Generator - ValuTech
| Generator - ValuTech | |
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| Class | Electronics |
| Weight | 30 |
| Condition | 100 |
| Wear Chance | 1 in 24 |
| Noise Radius | 23 tiles |
| Hands | Two-handed |
| Metal Value | 500 |
| Location | - |
| Spawn ID | /additem Base.Generator_Blue
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The Generator - ValuTech is a budget portable gasoline generator. It makes electricity after the power grid shuts down. It keeps the electronics of a safehouse running.
It is the lightest of the four generator brands. That makes it the easiest one to haul to a new base. Its cost is faster wear than any other model and a fairly loud running sound.
The generator stands in the world rather than in containers. It still takes both hands to carry. The Electrician is the best occupation for electronics. It starts with the most Electrical skill. The Engineer also starts with some Electrical skill.
Using
A generator is set down near a building and then connected. Connecting it takes some Electrical knowledge. Level 3 in Electrical, the Electrician occupation or the How to Use Generators magazine all qualify. Once running, it powers the electronics within about twenty tiles.
The generator runs on gasoline. A steady supply of fuel keeps the power on.
The ValuTech weighs 30. The Lectromax, Old and Premium Technologies generators all weigh 40. That saves a quarter of the load when moving it by hand.
Its noise reaches about twenty-three tiles while it runs. The Lectromax and Premium Technologies carry about twenty tiles, and the Old about twenty-five. Zombies within that range hear it and come to look.
Upkeep
The generator starts at full condition and loses some with use. Each wear check has about a one in twenty-four chance to take a point of condition. That is the fastest wear of the four brands. The Premium Technologies, at one in thirty-six, lasts half again as long.
It must stay outside. The in-game tooltip says to never run it indoors.
Notes
- The in-game tooltip says to place it near the safehouse, connect it, and never run it indoors.
- It is the easiest generator to carry by hand.
- Its condition needs watching more often than other models.
- Scrapping or melting it yields a large amount of metal.
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