Alternator Generator
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Alternator Generator | |
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A wood, coal or energiwood burning power source. Generates up to 4W power, fuel type determines consumption rate. Left Input: On/Off Switch | |
Category | wire |
Slot count | 1 |
Rarity | common |
Price | 200 |
Colony tags | science power |
ID | fu_alternatorgenerator |
Unlocked by Electronics (Electronics tree).
Alternator Generator is the early-game way to generate Power. It burns items like Wooden Log. It produces 4W of power (which is enough for one Iron Centrifuge or two Sifters).
Later in the game it can be replaced with a more powerful Combustion Generator.
Accepted fuels
Fuel Types | Burn Time | Where to get |
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Wooden Log | 10 | Chop trees |
Coal | 16 | Mine it from the ground (similarly to Copper Ore, etc.) |
Golden Wood | 20 | Produced by some bees |
Redwood Bark | 20 | Chop gigantic trees on Primeval planets |
Penumbral Bark | 30 | Chop gigantic trees on Penumbra planets |
Alien Weird Wood | 40 | Chop unusually shaped mutated trees |
Energy Wood | 50 | Chop trees that look like glowing orbs |
Aen Wood Log | 60 | Chop trees on land-based Aether World planets |
Purrpetual Energy | 120000 | Strapping a piece of Tearnut Butter Sandwich onto a cat |
Heat mechanics
The Alternator Generator must heat up to reach full power when fuel is first added, similarly it also takes time to cool down. For each second the generator increases or decreases its heat by 5%, reaching full power and 90% heat after 18 seconds.
How to obtain
Electronics Center
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Power sources | |
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Low-tech (fuel) | Alternator Generator (=4W) · Combustion Generator (=12W) · Hydraulic Dynamo (5-21W, depending on fuel) |
Low-tech (renewable) | Solar Panel (<=4W) · Solar Array (<=10W) · Solar Tower (<=24W) · Wind Turbine (<12W) · Weather Beacon (tool to check light/wind level) |
Madness | Neuro-Psionic Generator (=60W) · Nocturn Array (<=10W, renewable) |
Advanced | Fission Reactor (10-360W, depending on fuel, + has useful byproducts) · Small Fusion Reactor (15-360W, depending on fuel) · Large Fusion Reactor (35-600W, depending on fuel) · Quantum Reactor (60-620W, depending on fuel) |
Precursor | Precursor Reactor (up to 1055W, noncraftable: can only be found) |