Protect your loot while sleeping offline. Learn how to wire an unshakeable 3-turret base defense grid with Large Batteries, Root Combiners, and HBHF motion sensors that automatically push raid alerts to your phone via Rust+.
Place a Wind Turbine at least 7 walls high on your roof for maximum clean airflow (producing 100-130 rW). Connect two North-facing Solar Panels (20 rW each) into a Root Combiner, and connect the combiner with the Wind Turbine into a second Root Combiner, delivering a massive 150+ rW generator pool.
Plug your generator pool into the 'Power In' socket of a Large Battery. A Large Battery stores up to 24,000 rW-seconds and outputs a constant 100 rW from its 'Power Out' socket. Even if raiders rocket your solar panels or wind turbine, your battery will power 3 turrets for over 14 continuous hours.
From Battery 'Power Out', connect to Electrical Branch 1 (Set branch to 31 rW). Connect Branch 1 'Branch Out' to Electrical Branch 2 (Set to 21 rW). Connect Branch 2 'Branch Out' to Electrical Branch 3 (Set to 11 rW). Each branch out powers one Auto Turret (10 rW each), leaving zero wasted power while preserving 67 rW of battery output for door controllers and lights.
Branch off 2 rW to an HBHF Sensor (configured to 'Exclude Authorized'). Wire the HBHF 'Power Out' to a Smart Alarm. When unauthorized raiders step within 20 meters of your base, the sensor triggers and sends an instant push notification to your phone so you can log in and defend.
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A Splitter always divides incoming power equally into thirds (e.g. 100 rW becomes 33 / 33 / 33), wasting 23 rW per output on a 10 rW turret! An Electrical Branch allows you to allocate EXACTLY 11 rW (10 rW for the turret + 1 rW branch consumption), saving 67 rW for other base traps.
A fully charged Large Battery powering 3 active Auto Turrets (33 rW total draw) will keep the turrets shooting for approximately 14 hours and 22 minutes without any incoming generator power.
