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Electrical Age Reference Hub

Welcome! This page surfaces the most helpful guides, showcases a few spotlight builds, and links to curated category collections so you can find what you need without digging through every page.

Quick Start

• FAQ — Covers supported versions, stability, and common troubleshooting questions.
• Tuto electrical — Walks through the core power concepts the mod is built on.
• Examples — Jump to a gallery of player-ready builds for inspiration.
• Developing — Explains how to set up a workspace if you want to hack on the mod itself.

Power Infrastructure

• Electrical Cables — Understand every wire type and its limits before you string your first backbone.
• Transformer — Learn how to step through voltage tiers safely.
• Category: 50 Volts / Category: 200 Volts / Category: 800 Volts — Browse devices grouped by voltage tier to plan upgrades.
• Category: Blocks — A catalog of the core infrastructure blocks you will place over and over.

Machines & Automation

• Machine — Explains what “machines” mean in Electrical Age and how they differ from vanilla counterparts.
• Auto Miner and Transportation Machine — Two staples for early resource automation.
• Plate Machine, Macerator, and Thermal Dissipator — Common mid-game processing chain.
• Category: Example builds — Ready-made layouts that show the machines above working together.

Signal & Control

• Signal Cable — Dedicated lines for automation networks.
• Signal Processor — The hub for analog/digital logic.
• Relay and Alarm — Core signal-driven blocks for safety interlocks.
• List of chips — Jumping-off point into every IC the mod provides, including Digital chips and Mixed signal chips.
• Category: Signal — One stop for every block that consumes or emits signal power.

Portable Tech & Tools

• Portable Battery and Portable Capacitor — Field power for scanners and drills.
• X-Ray Scanner — Prospecting tool powered by the portable cells above.
• Wrench — Required for configuring cables, covers, and switches when laying out a base.
• Category: Items / Category: Tools — Quick references for everything you carry rather than place.

Featured Builds & Guides

• Powersystem example build — Balanced campus layout that mixes multiple voltages.
• Powerline example — How to move megawatts across huge distances without frying endpoints.
• Simple gas turbine control — PID controlled shaft power system for stable output.

Category Reference

• Category: Blocks — Grid infrastructure and deployable machines.
• Category: Items — Consumables, upgrades, and inventory tools.
• Category: Tools — Field diagnostic gear.
• Category: Signal — Automation, relays, and alarms.
• Category: Example builds — Blueprint-style walkthroughs.
• Voltage tiers: 50 V, 200 V, 800 V
• Power specialties: Renewable Energy, Shaft Power
• Category: Chips — Links into every chip family, from simple buffers to programmable logic.