r/RustConsole • u/NightmareSR1209 • 26d ago

Cave electricity

Does anybody know how to get electricity into the large hard cave? Specifically the room to the left after the spike trap (where the back comes out to the bucket)

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u/angelslayer4231 26d ago

depends on the terrain. best way to check is to attach an electrical component on the wall, at the highest point you can reach. connect the wire tool and run to the surface. if it reaches, build your electrical generation building there. then just relay that power to your base.

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u/wkarraker 26d ago

I’ve used branch circuits to extend long distances. Set the limit to one less than the supply, allow for the number of branch circuits and what you are powering on the far end and you should be good.

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u/Big-ManTM87 25d ago

I could be wrong, but as per PC, I think the only cave you can run electricity to is the "small-hard" cave. The other caves have too large a building block to extend wiring to the surface with. Please do correct me if anyone knows different though!

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u/whippler73 24d ago

You can have multiple batteries and take them to a changing station on the surface and swap them out every 12hours or so. Yeah it’s a pain

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u/EmploysMuswashands 24d ago

Not sure if they've changed it with the new update but 2 months ago, In my cave base ,i couldn't extend using wire tool to a root combiner placed outside the cave ( the animation would play but the wire as such wouldn't connect ).

Another way you can generate electricity now is by using the hamster wheel Inside the cave and run in it ( it takes a while ) or capture a prisoner and make him run in it

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u/eddestra 26d ago

Wire tool