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Pump

2012-01-19T15:30:23Z

Tempelchat:

The '''Pump''' is a ingenious piece of tier 2 technology capable of ABSORBING liquids and compressing them into a cell with a minimal use of power!

Of course while it is absorbing all that liquid it will need somewhere to put it so we recommend buying our patented [[Empty Cell|C-600 capsule cell container]]!

The pump can be placed next to a [[Miner]] to help it suck up lava encountered while mining, or the pump can be used on its own.
A pump used on its own will suck up liquid directly below itself; this is probably not useful for lava, but can be useful for water since it respawns under the right conditions.
Once the liquid has been sucked up, the pump will fill either an empty bucket or an [[Empty Cell|empty cell]] placed in the pump's item slot or in an adjacent chest.
The newly-filled item will be placed into an adjacent chest; otherwise, it will be ejected into the world.

'''Note:'''
As of v1.337 a pump with a infinite water source under it and a compressor placed directly next to it will pump and compress water into snowballs without the need for cells.

== Recipe ==

{{Grid/Crafting Table
|A1=Empty Cell|B1=Electronic Circuit|C1=Empty Cell
|A2=Empty Cell|B2=Machine|C2=Empty Cell
|A3=Mining Pipe|B3=Treetap|C3=Mining Pipe
|Output=Pump
}}

{{Energy|Input=200 (1 EU/t)|Output=-|Storage=200}}
Maximum Input: 32 [[EU]]/t before exploding

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Talk:Cable

2011-12-03T19:31:01Z

Tempelchat: /* Update the Voltage Efficiency table */ new section

Can someone please re-embed the video for me? I found it on youtube and can't get it to embed right.

[[User:Stewartspicer|Stewartspicer]] 23:18, 6 June 2011 (CEST)

{{Reply|user=Feanturi|agree=lolz|space=:|reply=Well you can't use HTML on the wiki xD but you can use <code><nowiki><mediaplayer><Youtube-URL></mediaplayer></nowiki></code>}}

== Confused about current behavior ==

I am confused about how currents behave. I have a MFE set at 10EU/s at one end of a cable. The cable then splits into two furnaces. What currents do the furnaces receive when:
1) both furnaces have work to do
2) only one furnace has work to do
3) no furnace has work to do - does energy still leak out of the MFE?
--[[User:Altaree|Altaree]] 19:54, 13 June 2011 (CEST)

== Electrocution ==

Is the damage from touching an uninsulated wire the same regardless of the type of cable or the amount of current running through it? For instance, is a HV Cable more damaging than a Gold Cable, which in turn is more damaging than a Copper Cable? --[[User:Trifler|Trifler]] 15:24, 3 October 2011 (CEST)

== EU splitting order of operations ==

A discussion is in order to determine (or maybe the devs can just outright say) how exactly the path is chosen that EUs will travel, since I'd imagine on a certain level there is a specific order coded into IC that controls how current decides which path to travel given a split in the cable, with all things being equal. For example, consider 3 devices all equidistantly connected to a planar cable intersection, with the 4th sourcing power, forming a "plus sign"; how is power split (if at all), and in what order? I would assume the algorithm favors a certain direction, relative or otherwise, similar to the N/S redstone "bug" in vanilla MC (not familiar enough with MC source to say if this is necessarily analogous, but it feels like it would arise from similar circumstances).

Knowledge of this would allow people to build circuits while not only being aware of any quirks in EU behavior, but also potentially taking advantage of such. An example would be a player being able to design a priority-based powering scheme that uses said technical knowledge to ensure 1 branch will always become saturated before another receives any power, in the face of current draw that exceeds what the source cable can provide, while relying on an intimate understanding of EU distribution rules instead of methods currently employed, if any!

I am fairly new to IC so I don't know if this is done currently via any method like purposefully lengthening lower priority branches from the split, or by using capacitive machinery along the path, etc.

If anyone has reason to believe that this is a moot point, please clarify your opinion, otherwise any information on the subject would be excellent.
--[[User:RedstoneCowboy|RedstoneCowboy]] 16:04, 12 October 2011 (CEST)

== Update the Voltage Efficiency table ==

I don't really understand how the values in this table are calculated. It should be updated with the new values of [[Glass Fibre Cable]] not to cause confusion. --[[User:Tempelchat|Tempelchat]] 20:31, 3 December 2011 (CET)

Cable

2011-12-03T18:50:42Z

Tempelchat: Updated galss fibre cable to match the information on the glass fibre page

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.

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 ==

Insulation reduces the amount of EU lost as it travels through a cable, it can be added simply by placing the cable in a crafting grid with some rubber.

A cable placed in the world can have insulation added or removed with a pair of [[Cutter|Insulation Cutters]].

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

== 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
|-
! 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
|-
! 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" | ---
|-
! 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" | ---
|-
! 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" | ---
|}

== 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
|0.2
|0.4
|0.4
|0.4
|0.8
|0.8
|0.8
|0.8
|0.8
|0.05
|0.05
|0.05
|0.05
|- align="center"
! 10 EU/t
|0.125
|1.0
|0.2
|2.0
|0.4
|0.4
|4.0
|0.8
|0.8
|0.8
|0.8
|0.25
|0.05
|0.05
|0.05
|- align="center"
! 100 EU/t
|1.25
|10.0
|0.625
|20.0
|1.25
|0.4
|40.0
|2.5
|0.8
|0.8
|0.8
|2.5
|0.156
|0.05
|0.05
|- align="center"
! 500 EU/t
|6.25
|50.0
|3.125
|100.0
|6.25
|1.56
|200.0
|12.5
|3.125
|0.8
|0.8
|12.5
|0.78
|0.195
|0.05
|- align="center"
! 2000 EU/t
|25
|200
|12.5
|400
|25
|6.25
|800
|50
|12.5
|3.125
|0.8
|50
|3.125
|0.78
|0.195
|}

* 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.

== 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 3 [[EU|EU-Packets]]) 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
}}

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.

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[[Category:Wiring]]

Glass Fibre Cable

2011-11-30T18:57:55Z

Tempelchat: EU loss updated from every 20 blocks to 40

{{IC²}}.

The most expensive, and the most efficient [[Cable|cable]] type, Glass Fibres suffer very little distance-related energy loss. They tolerate currents up to '''High Voltage''' (512 [[EU|EU/s]]).

Due to latest quality standards of Glass fiber cables only the highest quality materials can be utilized, resulting in reduced cable lengths from the same materials.

== Crafting ==

{{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
}}
and with redpower2
<spoiler>
{{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
}}
</spoiler>
== [[Cable#Cable Efficiency|Cable Efficiency]] ==

{|class="wikitable"
!Cable type
!EU/b
!Energy loss
|-
|Glass Fibre Cable
|0.025
|1 EU every 40 blocks 
|}

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[[Category:Wiring]]