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Electrical

Splitter

Divides one power line into up to three equal shares. Great when every output needs the same, wasteful when one consumer is hungry and the rest only sip.

Characteristics

Category
Electrical
Stack size
5
Workbench
Level 1
Craftable
Yes
Researchable
Yes · 15 Scrap
Health
500

Overview

In-game description
Splits an electrical signal into 3 multiple signals. the amount passed through is equal to the input amount divided by the number of used output slots.

Equal shares, that is all it knows. Power goes in, and whatever arrives is divided by the number of outputs you actually wired, up to three. Leave one output empty and the other two get half each.

Take a small generator, which by its own description outputs 40. Split it two ways and each side gets roughly 20, plenty for an auto turret that asks for 10. Wire all three outputs and each share drops to about 13, still enough for three turrets on paper. Hang two turrets off one of those outputs, though, and both of them come up short.

The catch is that it cannot divide unevenly. If one consumer needs a lot and another only a trickle, the small one sits on a share it will never use. That is the job of the Electrical Branch, which takes a set amount off the line and passes the rest on. And when you need the opposite, two weak sources joined into one stronger line, look at the Root Combiner.

It is cheap, metal fragments at a Level 1 bench, and most bases with more than one turret end up with a couple of them.

Raid cost

Explosive Quantity Sulfur
Satchel Charge cheapest 2 960
Beancan Grenade 8 960
Explosive 5.56 Rifle Ammo 50–56 1,250–1,400
Timed Explosive Charge 1 2,200
High Velocity Rocket 12 2,400
Rocket 2 2,800
Other ways: siege weapons, vehicles and loot
Torpedo 23 300
Propane Explosive Bomb 2 1,800
Mortar Shell 6 1,800
Survey Charge 36 2,160
Homing Missile 42 4,200
MLRS Rocket 2 —
40mm HE Grenade 8 —
Hammerhead Bolt 20 —

Direct hit, hard side, no duds. Satchel Charge is a dud 20% of the time. Beancan Grenade is a dud 15% of the time. A range runs from point blank to the far end of the bullet's falloff, fired from an Assault Rifle.

Crafting

Workbench level
Level 1
Crafting time
15 s
Research cost
15 Scrap

Recycling

Recycler

At power grid stage 2 a green recycler works at 60% instead of 50%. Yields depend on the recycler.

How to get

  • Craft

    at a Level 1 Workbench

  • Research

    15 Scrap at a Research Table