Redstoned [[LV Transformer]],[[Nuclear Reactor]]
| style="border-right:0;border-left:0" align="center" |[[File:Grid Gold Cable.png|link=Gold Cable]]
| style="border-right:0;border-left:0" align="center" |[[File:Grid Glass Fibre Cable.png|link=Glass Fibre Cable]]
| style="border-right:0;border-left:0" align="center" |[[File:Grid HV Cable.png|link=HV Cable]]
| style="border-right:0;border-left:0" |
| style="border-right:0;border-left:0" |
|-
| align="center" | '''High Voltage'''
| align="right" | 512 EU
| [[MFS Unit]], [[HV Transformer]], Redstoned [[MV Transformer]],[[Nuclear Reactor]]
| style="border-right:0;border-left:0" align="center" |[[File:Grid Glass Fibre Cable.png|link=Glass Fibre Cable]]
| style="border-right:0;border-left:0" align="center" |[[File:Grid HV Cable.png|link=HV Cable]]
| style="border-right:0;border-left:0" |
| style="border-right:0;border-left:0" |
| style="border-right:0;border-left:0" |
|-
| align="center" | '''Extreme Voltage'''
| align="right" | 2048 EU
| Redstoned [[HV Transformer]],[[Nuclear Reactor]]
| style="border-right:0;border-left:0" align="center" |[[File:Grid HV Cable.png|link=HV Cable]]
|-
|}

A [[Nuclear Reactor]] is able to provide variable sized packets based on setup, the maximum possible energy output is 2400 EU\t.

EU

2012-04-15T17:43:02Z

Medicdude: /* Emitters */ removed transformer reference to redstone current, un-necessary here

EU - '''Energy Unit''' is the measure of energy used by IC. It is most similar to the SI derived unit [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Joule Joule]. EUs are 'produced' by [[generator]]s, stored by mobile units like an [[RE Battery]] or by stationary units like a [[batbox]], transmitted along [[cable]]s, and 'consumed' by ICs various machines.

EU stored in items or devices does not leak over time.

EU is not related to Redstone current, but multiple machines can be affected by redstone currents, and a [[Detector Cable]] produces redstone current if there is any EU passing through it.
Some machines allow a lever to be mounted directly on its block.

Raw EU values are used to measure capacity of energy storage items or blocks.

== EU/t ==

EU/t means '''Energy unit per tick'''. It is a derived unit of energy over time, a rate of EU consumption or production, similar to the SI derived unit [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Watt Watt].

The sum of all '''EU/t''' in a wire can be measured with an [[EC-Meter]] by clicking twice; once to begin measurement, and again to finish and display the measurement. It can also be observed by the rate of change in EU capacity displayed by storage devices like the [[batbox]].

Minecraft normally operates at about 20 ticks per second, unless you are experiencing client or server [http://mcserverwiki.com/index.php?title=Reducing_Lag lag].

== EU-Packet ==

'''EU-Packets''' are the transmission containers of [[EU]]s in Industrial Craft 2. Each tick, the EU sent or received by each machine is done so by an individual EU-Packet.

EU-Packets come in different sizes ranging from 1 EU to 2048 EU, unlike IC1 you may not change EU output of storage devices.

=== Emitters ===
* Generators and storage devices emit EU-packets as big as their output.
* Storage Units always emit packets the size of their "out" value.
* Transformers behave like Storage Units. They are also able to upgrade four packets into one of a higher tier or downgrade a single packet into four of a lower tier.

=== Cables ===
[[Cable]]s are limited by the size of EU-Packets that may travel through, NOT the number of packets, NOR the total EU/t contained by these packets. If an EU Packet too large for a cable to handle tries to pass through, the cable will be destroyed.

For example, an unlimited amount of 32 EU-Packets can pass through a Copper cable per tick, but not a single 128 EU-Packet.

Energy loss of a cable is applied to every EU-packet, not the total EU/t passing through. Sending 4 32 EU-Packets in a cable (by using 4 [[batbox]]s) results in 4 times the energy loss of sending one 128 EU-Packet (by using a [[MFE Unit]]). See the [[Cable#Voltage Efficiency|Voltage Efficiency]] section for more information.

=== Packet Sizes ===

{| class="wikitable"
|-
! Name
! Packet Size
! Emitters
! colspan=5 | Cable
|- style="height: 32px;"
| align="center" | '''Micro Voltage'''
| align="right" | 0-5 EU
| [[Solar Panel]], [[Water Mill]], [[Wind Mill]]
| style="border-right:0;border-left:0" align="center" |[[File:Grid Tin Cable.png|link=Tin Cable]]
| style="border-right:0;border-left:0" align="center" |[[File:Grid Copper Cable.png|link=Copper Cable]]
| style="border-right:0;border-left:0" align="center" |[[File:Grid Gold Cable.png|link=Gold Cable]]
| style="border-right:0;border-left:0" align="center" |[[File:Grid Glass Fibre Cable.png|link=Glass Fibre Cable]]
| style="border-right:0;border-left:0" align="center" |[[File:Grid HV Cable.png|link=HV Cable]]
|-
| align="center" | '''Low Voltage'''
| align="right" | 32 EU
| [[Batbox]], [[LV Transformer]],[[Nuclear Reactor]],[[Generator]],[[Geothermal Generator]]
| style="border-right:0;border-left:0" align="center" |[[File:Grid Copper Cable.png|link=Copper Cable]]
| style="border-right:0;border-left:0" align="center" |[[File:Grid Gold Cable.png|link=Gold Cable]]
| style="border: 0px;" align="center" |[[File:Grid Glass Fibre Cable.png|link=Glass Fibre Cable]]
| style="border-right:0;border-left:0" align="center" |[[File:Grid HV Cable.png|link=HV Cable]]
| style="border-right:0;border-left:0" |
|-
| align="center" | '''Medium Voltage'''
| align="right" | 128 EU
| [[MFE Unit]], [[MV Transformer]], Redstoned [[LV Transformer]],[[Nuclear Reactor]]
| style="border-right:0;border-left:0" align="center" |[[File:Grid Gold Cable.png|link=Gold Cable]]
| style="border-right:0;border-left:0" align="center" |[[File:Grid Glass Fibre Cable.png|link=Glass Fibre Cable]]
| style="border-right:0;border-left:0" align="center" |[[File:Grid HV Cable.png|link=HV Cable]]
| style="border-right:0;border-left:0" |
| style="border-right:0;border-left:0" |
|-
| align="center" | '''High Voltage'''
| align="right" | 512 EU
| [[MFS Unit]], [[HV Transformer]], Redstoned [[MV Transformer]],[[Nuclear Reactor]]
| style="border-right:0;border-left:0" align="center" |[[File:Grid Glass Fibre Cable.png|link=Glass Fibre Cable]]
| style="border-right:0;border-left:0" align="center" |[[File:Grid HV Cable.png|link=HV Cable]]
| style="border-right:0;border-left:0" |
| style="border-right:0;border-left:0" |
| style="border-right:0;border-left:0" |
|-
| align="center" | '''Extreme Voltage'''
| align="right" | 2048 EU
| Redstoned [[HV Transformer]],[[Nuclear Reactor]]
| style="border-right:0;border-left:0" align="center" |[[File:Grid HV Cable.png|link=HV Cable]]
|-
|}

A [[Nuclear Reactor]] is able to provide variable sized packets based on setup, the maximum possible energy output is 2400 EU\t.

EU

2012-04-15T17:41:42Z

Medicdude: /* EU-Packet */ condensed info into cables section

EU - '''Energy Unit''' is the measure of energy used by IC. It is most similar to the SI derived unit [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Joule Joule]. EUs are 'produced' by [[generator]]s, stored by mobile units like an [[RE Battery]] or by stationary units like a [[batbox]], transmitted along [[cable]]s, and 'consumed' by ICs various machines.

EU stored in items or devices does not leak over time.

EU is not related to Redstone current, but multiple machines can be affected by redstone currents, and a [[Detector Cable]] produces redstone current if there is any EU passing through it.
Some machines allow a lever to be mounted directly on its block.

Raw EU values are used to measure capacity of energy storage items or blocks.

== EU/t ==

EU/t means '''Energy unit per tick'''. It is a derived unit of energy over time, a rate of EU consumption or production, similar to the SI derived unit [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Watt Watt].

The sum of all '''EU/t''' in a wire can be measured with an [[EC-Meter]] by clicking twice; once to begin measurement, and again to finish and display the measurement. It can also be observed by the rate of change in EU capacity displayed by storage devices like the [[batbox]].

Minecraft normally operates at about 20 ticks per second, unless you are experiencing client or server [http://mcserverwiki.com/index.php?title=Reducing_Lag lag].

== EU-Packet ==

'''EU-Packets''' are the transmission containers of [[EU]]s in Industrial Craft 2. Each tick, the EU sent or received by each machine is done so by an individual EU-Packet.

EU-Packets come in different sizes ranging from 1 EU to 2048 EU, unlike IC1 you may not change EU output of storage devices.

=== Emitters ===
* Generators and storage devices emit EU-packets as big as their output.
* Storage Units always emit packets the size of their "out" value.
* Transformers behave like Storage Units. They are also able to upgrade four packets into one of a higher tier or downgrade a single packet into four of a lower tier, depending on redstone current.

=== Cables ===
[[Cable]]s are limited by the size of EU-Packets that may travel through, NOT the number of packets, NOR the total EU/t contained by these packets. If an EU Packet too large for a cable to handle tries to pass through, the cable will be destroyed.

For example, an unlimited amount of 32 EU-Packets can pass through a Copper cable per tick, but not a single 128 EU-Packet.

Energy loss of a cable is applied to every EU-packet, not the total EU/t passing through. Sending 4 32 EU-Packets in a cable (by using 4 [[batbox]]s) results in 4 times the energy loss of sending one 128 EU-Packet (by using a [[MFE Unit]]). See the [[Cable#Voltage Efficiency|Voltage Efficiency]] section for more information.

=== Packet Sizes ===

{| class="wikitable"
|-
! Name
! Packet Size
! Emitters
! colspan=5 | Cable
|- style="height: 32px;"
| align="center" | '''Micro Voltage'''
| align="right" | 0-5 EU
| [[Solar Panel]], [[Water Mill]], [[Wind Mill]]
| style="border-right:0;border-left:0" align="center" |[[File:Grid Tin Cable.png|link=Tin Cable]]
| style="border-right:0;border-left:0" align="center" |[[File:Grid Copper Cable.png|link=Copper Cable]]
| style="border-right:0;border-left:0" align="center" |[[File:Grid Gold Cable.png|link=Gold Cable]]
| style="border-right:0;border-left:0" align="center" |[[File:Grid Glass Fibre Cable.png|link=Glass Fibre Cable]]
| style="border-right:0;border-left:0" align="center" |[[File:Grid HV Cable.png|link=HV Cable]]
|-
| align="center" | '''Low Voltage'''
| align="right" | 32 EU
| [[Batbox]], [[LV Transformer]],[[Nuclear Reactor]],[[Generator]],[[Geothermal Generator]]
| style="border-right:0;border-left:0" align="center" |[[File:Grid Copper Cable.png|link=Copper Cable]]
| style="border-right:0;border-left:0" align="center" |[[File:Grid Gold Cable.png|link=Gold Cable]]
| style="border: 0px;" align="center" |[[File:Grid Glass Fibre Cable.png|link=Glass Fibre Cable]]
| style="border-right:0;border-left:0" align="center" |[[File:Grid HV Cable.png|link=HV Cable]]
| style="border-right:0;border-left:0" |
|-
| align="center" | '''Medium Voltage'''
| align="right" | 128 EU
| [[MFE Unit]], [[MV Transformer]], Redstoned [[LV Transformer]],[[Nuclear Reactor]]
| style="border-right:0;border-left:0" align="center" |[[File:Grid Gold Cable.png|link=Gold Cable]]
| style="border-right:0;border-left:0" align="center" |[[File:Grid Glass Fibre Cable.png|link=Glass Fibre Cable]]
| style="border-right:0;border-left:0" align="center" |[[File:Grid HV Cable.png|link=HV Cable]]
| style="border-right:0;border-left:0" |
| style="border-right:0;border-left:0" |
|-
| align="center" | '''High Voltage'''
| align="right" | 512 EU
| [[MFS Unit]], [[HV Transformer]], Redstoned [[MV Transformer]],[[Nuclear Reactor]]
| style="border-right:0;border-left:0" align="center" |[[File:Grid Glass Fibre Cable.png|link=Glass Fibre Cable]]
| style="border-right:0;border-left:0" align="center" |[[File:Grid HV Cable.png|link=HV Cable]]
| style="border-right:0;border-left:0" |
| style="border-right:0;border-left:0" |
| style="border-right:0;border-left:0" |
|-
| align="center" | '''Extreme Voltage'''
| align="right" | 2048 EU
| Redstoned [[HV Transformer]],[[Nuclear Reactor]]
| style="border-right:0;border-left:0" align="center" |[[File:Grid HV Cable.png|link=HV Cable]]
|-
|}

A [[Nuclear Reactor]] is able to provide variable sized packets based on setup, the maximum possible energy output is 2400 EU\t.

EU

2012-04-15T17:30:15Z

Medicdude: /* Packet Sizes */ removed voltage reference

EU - '''Energy Unit''' is the measure of energy used by IC. It is most similar to the SI derived unit [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Joule Joule]. EUs are 'produced' by [[generator]]s, stored by mobile units like an [[RE Battery]] or by stationary units like a [[batbox]], transmitted along [[cable]]s, and 'consumed' by ICs various machines.

EU stored in items or devices does not leak over time.

EU is not related to Redstone current, but multiple machines can be affected by redstone currents, and a [[Detector Cable]] produces redstone current if there is any EU passing through it.
Some machines allow a lever to be mounted directly on its block.

Raw EU values are used to measure capacity of energy storage items or blocks.

== EU/t ==

EU/t means '''Energy unit per tick'''. It is a derived unit of energy over time, a rate of EU consumption or production, similar to the SI derived unit [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Watt Watt].

The sum of all '''EU/t''' in a wire can be measured with an [[EC-Meter]] by clicking twice; once to begin measurement, and again to finish and display the measurement. It can also be observed by the rate of change in EU capacity displayed by storage devices like the [[batbox]].

Minecraft normally operates at about 20 ticks per second, unless you are experiencing client or server [http://mcserverwiki.com/index.php?title=Reducing_Lag lag].

== EU-Packet ==

'''EU-Packets''' are the transmission containers of [[EU]]s in Industrial Craft 2. Each tick, the EU sent or received by each machine is done so by an individual EU-Packet. Generators and storage devices transmit fixed sizes of EU packets equal to their rate of EU generation (their EU/t). Generator produces one EU-Packet per tick while operating, while storage devices will produce one EU-packet for EACH machine or device they transmit to.

Individual [[Cable]]s are limited by the size of EU-Packets that may travel through, NOT the number of packets, NOR the total EU/t contained by these packets. If an EU Packet too large for a cable to handle tries to pass through, the cable will be destroyed.

EU-Packets come in different sizes ranging from 1 EU to 2048 EU, unlike IC1 you may not change EU output of storage devices.

=== Emitters ===
* Generators emit packets as big as their output.
* Storage Units always emit packets the size of their "out" value.
* Transformers behave like Storage Units. They are also able to upgrade four packets into one of a higher tier or downgrade a single packet into four of a lower tier, depending on redstone current.

=== Cables ===
[[Cable]]s can carry unlimited amounts of EU/t but only EU-Packets that are the same or below of their maximum Voltage. You can send unlimited amounts of 32 EU-Packets through a Copper cable but not a single 128 EU-Packet. The clue is that energy loss of a cable isn't connected to the total amount of EU/t but to every single packet. So sending 100 32 EU-Packets results in 100 times the energy loss of the cable where sending one 2048 EU-Packet only result in one time the energy loss of the cable. More on that in [[Cable#Voltage Efficiency|Voltage Efficiency]].

=== Packet Sizes ===

{| class="wikitable"
|-
! Name
! Packet Size
! Emitters
! colspan=5 | Cable
|- style="height: 32px;"
| align="center" | '''Micro Voltage'''
| align="right" | 0-5 EU
| [[Solar Panel]], [[Water Mill]], [[Wind Mill]]
| style="border-right:0;border-left:0" align="center" |[[File:Grid Tin Cable.png|link=Tin Cable]]
| style="border-right:0;border-left:0" align="center" |[[File:Grid Copper Cable.png|link=Copper Cable]]
| style="border-right:0;border-left:0" align="center" |[[File:Grid Gold Cable.png|link=Gold Cable]]
| style="border-right:0;border-left:0" align="center" |[[File:Grid Glass Fibre Cable.png|link=Glass Fibre Cable]]
| style="border-right:0;border-left:0" align="center" |[[File:Grid HV Cable.png|link=HV Cable]]
|-
| align="center" | '''Low Voltage'''
| align="right" | 32 EU
| [[Batbox]], [[LV Transformer]],[[Nuclear Reactor]],[[Generator]],[[Geothermal Generator]]
| style="border-right:0;border-left:0" align="center" |[[File:Grid Copper Cable.png|link=Copper Cable]]
| style="border-right:0;border-left:0" align="center" |[[File:Grid Gold Cable.png|link=Gold Cable]]
| style="border: 0px;" align="center" |[[File:Grid Glass Fibre Cable.png|link=Glass Fibre Cable]]
| style="border-right:0;border-left:0" align="center" |[[File:Grid HV Cable.png|link=HV Cable]]
| style="border-right:0;border-left:0" |
|-
| align="center" | '''Medium Voltage'''
| align="right" | 128 EU
| [[MFE Unit]], [[MV Transformer]], Redstoned [[LV Transformer]],[[Nuclear Reactor]]
| style="border-right:0;border-left:0" align="center" |[[File:Grid Gold Cable.png|link=Gold Cable]]
| style="border-right:0;border-left:0" align="center" |[[File:Grid Glass Fibre Cable.png|link=Glass Fibre Cable]]
| style="border-right:0;border-left:0" align="center" |[[File:Grid HV Cable.png|link=HV Cable]]
| style="border-right:0;border-left:0" |
| style="border-right:0;border-left:0" |
|-
| align="center" | '''High Voltage'''
| align="right" | 512 EU
| [[MFS Unit]], [[HV Transformer]], Redstoned [[MV Transformer]],[[Nuclear Reactor]]
| style="border-right:0;border-left:0" align="center" |[[File:Grid Glass Fibre Cable.png|link=Glass Fibre Cable]]
| style="border-right:0;border-left:0" align="center" |[[File:Grid HV Cable.png|link=HV Cable]]
| style="border-right:0;border-left:0" |
| style="border-right:0;border-left:0" |
| style="border-right:0;border-left:0" |
|-
| align="center" | '''Extreme Voltage'''
| align="right" | 2048 EU
| Redstoned [[HV Transformer]],[[Nuclear Reactor]]
| style="border-right:0;border-left:0" align="center" |[[File:Grid HV Cable.png|link=HV Cable]]
|-
|}

A [[Nuclear Reactor]] is able to provide variable sized packets based on setup, the maximum possible energy output is 2400 EU\t.