Copper cable

Copper cable

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• Base game
 
• Space Age mod

Recipe
0.5 + 1 → 2
Total raw
0.5 + 1
Stack size	200
Rocket capacity	4000 (20 stacks)
Prototype type	item
Internal name	copper-cable
Required technologies
Produced by
Consumed by

Recipe
0.5 + 1 → 2
Total raw
0.5 + 1
Stack size	200
Rocket capacity	4000 (20 stacks)
Prototype type	item
Internal name	copper-cable
Required technologies
Produced by
Consumed by

Copper cables are an intermediate product made from copper plates, or can be cast from a foundry. They are very important for manufacturing circuits and electrical connections.

Copper cables can no longer be used to connect or disconnect power poles, you must instead click the "make copper wire" icon on the Shortcut bar, and left click two electric poles. This way, you can manually wire some of the more complex systems, like making steam engines work only when accumulators are empty. Note that the cable is not consumed during this operation, and you do not actually need to have the item in inventory.

Disconnecting and connecting the copper wire between two medium electric poles using the make copper wire tool from the shortcut bar.

The "Make copper wire" icon in the shortcut bar is used to manually connect and disconnect electric poles and power switches.

Alternative recipes

Space Age expansion exclusive feature.

Process	Input	Output	Made in	Required technology
Casting copper cable	1 + 5	2		Foundry (research)

History

• 2.0.7:
  • Added to the shortcut bar
  • Cable is no longer consumed when connecting or disconnecting power lines
• Casting recipes introduced in the Space Age expansion

• 0.12.2:
  • Moved copper cable into the intermediate category in the recipes.

• 0.9.2:
  • Introduced

See also

• Electric system
• Green wire
• Red wire