Optional Equipment

Version francaise : Equipements optionnels

Optional Equipment

These four add-ons are not required to run a network, but they make it safer and easier to manage. Each network takes at most one of each.

Equipment	Effect	Level
Breaker panel (wall)	Trips instead of the inverter when the house demand exceeds 1,500 W, so the inverter does not lose 3 condition points. Red lamp when tripped; reset on the breaker itself ("Reset the breaker"), refused while still overloaded.	3
Low battery alarm (wall)	Below 20 % stock: a message to players within 30 tiles, then a beep every 10 game minutes until "Silence the alarm". The beacon stays lit until the stock is back above 25 %.	2
Backup generator (vanilla generator)	Started by the mod under 20 % battery, stopped at 90 % (sandbox BackupStartPercent / BackupStopPercent). Supplies 1,200 W, burns 1 L of fuel per 3 kWh (on top of its vanilla consumption). Still noisy and toxic indoors; it must be plugged and fuelled the vanilla way. Never starts without batteries.	3
Management computer (vanilla desktop computer)	48 h history, forecast until sunrise. Load shedding at level 7: switches the lights off under 15 % to keep the fridge, re-armed above 30 %.	6

The management computer and the backup generator are not crafted: they are vanilla objects found in the world. Link them from their own right-click menu (see Wiring).

When does the breaker trip?

When the demand of the house appliances exceeds the inverter maximum, 1,500 W (the 20 W idle consumption is not counted). It is checked at each simulation step: every 10 game minutes and right after an action. Example: a stacked washer + dryer running together (up to 1,800 W).

Without a breaker, the inverter trips and loses 3 condition points; reset it on the inverter. With a breaker, the breaker trips instead; reset it on the breaker ("Reset the breaker"), which is refused while the load is still too high. Switch off some appliances first.

See also

Wiring - Inverter Screen and Software - Maintenance and Skill - Multiplayer and FAQ