Maintenance and Skill

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Maintenance and Skill

Devices wear out over time, which lowers their output (see the condition factor in Production and Calculations). The Electrical skill unlocks the equipment and the repair work.

Wear

Device	Normal wear	Accelerators
Solar panel	-1 per 10 days	Thunderstorm, only if sandbox StormDamage (off by default)
Wind turbine	-1 per 4 days	Wind above 85 km/h with StormDamage
Water wheel	-1 per 6 days	none
Inverter	-1 per 5 days while on	Load above 80 %: wear x 2; each trip without breaker: -3; soundproofed: x 1.25
Breaker	-1 per 15 days	none
Power bank, alarm	-1 per 30 days	none
Battery	100 / life cycles per full cycle	Discharge below 20 %: wear doubled; self-discharge 0.2 % per day

Repair, overhaul, recondition

• Repair: 1 electronics scrap + 1 electric wire, gains 5 + Electrical level points (up to 90). Failure chance: max(5, 40 - 5 x level) %, halved from level 8. Parts are lost on failure.
• Overhaul (level 8): 4 electronics scrap + 2 electric wires, back to 100.
• Recondition a battery (level 4): 1 electronics scrap + 0.5 L water, +15 condition, capped at 80.

Voltage tester

The Voltage Tester (LiveWire.VoltageTester): right-click a tile, then Live Wire, then Measure.

Level	Reading
0	Power yes / no
1	Origin of the power
2	Appliance consumption
4	Network balance

Electrical skill

Level	Unlocks	Continuous effect
0	Read a tester: powered or not	none
1	Voltage tester	Detailed reading of the tile
2	Power bank, low battery alarm, soundproofing kit	Battery wear -5 %
3	Solar panels, breaker, backup generator	Installation efficiency 0.85
4	Recondition a battery	Autonomy reading
5	Inverter	none
6	Wind turbine, deep-cycle battery, management computer	Battery wear -10 %
7	Water wheel, load shedding	Installation efficiency 0.95
8	Solar cells from scrap, overhaul	Repair failure halved
9-10	none	Installation efficiency 1.0; device wear -25 %

Experience

Always given by the server (sandbox XPMultiplier).

Action	XP
Mod recipes	see [[Recipes
Place a solar panel	10
Place a wind turbine or water wheel	20
Place an inverter	25
Connect a source or battery	3
Inspect a device	2 (once per device per day)
Measure with the tester	1 (once per tile per hour)
Repair	5 + 1 per point, max 15
Recondition a battery	8
Reset after fixing an overload	5 (once per hour)
Soundproof the inverter	3

See also

Recipes - Equipment - Sandbox Options - Optional Equipment