Hello again everyone, This is Thumper the
Rabid Rabbit.
In this episode of Rust Electricity 101 component
guide, we're going to cover the use of the
Blocker.
The blue component that can be attached to
walls and floors, it has three inputs and
does basically what it's name says:It blocks
power.
You can craft it with 5 High Quality Metal
and one gear and it's also found among other
common components in crates and sunken chests.
I'll apply one to the wall here and give you
a quick demonstration of how the Blocker works.
It's name is derived from it's function.
It takes power in, it puts power out and when
you apply power to this third handle on the
side, it blocks power.
The name of the third handle is literally
it's function, it blocks passthrough of power
through the device.
If I connect some power into the blocker you
can see the green lights turn on.
it is now outputting power that I can connect
to something like a light.
The function of the blocker is when you apply
power to the Block Passthrough handle and
tell it to turn off the source power.
Bam!red light, source is disconnected.
This is important because this makes the blocker
one of only two components that can be applied
after a battery and not be considered a load.
In other words, it will not make the charge
timer go down on the battery when it is in
blocking mode.
So you can use a manual switch or a blocker
immediately after a battery to disconnect
the load and allow batteries to charge.
This is very important if you are doing a
build in your base where you're using batteries
for example as an automated battery backup
for the power systems within your base.
You probably don't want to turn your batteries
on and off by hand therefore the blocker becomes
absolutely critical in those builds.
So this is the basic function of the blocker
and you will be using it a lot! ladies and
gentlemen, our little blue friend, the Blocker.
