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How to Store and Distribute Power Across Your Base
Building an Accumulator
To prevent wasted power, you can store surplus Forge Energy inside an Accumulator, which serves as a multiblock battery structure.
1. Assemble the Accumulator blocks into a multiblock battery structure where you want your central power reserve.
2. Attach electrical connectors to the Accumulator to establish input and output points.
3. Run wires from your power sources, such as an Alternator, to the Accumulator's input connector to charge the battery.
Routing and Controlling Electricity
Create Crafts and Additions provides several tools to organize and automate your power grid:
- Wiring: Use wire spools to run connections between connectors across walls, ceilings, or between distant machines.
- Signal Control: Place a Redstone Relay along a wire line to switch the flow of electricity on or off using vanilla redstone signals.
- Diagnostics: Use a Multimeter to inspect wire connections, checking the active charge and power flow.
- Contraptions: When transferring electricity to or from moving assemblies (such as trains or rotating contraptions), mount a Portable Energy Interface on the contraption and align it with a stationary interface on your main grid.