Redstone Engine

Redstone Engine
A Redstone Engine.
Information
Type	engine
Mod	buildcraft
Gravity	No
Luminance	No
Blast Resistance	?
Tool	?
Stackable	Yes (64)

Redstone engines are the cheapest of the type of Engine. They use wood instead of stone or iron in their crafting and are the least powerful of the three types of engine.

Redstone engines, like all other engines, gain speed as they heat up, which increases their energy output per second. Unlike Combustion engines, they will never explode on running hot, except when not powering anything. In fact, they work more efficiently (faster) when becoming red-colored and it is not advised to turn them off unless needed.

Break with pickaxe to obtain.

Recipe The recipe requires: 3 Wooden Planks 2 Wooden Gears 1 Piston 1 Glass Block Power Source Redstone engines get all their power from redstone/levers and do not need refuelling. They require a direct link to redstone, to power a redstone engine with redstone wire that is on the same level, the wire must be pointing directly at it. Uses Redstone engines are most often used for powering things like wooden pipes when it's not necessary to move many items at once because they are cheap to produce and maintain. Redstone engines are at their best used as powering for wooden pipes, for solid items or liquids. They are sufficient to execute this task and don't need a significant installation to function. The minimum configuration takes only two blocks: the engine itself and a lever or redstone torch. Redstone engines are only able to power more advanced machines, like quarries, when combined into great arrays. Note that powering an engine with another will have both power the target of the former one - it is possible to set them up in a chain. Note again that they will substantially raise their output when running hot.