Characteristics
- Category
- Electrical
- Stack size
- 5
- Workbench
- Level 1
- Craftable
- Yes
- Researchable
- Yes · 15 Scrap
- Health
- 200
Overview
A simple electric switch.
Put one between your power and anything you want to shut off by hand. The usual first job is the auto turret over your door: a neighbour comes over to trade, you flip the switch, and the turret stays quiet until he leaves.
- Run a wire with the wire tool from your battery or generator into the switch's power input.
- Run a second wire from its output to the turret, the lights or a splitter.
- Look at it and press E to turn the line on or off.
It costs a hundred metal fragments and fifteen scrap to research, so there is no reason to save on them. Give each group of lights its own switch, and a long night never drains a small rechargeable battery on decoration.
Its one limit is that you have to stand next to it. If you want to flip a line while you are away from the base, that is the job of the smart switch.
Raid cost
| Explosive | Quantity | Sulfur |
|---|---|---|
|
1 | 480 |
|
4 | 480 |
|
20–23 | 500–600 |
|
5 | 1,000 |
|
1 | 1,400 |
|
1 | 2,200 |
| Other ways: siege weapons, vehicles and loot | ||
|
10 | 120 |
|
1 | 900 |
|
15 | 900 |
|
3 | 1,200 |
|
17 | 1,800 |
|
1 | — |
|
4 | — |
|
8 | — |
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
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
