Spark / Electricity

Electricity. The basis of all electronics in TPT, travels along conductive elements.
Properties
Section	Electronics
Spawn temperature	22°C
Heat Conductivity	100%
Relative weight	100
Gravity	0
Acid dissolve rate	0.1%
Flammability	0
State	Solid
Misc properties
Source code

Creation

SPRK is created when:

• is placed within 2 pixels of any conductor except , , , or .
• , non-brown , , or hits a conductor.
• hits a layer of with behind it.
• , , , , or are activated
• with ctype SPRK is next to a conductor
• or has a life between 1 and 300
• with a life of 0 is next to
• is next to and
• with ctype SPRK is next to a conductor

Reactions

Creates a current of electricity and is used to turn powered materials on or off.

SPRK cannot be placed alone, you need to put it on a conductive material. SPRK can be blocked by in most cases. As long as there is an INSL between the two conductors, it will not go through. Some special elements won't be activated through INSL either, although some will anyway (like ). Some elements have special rules on which other conductors it can conduct to, see each element for help.

Conductivity

SPRK can travel through most conductors every 8 frames, with 4 frames of activity and then 4 frames of rest before a conductor will receive any more SPRK. SPRK travels twice as fast through , , or as it does through most other conductors and one quarter as fast in . The travel time through is the same for any length.

Resistance

SPRK produces heat when traveling through most conductors. produces the most heat this way, getting up to 3323.25°C. , , , and reach 392°C; METL, BMTL, and BRMT will turn maroon when heated to this temperature. and jump to their current temperature+10C then go back to 22C; will do the same, unless it produces plasma. , , and heat to exactly 22°C if cooled below this temperature.

, , , , , , , , , , and (SPRK destroys RSST) do not heat up when conducting.

Some conductors will actually cool down when heated above a threshold and sparked. , , and cool to exactly 22°C if heated above this temperature; exhibits a strange behavior where in small amounts it actually cools itself down nearly to absolute zero. Of course in large enough amounts can heat itself with to max temperature.

Special Properties

If a conductive material that holds pressure is sparked, it will allow pressure through, since when you spark something the material changes to SPRK with a ctype of the material and SPRK doesn't hold pressure.