So you have lights and TV and maybe even a jukebox in your house, but none of them are working? You need to connect that house up to the power grid of your settlement to provide the power to these appliances!
Step 1) Build a generator.
Any size of generator will work for this, as most appliances won't require an actual unit of power in order to operate, they just need the connection to some power to be there. Unless you are also using this power for turrets or water purifiers, I'd go with a small generator.
Step 2) Set up a series of power connections.
Generators can be pretty noisy, so I prefer to build them further away from my houses, but then you need to set up wiring to bring the power from the generators over to the housing. The best way to do this is with a series of pylons and switches. Each one of these pylons or switches will provide a radius of power, so anything within this radius will receive power. It takes some practice, but you should be able to figure out how large this radius is and go from there as to how far apart you can set up these conduits.
Step 3) Run wiring to all of your switches and pylons.
Once they are all set up, you just need to connect them all to your generator. Look at them while in the building menu, and there is an option to 'connect wire'. Select this and then look at the next pylon or switch in the line and press the same button. The two will now be connected. Repeat until all pylons and switches are connected, and then connect one of them to the generator and everything should light up for you now.
Now that the lights are on, you can use the switches to turn them on or off, the switches will only turn off the lights in the radius of the switch, as well as anything further down the wiring connections from that switch. Using switches, you can string up your entire settlement to run off one master switch that you can hit to turn everything on and off if you want, or use them to just turn on specific houses.
Step 1) Build a generator.
Any size of generator will work for this, as most appliances won't require an actual unit of power in order to operate, they just need the connection to some power to be there. Unless you are also using this power for turrets or water purifiers, I'd go with a small generator.
Step 2) Set up a series of power connections.
Generators can be pretty noisy, so I prefer to build them further away from my houses, but then you need to set up wiring to bring the power from the generators over to the housing. The best way to do this is with a series of pylons and switches. Each one of these pylons or switches will provide a radius of power, so anything within this radius will receive power. It takes some practice, but you should be able to figure out how large this radius is and go from there as to how far apart you can set up these conduits.
Step 3) Run wiring to all of your switches and pylons.
Once they are all set up, you just need to connect them all to your generator. Look at them while in the building menu, and there is an option to 'connect wire'. Select this and then look at the next pylon or switch in the line and press the same button. The two will now be connected. Repeat until all pylons and switches are connected, and then connect one of them to the generator and everything should light up for you now.
Now that the lights are on, you can use the switches to turn them on or off, the switches will only turn off the lights in the radius of the switch, as well as anything further down the wiring connections from that switch. Using switches, you can string up your entire settlement to run off one master switch that you can hit to turn everything on and off if you want, or use them to just turn on specific houses.
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