ZZZZT help

[EBoyJesus™]

i have gotten the zzzt effect 3 times today... in game day... wtf. and only on my sandstone crematorium

[The Great Glumbini]

Read the message carefully, some ZZZT events are caused when certain things are exposed to rain, the crematorium is one of them. Build a roof over the crematorium to cover it from rain and this will stop it. Sun lamps and batteries also do the same when exposed to rain so make sure they have roof tiles over them when putting them outdoors. For sun lamps that I use outside I like to build a door next to them and use the door to support the roof over the sun lamp.

[MortVent]

It's also a random event.

RT fuses is a mod that is rather well balanced with research and build costs that adds fuses and reset-able circuit breakers to help

[The Great Glumbini]

The random "ZZZT" event can only happen on conduits, if they have a connection to at least one battery. If it happens on a crematorium, sun lamp or battery it's because of rain.

[Astasia]

Originally posted by Representing Joe:

The random "ZZZT" event can only happen on conduits, if they have a connection to at least one battery.

Battery isn't required any more. If you have a conduit with power going through it you can get the short circuit event now.

[The Great Glumbini]

Originally posted by Astasia:

Originally posted by Representing Joe:

The random "ZZZT" event can only happen on conduits, if they have a connection to at least one battery.

Battery isn't required any more. If you have a conduit with power going through it you can get the short circuit event now.

Ahh I didn't know this, how does the damage get calculated in that case? The amount of power being produced by power sources I presume?

[Astasia]

I'm not sure, in my experience without any batteries it's generally limited to a very small event only effecting the one conduit. I didn't do much testing though.

[M.K.]

Originally posted by Representing Joe:

The random "ZZZT" event can only happen on conduits, if they have a connection to at least one battery. If it happens on a crematorium, sun lamp or battery it's because of rain.

FALSE

Just yesterday had a Bzzzt event on the power line between my one wood-fuel generator, and my house containing 2 standing lamps. NO other electric devices yet, had just researched power , had not researched batteries yet.

Of course, the short did virtually no damage, as *that* is based on your battery storage total. With zero batteries there was just a single spark, notification of the event, and the teensiest scratch on the wall that carried the conduit.

[TwoTonGamer]

I can confirm "Zzzt" event happens without batteries but is very small. I have 3 geothermal generators and no batteries connected (4 batteries charged but uninstalled and in storage) and all my "Zzzt" 's do very little damage and are very contained.

[Slye_Fox]

Originally posted by M.K.:

Originally posted by Representing Joe:

The random "ZZZT" event can only happen on conduits, if they have a connection to at least one battery. If it happens on a crematorium, sun lamp or battery it's because of rain.

FALSE

Just yesterday had a Bzzzt event on the power line between my one wood-fuel generator, and my house containing 2 standing lamps. NO other electric devices yet, had just researched power , had not researched batteries yet.

Of course, the short did virtually no damage, as *that* is based on your battery storage total. With zero batteries there was just a single spark, notification of the event, and the teensiest scratch on the wall that carried the conduit.

It's not false, there are 2 kinds of Zzzt events.
Yellow = Random event
Red = Non-waterproof items (workbenches, batteries, ect) got rained on

[Astasia]

Originally posted by Slye_Fox:

It's not false

It is, read the part he bolded in his quote.

The short circuit event used to require batteries to trigger, it does not anymore, that's what he was saying, and what I said earlier, and what you can find on the wiki.

https://rimworldwiki.com/wiki/Events#Zzztt...

[Slye_Fox]

Originally posted by Astasia:

Originally posted by Slye_Fox:

It's not false

It is, read the part he bolded in his quote.

The short circuit event used to require batteries to trigger, it does not anymore, that's what he was saying, and what I said earlier, and what you can find on the wiki.

https://rimworldwiki.com/wiki/Events#Zzztt...

Erg, missed the second part of the bolded bit.

[M.K.]

Originally posted by Slye_Fox:

Originally posted by M.K.:

FALSE

Just yesterday had a Bzzzt event on the power line between my one wood-fuel generator, and my house containing 2 standing lamps. NO other electric devices yet, had just researched power , had not researched batteries yet.

Of course, the short did virtually no damage, as *that* is based on your battery storage total. With zero batteries there was just a single spark, notification of the event, and the teensiest scratch on the wall that carried the conduit.

It's not false, there are 2 kinds of Zzzt events.
Yellow = Random event
Red = Non-waterproof items (workbenches, batteries, ect) got rained on

Ok, mr. smart ass.
If I did not experience the random event,n then please explain where my conduit got rained on, as it was INSIDE A FUGGIN WALL for the whole length from power source?

[The Great Glumbini]

Originally posted by M.K.:

Originally posted by Representing Joe:

The random "ZZZT" event can only happen on conduits, if they have a connection to at least one battery. If it happens on a crematorium, sun lamp or battery it's because of rain.

FALSE

Just yesterday had a Bzzzt event on the power line between my one wood-fuel generator, and my house containing 2 standing lamps. NO other electric devices yet, had just researched power , had not researched batteries yet.

Of course, the short did virtually no damage, as *that* is based on your battery storage total. With zero batteries there was just a single spark, notification of the event, and the teensiest scratch on the wall that carried the conduit.

Yea, Astasia already pointed out batteries aren't necessary anymore for the random event to occur. However it seems like if you don't have any batteries, the event is entirely negligible.

Also lets not muddy the water for OP's question; Crematorium short circuits are caused by rain. Batteries and conduits in this situation are irrelevant other than the fact that they are powering the crematorium.

[martindirt]

Funny to read through as most of you totaly forgot about the OP... :D
(No offense,, just funny)

[Astasia]

Originally posted by martonherman1984:

Funny to read through as most of you totaly forgot about the OP... :D
(No offense,, just funny)

The first reply answered the OP's question, there's nothing else to really add to it.