What uses your power - turret001/OffGrid GitHub Wiki
A running controller powers everything within 20 tiles, and every building you wire, and pays for all of it: your house, the shed, and the neighbours' house too.
- Fridges, freezers and fuel pumps always draw: compressors day and night, and a pump whenever it holds fuel.
- Everything else counts only while it is switched on: lights, stoves, TVs, radios, washers, dryers.
- See the list on System monitor › LOADS.
- Two controllers that reach the same fridge both pay for it, like two petrol generators.
- With Sandbox Simulate appliance load off, nothing is billed.
- While the town grid still has power, the appliances it runs cost your batteries nothing. A structure you built is never on the grid, so what runs there draws on the batteries from the start.
- Off-Grid › Show power coverage makes everything in reach glow: green when it draws on your batteries, white when it draws nothing. See Power whole buildings.
What each appliance draws
| Appliance | Watts |
|---|---|
| Home fridge (always) | 200 W |
| Freezer (always) | 150 W |
| Cooled shop shelves (always) | 120 W |
| Fuel pump with fuel in it (always) | 500 W |
| Radio | 22 W |
| Light, switched on | 55 W |
| TV | 95 W |
| Battery charger | 250 W |
| Washer | 480 W |
| Toaster | 800 W |
| Microwave | 900 W |
| Coffee maker | 1000 W |
| Washer-dryer | 1200 W |
| Stove | 1400 W |
| Dryer | 1800 W |
| Transformer, while the system has power | 25 W |
Every home fridge has a freezer compartment, so it counts as a fridge-freezer. Only cooled shop shelves are plain fridges.
A room's ceiling light counts once, even if the room has two switches. A lamp counts on its own.
To switch every light off at once, press LIGHTS OFF on the monitor's LOADS page.
Sizing for one night
- One home fridge for 10 hours: 2.0 kWh
- Four lights left on for 10 hours: 2.2 kWh
- One battery in a Battery Bank, above its 15% floor: 0.61 kWh
That is about 7 batteries, or switch the lights off and it's 4.