Power theory: the kinds of power

Electricity in Rust is easier once you stop treating all power as one thing. Seven ideas cover it. Rustrician's handbook is the source for this page.

Home

Guides

AUTOMATION

2 MIN READ

Electricity in Rust is easier once you stop treating all power as one thing. Seven ideas cover it. Rustrician's handbook is the source for this page.

KIND MEANING

Root power What wind, solar and generators make. It has to be produced all the time, so it sets how big your circuit can be

Stored power What sits in a battery, in rWm (rW minutes)

Active usage The drain number a battery shows when you look at it with the wire tool. It is what makes a battery empty

Available power The number you see on any connection: power that could be used, not power that is used

Consumed power Everything a part needs to work, whether or not it counts as active usage

Control power The 1 rW signals that trigger logic. They are consumed but add no active usage, so a battery with no input can run them for ever

Free power Small pulses some parts make on their own: button 2 rW, pressure pad 1, reactive target 1, seismic sensor up to 3

QUESTION FORMULA