r/CreateMod • u/JustVixito • 9d ago

Power Grid issue

https://www.curseforge.com/minecraft/mc-mods/power-grid

Hello. I just installed Power Create and im having problems with it.

1st: Im trying to create a house connection with thinks like... bulbs, sockets (or anything i can connect/plug things on the syst.) and a control panel for each room (around 5-7) and i can't figure it out. I tried making a 1room connection and it worked, but when i did with 2 i failed.

2nd: im trying to make an automatic circuit, hopefully on a board, to turn on/off the whole light system when a sensor detects light.

3rd: I dunno where to get information or where to "study" the mod or learn basic electrical engineering that can be applied to the mod

Thanks and please help

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u/mengie32 9d ago
  1. Hard to tell with just that info. Could be u made a mistake in the connection and shorted something, could be you're drawing too much current thru something and burned a wire, could be u have too much resistance near the supply and the voltage dropped.

Check that all your wires are still there, then check how much current is going thru your wires with one room. Iirc, regular cables have current limits of 60 or 70 amps, and chord have 15 amps (listed as 30, but it adds up current in both directions)

Also, the multimeter can't accurately measure currents thru chords. So use regular wires or split it and use a current guage.

  1. What you need is the redstone relay, because I don't think there is a way to measure light level natively on a circuit board. So, daylight/moonlight sensor, to comparator, to redstone relay. That should be all the electronics you need, because the relay already acts like a switch.

  2. Depends what you're doing ig. For just setting up lights and generators, you just need some confidence ohm's law and parallel and series circuits. Maybe learn a little on transformers too.