[Guide] Electric in Rust

Detailed guide to the use of electric.

Electric is RUST now

Electric in Rust is now a reality! With its appearance, a very large number of new options are waiting for us to protect the base, form lighting, create various amenities and much more.

In this guide you will be able to learn about the basic subjects of electricity and see a couple of examples of their application.

Connections

The electrician's best friend in Rust is the wiring that connects all electrical items. This item conducts electricity through various powered electrical elements, and it can be crafted with the help of an HQM.

Take the wiring in your hand and press the LCM on the desired square of the element that you want to connect (initially it is a white square that lights up yellow when you hover over it). After that, you can, by pressing the LCM on the wall, start to lead the wire to another element that you want to connect.

A wall in the path of the wire? No problem, just go to the other side and the wiring will go right through the interfering wall. Each set of wiring can be stretched up to 30 meters or up to 16 attachment points.

Wiring

Energy production and storage

The first step of adding electricity to your home will be energy production. This can be done in one of two ways: using solar panels or wind turbines. After you produce the energy, you will need to store it somewhere. Here the batteries come to the rescue.

Large/Small solar panels

They can be placed on the ground or roof and then connected to batteries (or directly to electrical components). As you might have guessed, they produce energy only when the sun is shining. Also, the amount of energy generated will depend on the intensity of the sun's rays and the angle of the solar panel.

Wind turbine

Wind turbines produce energy using wind. They can be placed on the ground or roof, and then connected to batteries (or directly to electrical elements). They produce energy both during the day and at night, and its amount will directly depend on the wind.

Batteries

Small battery

Medium battery

Large battery

The larger the battery, the more it will be able to work without power supply.

Switch

An ordinary switch, about the same as the light switch at your home. Connect the input and output, and then turn on to start the flow of energy or turn off to stop it.

Pressure plate

The pressure plate passes the flow of electricity only when someone is standing on it. At the moment, thrown objects or sleeping players do not activate the pressure plate.

Laser detector

The laser detector is activated and passes a stream of electricity when a player enters its beam. The flow of electricity stops when the player leaves the beam.

Timer

The timer is the same as the switch, but with the ability to automatically turn off after a certain time. This time is set by the player (from 1 to 1,000,000 seconds). It can also be turned on remotely using the power-on slot.

Switch "And”

Slightly different from the usual one, the “And” switch supplies electricity only when both inputs receive energy.

Blocker

This item has 3 slots: input, output and blocking input. The flow of electricity will stop if electricity is supplied to the blocking entrance.

Counter

It can display the received energy or increase/decrease the bill to a certain value, at which a stream of electricity will flow through it. The counter can also be reset remotely.

Memory cell

A memory cell is one of the most complex electrical elements. It has an input, an output, a reverse output, an installation slot and a reset slot. Simply put, it is an element containing 1 bit of memory. The installation slot will set the value to “1". The reset slot will set the value to "0". The output will conduct connected electricity if the value is equal to “1”, the reverse output will conduct connected electricity if the value is equal to “0”... Caught it?

Switch “OR”

Just like the “AND” switch, the “OR” switch has 2 inputs. However, it will supply electricity when at least one of the inputs receives electricity. If both inputs receive electricity, then the output electricity will be equal to the larger of these two inputs.

The ”XOR" switch

Passes electricity only when only one of the inputs receives electricity. If both inputs receive electricity, then it will be blocked at the output.

Separator

When receiving electricity, the separator can distribute it to 3 outputs. The amount of electricity at the output is equal to the amount of electricity conducted to the input and divided by the number of outputs used.

Door regulator

When receiving electricity, it will open the door closest to it. In case of a power outage, it will close the door closest to it.

Electric splitter

Distributes electricity to 2 outputs. One output can be set to the desired amount of output electricity (from 1 to 10,000,000).

Power Combinator

Combines 2 electrical sources into 1 output. It is useful for combining small batteries and solar panels to get more electricity at one output.

Simple examples of the use of electricity

Three options for how electricity can be used in the Plant. The first two are pretty simple, the last one is a little more complicated, but you shouldn't have any special difficulties.

Lighting switch

As you can see in the picture, the solar panel is connected to the battery to charge it during the day. The battery is connected to the switch, and the switch, in turn, to the ceiling lights. Next, we connect all the ceiling lamps and when the switch is turned on, all 3 lamps will light up, and when turned off they will go out.

Required components:

• 1 Large solar panel
  
• 1 Small battery
  
• 1 Switch

Total cost:

• 40 HQM

A simple trap

So, this scheme will be a little more complicated. To begin with, the door must be open. When someone goes inside, he steps on the pressure plate, which opens the double door with gantraps.


In the picture, for clarity, everything is shown in an open form. In fact, you will need to implement all this in a closed house with double doors (behind which there will be gantraps). Double doors should look directly at the exit door/pressure plate.

Construction Steps:

1. Start with an energy source. For example, I used a wind turbine.
2. Connect the separators for disconnecting to 4 outputs. The separator that will be connected to the wind turbine is the main one.
3. Connect the main divider to the timer input. This will be timer “A".
4. Connect the last output of the main divider to the input of the memory cell.
5. Connect the second separator to the inlet of the pressure plate.
6. Connect the second divider to the second timer input. This will be timer “B".
Note: The last output of the second separator is not used.
7. Connect the pressure plate output to the reset slot on the memory cell.
8. Connect the timer “A” to the set slot on the memory cell.
9. Connect the reverse output of the memory cell to the timer on slot “B".
10. Connect the output of the memory cell to the door controller, which will be located at the exit door.
11. And as a last connection: connect the output slot of timer “B” to the door controller, which will be located at the trap door.
12. Set the timer time “A” for 1 second and the timer time “B” for the amount of time for which you want the trap door to be open.

Steps to check the health of the scheme:

1. Close all doors.
2. Make sure that the diodes on the memory cell are green and red.
Remark No. 1: In order for the lower diode to light up, you need to step on the pressure plate.
3. Manually turn on the timer “A” to open the front door. On the memory cell, both diodes will have to light green.
4. Step on the pressure plate. The front door should close, and the trap door, on the contrary, open.
Note #1: Reactivating the pressure plate will only open the trap door.
Note #2: It is recommended to disguise the pressure plate with sleeping bags, carpets, bear skins, etc., so that it looks as safe as possible for potential victims of your trap.

Required components:

• 1 Wind turbine
  
• 2 Separators
  
• 2 Timers
  
• 2 door regulators
  
• 1 Memory cell

Total cost:

• 1500 wood
  
• 75 HQM
  
• 10 Sheet metals
  
• 5 Gears

Thank you

[XWhiteXWonderX]

Great Info

[Floki]

helpfull

[guizmo238]

Actually really helpfull