Hello everyone, its Thumper the Rabid Rabbit
back for another episode of Rust electricity 101 the component guide
Today's topic is the Timer
Timer is a handy little component to use in a variety of applications
Including traps and puzzle bases where you may want to induce a little bit of a delay into when an action will occur
It's also handy for triggering cascading events that you want to happen on a timed interval
The timer can be found in crates and sunken chests
it is not a default blue print and it is craftable with five high quality metal and
One gear presumably part of the mechanics. Oh
Craft one here. It is tot deployable on the floor is only deployable on the wall
It has one output
It has one input
And
It has one handle on the side labeled toggle on
There's two ways to activate the timer one is to press your USE key, which will activate the timer manually
Here we're seeing it activate for its default duration of 10 seconds
Pressing the use key now. It does nothing as you cannot manually interrupt the timer
The other way to activate the timer is by applying power to the toggle on input
You can see by applying power the timer has started again
I cannot manually disconnect this or cancel the timer. It'll run for its full 10-second duration
There is one way to effectively cancel a timer
Which some would refer to as a bug and that is by removing power
Despite the fact that it looks like a physical timer when you remove power it actually turns off and resets
back to its zero state and
The timer will not resume when you reapply power
It simply goes back
To its off state waiting to be activated again
This is a bit counterintuitive because it does look like an analog timer
However, it behaves like a digital timer in that removing its input power
Seems to reset it back to off and zero
Although it does not change the time you have set for duration
So if I change this from the default ten seconds to five and I remove the power
Then reattach it
You will see it has retained the value I set of five seconds
Another thing to note is that this component is not
Available for any type of interaction when it doesn't have power
So unlike a regular switch which when it is not connected to anything I can still turn it on and off
The timer if I take away the power
Pressing the USE key does nothing. I can't flip this manual switch
Holding the USE key does not take me to the settings to set its value. You do have to have input power applied
To configure the timer duration or to trigger it to activate
So in summary
It is not a default blueprint. It's found in crates and sunken chests
its craftable with five high quality metal and one gear
It passes power through only when the timer is running
it can be activated through the manual toggle or
Remotely by applying power to the toggle on handle
It cannot be stopped
manually and
You cannot activate it or set the value of it if there's no input power
Removing power while it is running causes it to reset and turn off
It does not resume where it was when you remove the power
Those are the tips and tricks for utilizing the timer enjoy. Good luck
