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{{:Infobox:Medium electric pole}}
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The '''medium electric pole''' is part of the second tier of [[Electric system#Distribution|electric poles]] and is a direct upgrade from the [[small electric pole]]. It has the second-largest supply area of all of the electric poles and is unlocked early in the game, making it useful up until mid-game and even later. Additionally, its 1x1 footprint grants it more versatility than the 2x2 [[substation]].  
The '''medium electric pole''' is an improved [[Electric system#Distribution|electric pole]] that is superior to the [[small electric pole]] in all regards, requiring slightly more expensive resources to produce. Although it lacks benefits of more advanced, specialized entities, it is a consummate all-rounder with decent reach, supply area and size.
 


However, its relatively short wire reach makes it inconvenient to use for long-range power distribution; [[big electric pole]]s are more suited for that task. It also lacks the supply area to power large, dense areas of machines, in which case [[substation]]s should be used instead.
== History ==
== History ==


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== See also ==
== See also ==
* [[Electric network]]
* [[Electric system]]
* [[Big electric pole]]
* [[Substation]]


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Revision as of 23:02, 22 December 2017

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 Medium electric pole

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Recipe

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Total raw

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Map color

Health

100

Resistances

Fire: 0/100%

Stack size

50

Dimensions

1×1

Mining time

0.1

Supply area

7×7 tiles

Wire reach

9 tiles

Prototype type

electric-pole

Internal name

medium-electric-pole

Required technologies

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1

Produced by

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The medium electric pole is an improved electric pole that is superior to the small electric pole in all regards, requiring slightly more expensive resources to produce. Although it lacks benefits of more advanced, specialized entities, it is a consummate all-rounder with decent reach, supply area and size.


History

  • 0.9.0:
    • Visualizations of Area of effect when hovering on pole.
    • Further optimization on building while holding mouse down.
  • 0.7.0:
    • Poles now auto-connect to all poles in reach with no common neighbor.
    • Building electric poles with shift pressed builds it without any connections.
  • 0.6.3:
    • Max wire distance between poles is limited to the smallest pole's when manually connecting.
  • 0.5.0:
    • Shows what is connected to the electric pole when selected.
    • Added electric network statistics

See also

Logistics

Energy & pipe distribution

Transport

Terrain

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