Lets start with some more basics. When you place (rightclick) redstone dust it becomes a wire. It can connect your power source to the device you wish to power. Let’s take a look at some helpful pictures.
In the picture, redstone wire is carrying a current from the torch to the piston in the back. Unfortunately, the piston is not powered. Power can only travel 15 blocks from its source. The cobblestone represent its maximum distance. A repeater can extend the distance by an additional 15 blocks. I’ll explain more about repeaters at a later date.
When redstone wire is placed and is receiving power, the block that is under it is powered. You can see in the picture sticky pistons on the right are unpowered while the regular pistons on the left are powered. This is because the block redstone wire is placed on will be powered. Mindblowing, I know. Most players aren’t aware of this.
Another way to power an object with redstone wire is to directly connect the end with a device. Notice how both pistons this time are powered. The piston on the left is powered because the woodplank is powered by the wire. The piston on the left is powered because the end of the wire is powering the block directly in front of it. Easy right?
Let’s try something practical now. Lets say you want a lever on the wall and you want it to power an object. This is how you can do it. Every redstone object surrounding the lever while it is in an “On state” will be powered. This makes it convenient so you can hide your mechanics
And that’s the end. In the next article we can go over more about torches and repeaters. After that I can start posting some cool things you can build. Hopefully by then you will understand how it works. Until next…
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