Power Distribution Problems

1. its a game, not a real wiring setup.

2. DONT MIX the damn things. (something you should know from real wiring too)

3. its supposed to break if you connect different wires without the prober transformer.

If you are an electrical engineer, you should know that there needs to be a Transformer when you change from a High voltage power line to a Low voltage power line. Thats the reason why the low power wires are breaking at random points. Its as real as it gets.

9 hours ago, Rogue Witch said:

there needs to be a Transformer when you change from a High voltage power line to a Low voltage power line

Correct, however all the there is no such thing as voltage in the game, just power consumption and power ratings, thus a real transformer would not be needed. 

Your second statement is sort of my disagreement however, as you continue along a circuit IRL the power consumption drops, thus a cable with a 1000W rating that is only using 10W at the end of it, should not break. I would expect cable to break closer to the source, such as when you have a large load on the cable above its 1000W rating.

On 12/31/2018 at 3:46 PM, SharraShimada said:

1. its a game, not a real wiring setup.

2. DONT MIX the damn things. (something you should know from real wiring too)

3. its supposed to break if you connect different wires without the prober transformer.

1. Sure... where are you going with this?

2. Personal preference, I cant see why you can't base a game on real things, it's more intuitive. (also damn near all games are based on 'real life physics', like gravity).

3. That's kinda what I'm disputing. Are you here to just troll, or would you like to discuss it?

Your dupes carry around containers with 5 Tons of liquid. So much for real circumstances...

Yes, i do unterstand your problem, as i am an electrical engineer of some sort myself. But i can work with the system, as it is, just fine. Its just a matter of perspective.

In the image you shared, in the mouse hover info over the 1KW wire, you can see that the power demand on the circuit is 1128.86 W whereas the max capacity for the wire is 1000 W, leading to overloading and breaking. Voltage is represented by power capacity of wires in the game and the Power Transformers work great in that regard. 

Also, upon overloading a wire will break where the integrity of the wire is weakest and not necessarily near the source or the consumer. Thats why IRL, wires often break/burn at unpredictable places. The game does a good job by making this random.