Electricity

[Average Juice Enjoyer]

So i have never been one to mess around with the wire tools or traps etc but i have levelled sufficiently and have the appropriate perks that it is now something to consider.

The issue i have is knowing how to connect things

Example - i have a generator bank and connected it to a switch then connected the switch to a blade trap, pulling the switch activates the blade trap. Makes sense. However if i attach a relay to the generator first to increase my distance i can place the switch, hitting the switch no longer activates the blade trap

There are videos etc but most of them are from the old version of the game, would prefer someone with new game knowledge to advise of some pointer before i scrap it all to iron.

[Lelo Mariin]

Its the flow of electricity

Generator, relay, switch, blade trap works

relay, generator then from relay to switch, blade trap - doesnt work

because electricity never leaves the generator.

hold the wire tool and youll see there directional flow of energy.
yellow/black. look at which direction it flows

not watched this vid yet but hes a reliadble source
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=BXW6nhObKmU

[Dr. Rockso]

Probably the flow of electricity going in the wrong direction like Lelo mentioned.

I run Solar > Battery Bank > relay > switch > relay > trap and it works just fine. I could get rid of one of the relays but I like being OCD with my wiring.

[Average Juice Enjoyer]

Ah so my issue was with the switch being my final point, so mines was generator > trap > relay > switch

[Duneman]

Yeah, generally speaking the limits are: one "parent" source of power(so you couldn't have generators and solar panels both feeding power into the same battery banks), and power flows down linearly from that to each component such that should a component fail all items down the line lose power as well.

So the general practice is: keep your battery charging operation on a separate grid just for that purpose, and avoid "daisy chaining" items, opting instead for parallel lines(up to a limit of 9) going into "child" systems. If you have a bunch of things springing from a single relay then that relay should be hardened and hidden behind multiple, sturdy blocks.