Insulated Electrum Cable
alaindustrial:insulated_electrum_cable
Summary
✅ Safe to touch: the rubber sheath completely prevents contact shock at every energy flow, regardless of neighbouring cable tiers or configured damage. That matters most here — bare electrum deals 10 damage, the highest of any wire in the mod.
The Insulated Electrum Cable is the rubber-upgraded version of the Electrum Cable. It retains electrum's 192 EU/FE/tick throughput and 512 EU/FE packet cap, but halves attenuation from 0.005 to 0.0025 per block — the lowest loss in the mod, half the previous record held by insulated tin (0.003) and a quarter of the bare electrum one rung below it.
The result is a wire with no operational drawback at all: the widest, the longest-reaching, and safe to touch. Its entire cost sits in the craft — electrum and diamond dust for the bare grade first, then rubber for the sheath.
Energy
| Field | Value |
|---|---|
| Role | transfer |
| Tier | HV |
| Max voltage | 512 EU/FE/packet |
| Throughput | 192 EU/FE/tick = the segment working buffer |
| Loss | 0.0025 attenuation per block; positive flow delivers max(1, ceil(N × 0.9975^distance)) EU/FE/tick |
| Insulation | rubber; complete shock protection |
The formula follows the model: a positive packet always delivers at least 1 EU/FE, so a long line cannot prevent exact storage top-off. At the full 192 EU/FE/tick segment flow, insulated electrum delivers 170 EU/FE over 50 blocks and 150 EU/FE over 100; bare electrum delivers 150 and 117 EU/FE over the same distances. The half-distance grows from 138 to about 277 blocks.
In a mixed network the grade with the higher packet cap sets the network loss rate. At an equal cap the bare grade wins over the insulated one: a single insulated segment does not improve an otherwise bare line. The reduced 0.0025 applies only to a fully insulated electrum network.
Block Properties
A thin rubber-sheathed wire that connects to neighbouring blocks. Any tool breaks it, and shears are especially handy.
| Field | Value |
|---|---|
| Shape | thin rod (6px core + sleeves), |
| Hardness | 0.2 |
| Tool | any / shears |
Recipes
Six electrum cables and three rubber on a crafting table give 6 insulated ones. Rubber cost is 0.5 per cable, same as every other grade. There is no wool alternative: insulation is a consumer of vulcanized rubber. Processing recipes: none.
Related
Electrum Cable — the bare version, which shocks for 10. Insulated Gold Cable — the MV version for flows up to 48 EU/FE/tick. Rubber — the sheath material.
Crafting
Shaped Crafting
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