Charging Station

One bay, one job: refills any chargeable item from the power grid. This is how the powered tools get their energy back.

Recipe

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How it works

1. Feed it power like any machine: a cable, or place it touching a generator.
2. Drop a tool (or any chargeable item) in the bay. The block lights up while charging and goes dark when the item is full.
3. The GUI shows two meters: the red bar is the station's own buffer, and the orange bar under the bay is the item's charge.

The buffer charges items faster than the cable feed refills it, so a drained tool fills in a burst (about 4 seconds), then the buffer quietly recovers.

Interactions

• Charges anything that stores energy through the standard item energy API: both Power Farm tools, Tech Reborn batteries, TR drills and chainsaws, and other mods' powered items.
• The bay only accepts items that can actually hold a charge; everything else is rejected.
• The buffer is insert-only from outside: cables fill it, nothing can drain it.

Tips

• One station near the field is enough: tools hold thousands of uses per charge, so you top up rarely.
• Hopper a spare battery in from above and the station keeps it full as backup power for your pocket.