Electricity

Overview

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Electricity is a system in Misery used to power many machines and systems. It can be generated, used, transferred and stored in many different ways.

Sources of Electricity

Visuals	Name	Description	Weight	Size	Consumption	Output	Recipe
File:Electricity.png	Gasoline generator	A gasoline generator. Fill it with gasoline to generate 1,000<ref>This is the in game description, but is incorrect, it only produces 300 units of power.</ref> units of power	10 kg	3x2	As soon as gasoline is put into the generator, it immediately produces 300 units of power.	10 per second	20 scrap 10 electronics 1 insulating tape
File:Placeholder	Dwarf Generator	A dwarf running inside the wheel will generate 5 units of power per second for you. Just don't forget to give him vodka to drink	14 kg	4x3	Once gifted vodka, the dwarf will start running. It produces 1,200 units of power that can be drained at a rate of 5/s	5 per second	1 dwarf 20 wood 3 iron bars 2 insulating tape
File:Турбина.png	Wooden Wind turbine	A wooden wind generator that produces 1 unit of power per second. Place it in windy areas<ref name=":0">By "windy areas" it means outside the bunker.</ref>	3 kg	1x4	Does not need fuel	1 per second	10 plastic 10 scrap 1 iron bar 1 insulating tap
File:Placeholder	Metal Wind Turbine	A metal wind generator that produces 2 units of power per second. Place it in windy places<ref name=":0" />	18 kg	2x4	Does not need fuel	2 per second	10 scrap 10 iron bars 10 electronics 5 plastic
File:Placeholder	Solar Panel	A solar-powered battery that produces 5 units of power	Needs added	Needs added	Does not need fuel	5 per second<ref>Possibly only during the day, but this needs confirmed. It also likely needs to be outside</ref>	20 plastic 20 iron bars 30 scrap 20 electronics

Users of Electricity

Add a list of everything that uses electricity and how much

Visuals	Name	Description	Weight	Size	Consumption	Usage<ref>For a more detailed and comprehensive list of uses, look at the Craft Recipes page</ref>
File:Placeholder	Incinerator	The incinerator is a large structure that spawns in your bunker. It can not be picked up or moved.	N/A	N/A	10/s	Melting scraps into iron bars. Turning everything else<ref>Needs confirmed if truly anything else</ref> into ash.
File:Placeholder	Advanced Crafting Bench	An advanced crafting bench that can be used to create structures and items.	25 kg	4x2	10/s	Crafting a variety of items; Ammo crafting station, large crop, metal wind turbine, accumulator, solar panel, gas stove, safe, and exoskeleton.
File:Placeholder	Chemical Table	A crafting bench that can be used to create structures and items.	25 kg	3x4	5/s	Crafting a large variety of items; Cement, gunpowder, flour, sugar, tomato seeds, carrot seeds, cucumber seeds, jar of tomatoes, jar of pickles, vodka, medkit, car medkit, anti-rad (large), bottle of clean water.
File:Placeholder	Ammo Crafting Station	A machine used to make ammo	28 kg	2x4	7/s	Crafting ammunition; 9mm, buckshot, 5.45mm, 7.62mm, 9.39mm.
File:Placeholder	Electric Stove	Add this	Add this	Add this	2/s	Add this
File:Placeholder	Lamp	Add this	Add this	Add this	1/s	Illuminating your bunker.

While those devices use electricity, there are some that do not; The default crafting table, microwaves, sewing machines and crop pots.

Electricity Storage

There are two forms of energy storage, the car battery and accumulator.

The car battery is able to store up to 1,200 units of electricity, and can in or output up to 100 units per second. You can connect multiple car batteries with cables to increase storage capacity

Can someone else write about accumulators, as I have not used them at all, I also am pretty sure that solar panels are able to store some electricity.

Cables and Other Transfer Methods

Discuss how electricity is transferred (cable, combiner, splitter, switcher)

Electricity can be transferred between producer and consumer using cables. For non-fueled power sources, it is common to route the power through some sort of storage to store the electricity will the device is not in use. This can be done by connecting a wire from the producer output to a battery input, then the battery output to the consumer input.

The rate of electricity output to a battery can be further increased by using a combiner, to allow for one battery to effectively take in two sources, doubling the rate. Multiple combiners can be used to further increase capacity. Conversely, a splitter can be used to take one output and split it into multiple outputs, allowing one battery to power several devices. Again, this can be stacked to further increase the gain. A switcher has 2 main purposes. it can be used to turn on or off power to a user of electricity. It can also less commonly be used to extend power if one cable is not enough, you can add a switcher in-between 2 cables. This can be useful if you need to cover large distances with a continuous cable. A common use for the switcher is lights/the lamp.