Power Switch

Experimental

The Power Switch is a building that can be used to break or connect different power grids, which is useful for controlling power supply to different parts of a factory.

Usage
To take advantage of the Power Switch attach one Power Pole connected to a grid to the A connection and attach another Power Pole connected to another grid to the B connection. When the Power Switch is turned on it will bridge the connection between the poles, and turning it off will terminate this connection. This will join the two grids into one bigger grid. Since the switch only acts as a bridge, if there are any other connections between the two grids already joining them it will not separate them on its own. Essentially the Power Switch behaves the same as connecting two power poles or deleting the Power Line between them.

Currently the indicator light on top of the Power Switch does not mean anything. It is always white.

Power trip
If, when the Power Switch is turned off, one of the grids doesn't have enough power one of two things can happen. If the grid has no power production whatsoever the machines on the grid will simply shut off and not cause the grid to trip. However, if there is any power production on the grid and it's not enough to run the machines on it the power will trip like normal.

If a Power Switch is turned on and a non-tripped grid is combined with a tripped grid the resultant combined grid will always be tripped.

History

 * Patch 0.4.0.0: Introduced