Electrical Generator

See also: Tek Generator

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Electrical Generator
A large machine that converts gasoline into electricity.
Structure
Type	Electricity
Health	1,000
Item slots	8
Fuel	Gasoline
Decay Time	16d
Item
Weight	5.0
Stack Size	100
Spawn Command cheat giveitemnum 186 1 0 0 or cheat giveitem "Blueprint'/Game/PrimalEarth/CoreBlueprints/Items/Structures/Pipes/PrimalItemStructure_PowerGenerator.PrimalItemStructure_PowerGenerator'" 1 0 0
Crafting
Required level	Level 49
Engram Points	24 EP
Crafting XP	52.8 XP
Unlocks	Motorboat Night Vision Goggles Oil Pump Straight Electrical Cable
Crafted in	Fabricator Tek Replicator
Required Stations	Fabricator Refining Forge
Ingredients
Resources breakdown [Expand] 25 × Metal Ingot or Scrap Metal Ingot 10 × Electronics 10 × Metal Ingot or Scrap Metal Ingot 30 × Silica Pearls Total Base Ingredients 30 × Silica Pearls 35 × Metal Ingot or Scrap Metal Ingot
Purchase (Mobile)
Purchased in	Factory
Cost	75 ×  Charges

The Electrical Generator uses Gasoline to create Electricity which it distributes to Electric Cables connected to the Generator.

Fuel

As of now, for BOTH multiplayer and singleplayer, the burn rate of gasoline is 1 every 60 minutes. A fully stocked generator will run for 33 days and 8 hours.

Gasoline	Burn Time
1	1h
100	4d 4h
800	33d 8h

Electrical Items

List of items that requires power from the Electrical Generator to work (through an Electrical Outlet placed nearby those structures):

• Lamppost
• Omnidirectional Lamppost
• Refrigerator
• Air Conditioner
• Elevator Track
• Auto Turret
• Remote Keypad
• Chemistry Bench

Painting and Color Regions

The Electrical Generator is not currently paint-able, however this object may be re-mapped to include paint regions in a future update.

For more information on Paint Regions and how to use them, please view the Dye, Paintbrush, or Spray Painter pages.

Scorched Earth

• Electrical Generators lose durability while turned on. Placing the Electrical Generator inside an Adobe Building with Air Conditioners does not stop this decay. They need to be repaired around every real-time day or the generator will be destroyed. A generator placed on the same power grid as a wind turbine can be set to power on when the turbines shut off.
• When beyond rendering distance from any player, electrical generators lose durability much more slowly.
• While on an official online server, Electrical Generators will not lose health so long as no tribe member is online and the server has offline damage prevention.

Notes

• It does not work if submerged.

• The Electrical Generator is treated as a wooden structure and can not be damaged by hands, stone weapons, or non-explosive ranged attacks.
• The following aggressive creatures can not damage the Electrical Generator:

• Araneo
• Archaeopteryx
• Astrocetus
• Basilisk
• Beelzebufo
• Bloodstalker
• Carbonemys
• Cnidaria
• Compy
• Dilophosaur
• Dimorphodon
• Diplodocus
• Direwolf
• Dung Beetle
• Enforcer
• Equus
• Eurypterid
• Ferox
• Giant Bee
• Ichthyornis
• Insect Swarm
• Kaprosuchus
• Lamprey
• Leech
• Magmasaur
• Mantis
• Megachelon
• Meganeura
• Mek
• Microraptor
• Nameless
• Onyc
• Pachy
• Piranha
• Pulmonoscorpius
• Raptor
• Reaper
• Sabertooth
• Sabertooth Salmon
• Terror Bird
• Thylacoleo
• Titanoboa
• Titanomyrma
• Velonasaur
• Vulture

Gallery

A simple demonstration of how electricity works in ARK. The cables near the activated generator glow yellow and transmit power to the outlets. Objects that require electricity near the outlet will automatically connect to it.