Heavi-Watt Wire
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Heavi-Watt Wire
Carries more Wattage than regular Wire without overloading.
Cannot be run through wall and floor tile.
Cannot be run through wall and floor tile.
Higher wattage wire is used to avoid power overloads, particularly for strong generators.
Dimensions
1×1 tiles
Rotation
Directional
Category
-25 (Radius: 6 tiles)
Effects
Max Power: 20 kW
Materials
100 kg
Heavi-Watt Wire carries 20 times more power than a standard Wire, but causes very low decor values for a wide area. It should therefore not run along the pathways the Duplicants walk or work along regularly.
Tips
- It cannot run through tiles or doors, so plan ahead.
- Because of its huge negative decor impact it makes sense to run this wire along separated maintenance tunnels without Duplicant access - and only in spaces where Duplicants do not need to work. Shield it with walls and doors wherever it runs near Duplicant operated items.
- For the same reason do not connect it to Duplicant operated items like the Manual Generator - use a Power Transformer to connect it in appropriate distance and then use other wires from there.
- You can use Heavi-Watt Joint Plate with Heavi-Watt Wire if you need to go past doors or single tiles.
See Also
- Heavi-Watt Conductive Wire - variant that can stand 50 kW and has a reduced decor penalty
- Mechanized Airlock - to limit access to and decor exposure.
- Power Transformer - to connect separate grids (one-directional).
