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108.85.197.99: /* Power transfer */

2026-02-02T16:36:54Z

Power transfer

108.85.197.99: /* Power transfer */ "built" vs. "placed"

2026-02-02T16:36:21Z

Power transfer: "built" vs. "placed"

108.85.197.99: /* Power requirements */

2024-11-28T19:06:32Z

Power requirements

108.85.197.99: /* Power requirements */

2024-11-28T19:00:57Z

Power requirements

108.85.197.99: /* Power requirements */ cleaned up; explanation of wonky game math

2024-11-28T18:59:53Z

Power requirements: cleaned up; explanation of wonky game math

GeloMor: /* Power transfer */

2023-10-09T16:31:55Z

Power transfer

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154.5.84.161: /* Power transfer - correcting the correction -> 'Single Roller'*/

2020-10-16T23:39:43Z

Power transfer - correcting the correction -> 'Single Roller'

154.5.84.161: /* Power transfer - 'One Roller' -> 'Roller' */

2020-10-16T23:35:51Z

Power transfer - 'One Roller' -> 'Roller'

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 ==Power transfer==
 <!-- How to move power -->
-Power can be transferred between devices using [[gear assembly|gear assemblies]] and [[axle]]s. Axles transfer power in a single direction -- north, south, east, west, up, or down.  Axles are classified as "horizontal" or "vertical", with the former going north/south or east/west, and with the latter going up or down [[Z-level]]s.  Axles must terminate at a device, or a gear assembly, or another axle of the same kind.  You cannot transfer power from a horizontal to a vertical axle (or from a north/south to an east/west horizontal axle) without a gear assembly. Horizontal axles may be placed individually up to 10 tiles long at a time; if you want a longer axle, you may simply build two or more of them in a line; you don't need gear assemblies between them to connect them.  Vertical axles are always placed one tile at a time, and may be as tall as you wish.
+Power can be transferred between devices using [[gear assembly|gear assemblies]] and [[axle]]s. Axles transfer power in a single direction -- north, south, east, west, up, or down.  Axles are classified as "horizontal" or "vertical", with the former going north/south or east/west, and with the latter going up or down [[Z-level]]s.  Axles must terminate at a device, or a gear assembly, or another axle of the same kind.  You cannot transfer power from a horizontal to a vertical axle (or from a north/south to an east/west horizontal axle) without a gear assembly. Horizontal axles may be placed individually up to 10 tiles long at a time; if you want a longer axle, you may simply place two or more of them in a line, you don't need gear assemblies between them to connect them.  Vertical axles are always placed one tile at a time, and may be as tall as you wish.
 Gear assemblies take up a single tile and transfer power to any device, axle or gear assembly within the six orthogonally adjacent tiles (north, south, east, west, above, below). Gear assemblies are best used for moving power through right-angles. For example, they can be built as bases for windmills to move power out sideways along an axle.  Gear assemblies can also be linked to a [[lever]] to disengage them, which will stop power transfer through that tile.  Don't do this with gears that are supporting machinery above them, as the machinery may collapse.

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 ==Power transfer==
 <!-- How to move power -->
-Power can be transferred between devices using [[gear assembly|gear assemblies]] and [[axle]]s. Axles transfer power in a single direction -- north, south, east, west, up, or down.  Axles are classified as "horizontal" or "vertical", with the former going north/south or east/west, and with the latter going up or down [[Z-level]]s.  Axles must terminate at a device, or a gear assembly, or another axle of the same kind.  You cannot transfer power from a horizontal to a vertical axle (or from a north/south to an east/west horizontal axle) without a gear assembly. Horizontal axles may be built individually up to 10 tiles long; if you want a longer axle, you may simply build two or more of them in a line; you don't need gear assemblies between them.  Vertical axles are always placed one tile at a time, and may be as tall as you wish.
+Power can be transferred between devices using [[gear assembly|gear assemblies]] and [[axle]]s. Axles transfer power in a single direction -- north, south, east, west, up, or down.  Axles are classified as "horizontal" or "vertical", with the former going north/south or east/west, and with the latter going up or down [[Z-level]]s.  Axles must terminate at a device, or a gear assembly, or another axle of the same kind.  You cannot transfer power from a horizontal to a vertical axle (or from a north/south to an east/west horizontal axle) without a gear assembly. Horizontal axles may be placed individually up to 10 tiles long at a time; if you want a longer axle, you may simply build two or more of them in a line; you don't need gear assemblies between them to connect them.  Vertical axles are always placed one tile at a time, and may be as tall as you wish.
 Gear assemblies take up a single tile and transfer power to any device, axle or gear assembly within the six orthogonally adjacent tiles (north, south, east, west, above, below). Gear assemblies are best used for moving power through right-angles. For example, they can be built as bases for windmills to move power out sideways along an axle.  Gear assemblies can also be linked to a [[lever]] to disengage them, which will stop power transfer through that tile.  Don't do this with gears that are supporting machinery above them, as the machinery may collapse.

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 ==Power requirements==
-Most all [[machine component]]s connected to a power system consume some power, whether they produce any, perform some useful work, transfer power to another component, or (currently) serve no purpose and are simply "idling".
+Most all [[machine component]]s connected to a power system consume some power, whether they produce any, perform some useful work, transfer power to another component, or (currently) serve no purpose and are simply "idling". So, a screw pump  attached to the power train costs -10 power, regardless of whether there is currently any liquid for it to pump or not, and a millstone attached to a power source also consumes -10 power, whether or not there are currently any milling jobs, etc.
 '''Power production''':
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 * [[Screw pump]]: -10
 * [[Roller]]: -2 per roller
 ==Power transfer==

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 ==Power requirements==
-Most all [[machine component]]s connected to a power system consume some power, whether they produce any, perform some useful work, transfer power to another component, or are (currently) serve no purpose and simply are "idling".
+Most all [[machine component]]s connected to a power system consume some power, whether they produce any, perform some useful work, transfer power to another component, or (currently) serve no purpose and are simply "idling".
 '''Power production''':

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 ==Power requirements==
-Each [[machine component]] connected to the system consumes some power, whether it produces any, performs some useful work, transfers power to another component, or is just a dead end.
+Most all [[machine component]]s connected to a power system consume some power, whether they produce any, perform some useful work, transfer power to another component, or are (currently) serve no purpose and simply are "idling".
-* [[Axle]]: (1) per tile (horizontal axles and vertical axles both)
+'''Power production''':
-* [[Gear assembly]]: (5)
+* [[Water wheel]]: produces net +90* if active, or -10 if not*
-* [[Millstone]]: (10)
+* [[Windmill]]: produces +40, +20 or (rarely) +0, depending on [[Weather#Wind|wind]]; consumes -0 power
-* [[Screw pump]]: (10)
-* [[Roller]]: (2) per roller
+:: ''(* Technically, the actual power production is +100, but any and every water wheel costs -10 power to turn, so it's easiest to consider the effective output as only +90/wheel.  If a wheel is being turned in still water (by being attached to other machinery etc.) it produces no power of its own, and it costs -10 to turn it. This does not create a "[[flow]]" of liquid.)''
-* [[Water wheel]]: (10); produces 100 if active
-* [[Windmill]]: (0); produces 40, 20 or (rarely) 0, depending on [[Weather#Wind|wind]].
+'''Power consumption''':
 ==Power transfer==

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 ! Axle+Gears<br/>Power
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+! Single Roller<br/>Power
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 ! Axles+Gears<br/>Power
 ! Axles+Gears<br/>Materials
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+! Single Roller<br/>Power
-! Roller<br/>Materials<br/>
+! Single Roller<br/>Materials<br/>
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