Electricity

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Electricity is a system and resource in Space Engineers that is used to power most devices. It is created with large and small Reactor. Any device that has a direct block connection to a reactor will be powered by a reactor. That is to say, if a reactor is on a ship, all devices attached to that ship should receive power, granted there is enough power to receive. However at this point a motor block does not conduct electricity nor does it connect any pieces to the terminal except itself.

Reactors are powered by uranium ingots. 1L uranium ingots powers 68.76 GW/s or 0.0191 GW/h
At the current stage of the game, uranium is not required to power a ship, and will not deplete while using power.

The maximum amount a reactor can power:

Reactor	Small Ship	Large Ship
Small Reactor	4 GW	56 GW
Large Reactor	108 GW	1512 GW

Thrusts being used by the ship's inertia dampening will use 1.5x the maximum power.
Thrust power usage:

Ship	Thrust	Minimum Power	Maximum Power	Automatic Stabilizing
Small	Small	0.0001 GW	1.68 GW	2.52 GW
Small	Large	0.0001 GW	20 GW	30 GW
Large	Small	0.0001 GW	28 GW	42 GW
Large	Large	0.0001 GW	336 GW	504 GW

Refinery and assembler power usage:

Mode	Power Usage
Standby	1 GW
Operational	28 GW

Other component power usages:

Component	Small Ship	Large Ship
Gravity Generator	N/A	0.01 GW
Interior Light	N/A	? GW
Medical Room	N/A	? GW
Door	N/A	? GW
Gyroscope	0.00003 GW	0.0015 GW
Reflector Light	? GW	? GW
Beacon	? GW	? GW
Antenna	? GW	? GW
Ore Detector	? GW	? GW
Conveyor	? GW	? GW
Drill	? GW	N/A

Notes:
Anything labeled "? GW" did not have power usage listed in the CubeBlocks.sbc file.
Noticed that lights, beacons, and antenna have power usage costs. However, have not thoroughly tested them.
Doors and reflector lights are off by default. All reflector lights are simultaneously turned on or off when using the toggle lights key.
Not sure if the drill requires power while in standby.

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