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Alternator

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Alternator

Left shaft couples to Boiler · 800 W output.

At a glance

Property Value
Stack size 64
Placement Place from the hotbar

How to obtain

Make this item using the crafting or processing recipes below.

Using it

Place immediately on the Boiler Engine’s right with the shafts meeting. Electrical cables can connect on any of its six faces. See Electricity and batteries.

Opening its controls shows a matching illustration and name in the left panel. See Machine interfaces.

This is the electrical generator in a boiler setup. It supplies 800 W only when its left shaft directly meets the right shaft of an eligible running boiler; both machines must face the same direction. A cable, pipe or gap between the machines prevents coupling. The boiler can still burn fuel without this connection. See the complete generation route.

Crafting and processing

Recipe 1

Station: Machinist's Bench
Machinist's Bench
· 4×4

Shapeless: slot positions do not matter. Keep each pictured ingredient stack and its quantity; the layout below is only an example.

Copper Wire ×8 Iron Cog ×2 Machine Casing ×1  
       
       
       

Output: Alternator
Alternator
×1

Ingredient Total per operation
Copper Wire Copper Wire 8
Iron Cog Iron Cog 2
Machine Casing Machine Casing 1

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