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Lamp

2014-05-14T16:38:00Z

Robhol:

[[File:lamp-example-1.png|thumb|256px]]
The lamp is a basic electric device providing brightness in a small area at night.
{| class="wikitable"
| '''Recipe:''' || {{icon|iron-plate|1|Iron plate}} + {{icon|iron-stick|3|Iron stick}} + {{icon|electronic-circuit|1|Electronic circuit}} + {{icon|time icon|1|time}} => {{icon|lamp|1|Lamp}}
|-
| '''Total raw:''' || {{icon|iron-plate|3.5|Iron plate}} {{icon|copper-plate|1.5|Copper plate}}
|-
| '''Max power:''' || 5 kW ([[Electric network|electric]])
|-
|}

== See also ==
* [[Electric network]]

[[Category: Items]] [[Category: Electric network]]

Units

2014-05-14T16:07:05Z

Robhol: Used old data for lamps example, fixed

The following units are important in Factorio.

== Power ==
Power is defined as work being done per unit of time.

=== Watt (W) ===
The basic unit of power is 1 watt (W), which is defined as '''1W = 1J / 1s''', ie. one Joule of work being done every second.

The game commonly deals with larger units, namely kilowatts (kW) and megawatts (MW).

[[Lamp|Lamps]] use 5kW while turned on. A [[Radar]] uses 300kW while active - equivalent to 60 lamps.
One [[Steam engine]] is capable of outputting 510W.

== Work ==

Work is defined as a transfer of energy, or as energy being "spent".

=== Joule (J) ===
The basic unit of work is 1 joule (J), and represents the work being done (total energy transferred) by a power of one watt applied for one second: '''1J = 1W * 1s'''.

In-game, every piece of [[coal]] burned will produce 8kJ. One [[Accumulator]] is capable of storing 5MJ.

== Time ==

=== Second (s) ===
One second in-game. This is not guaranteed to correspond to one real second. For example, slow computers may not manage to calculate an entire [[Game-tick|tick]] during the corresponding real time frame of 1/60th of a second.

== Distance ==

=== Tile ===
The tile is both used as a unit of distance/length and a unit of area. For example, the size of an object may be expressed as "2x2 tiles", which means the object covers an area of 4 square tiles or tiles². The
unit of square tiles is often simplified into tiles.

=== Chunk ===
A chunk is a quadratic area where one side is 32 tiles long. (1024 square tiles)

Units

2014-05-14T15:25:54Z

Robhol: Rewrote page

The following units are important in Factorio.

== Power ==
Power is defined as work being done per unit of time.

=== Watt (W) ===
The basic unit of power is 1 watt (W), which is defined as '''1W = 1J / 1s''', ie. one Joule of work being done every second.

The game commonly deals with larger units, namely kilowatts (kW) and megawatts (MW).

[[Lamp|Lamps]] use 12W while turned on. A [[Radar]] uses 300kW while active - equivalent to 25 000 lamps.
One [[Steam engine]] is capable of outputting 510W.

== Work ==

Work is defined as a transfer of energy, or as energy being "spent".

=== Joule (J) ===
The basic unit of work is 1 joule (J), and represents the work being done (total energy transferred) by a power of one watt applied for one second: '''1J = 1W * 1s'''.

In-game, every piece of [[coal]] burned will produce 8kJ. One [[Accumulator]] is capable of storing 5MJ.

== Time ==

=== Second (s) ===
One second in-game. This is not guaranteed to correspond to one real second. For example, slow computers may not manage to calculate an entire [[Game-tick|tick]] during the corresponding real time frame of 1/60th of a second.

== Distance ==

=== Tile ===
The tile is both used as a unit of distance/length and a unit of area. For example, the size of an object may be expressed as "2x2 tiles", which means the object covers an area of 4 square tiles or tiles². The
unit of square tiles is often simplified into tiles.

=== Chunk ===
A chunk is a quadratic area where one side is 32 tiles long. (1024 square tiles)

Radar

2014-05-14T14:24:44Z

Robhol: kW, not Kw

The radar is used to continually scan sectors. It is has a high [[Electric network|power]] demand and is a priority target of [[Enemies]]. It keeps a small area (7x7 chunks, ca. 221x221 tiles <ref>based by the central tile of radar structur chunk is in. This value is confirmed for 0.9.x </ref> ) updated about all enemy movements.

Radar explores one unexplored [[chunk]] when the sector scanning progress finishes up to distance of 14 chunks. It slowly discovers a large area of the map. In other words: As long as you provide the radar with enough energy, it reveals a [[chunk]] every (???) seconds.

See also [http://www.factorioforums.com/forum/viewtopic.php?f=5&t=3362 long term radar behavior].

{| class="wikitable"
| '''Recipe:''' || {{icon|iron-plate|10|Iron plate}} + {{icon|iron-gear-wheel|5|Iron gear wheel}} + {{icon|electronic-circuit|5|Electronic circuit}} + {{icon|time icon|1|time}} => {{icon|radar|1|Radar}}
|-
| '''Total raw:''' || {{icon|iron-plate|25|Iron plate}} {{icon|copper-plate|7.5|Copper plate}}
|-
| '''Max power:''' || 300 kW ([[Electric network|electric]])
|-
|}

== See also ==
* [[Electric network]]
* [[Enemies]]

== Notes ==

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[[Category: Items]] [[Category: Electric network]] [[Category: Weapons]]