@Ratysz Hi, I'm opening a discussion for this because my reply is way too long for the comment section. First of all don't take this as an attempt to tell you what to do with your mod, I just want to give you my point of view about the two changes I mentioned in the comments and your reply to them.

I'm a physicist, so I happen to know a bit about electric circuitry as well. Fuses are as old as electricity itself, they exist to prevent electrical cables starting fires in your house (not explosions!) due to the cable itself being faulty or you running more power through them than they can handle. They have actually nothing to do with batteries per se, a circuit could cause a fire (again, not an explosion) just as well without them if they are faulty or the load is too high.

Today's cable quality and circuit design are much better than in the early days of electricity and the actual need for a fuse to trip is quite rare, unlike in Rimworld where this happens all the time. You probably only remember your fuses blowing for a valid reason a few times in your life, if at all. It's rare, and when it does happen it's usually due to human error. Of course when you do need them, they are a lifesaver. The Rimworld short circuit event is WAY too frequent in vanilla and such a thing in reality can be completely avoided using fuses. There's nothing "magical" about fuses, they use simple electrical principle to prevent short circuits and overloads.

So why does this event exist in the game, and why is it tied to batteries? Personally I can't fathom any reason. As I described, it has very little to do with reality so is there a game balance reason it is needed? I don't think so. What would make the game imbalanced if this event were not to exist? Why do you as a player need to be discouraged from using batteries at all? Why, if you do use them, do you need to be encouraged to separate them with a switch that you have to flick on and off all the time to minimize short circuit risk, and make sure you don't fully charge them? Does this add anything to the game? No, it's nothing but a chore. I don't think there's a single Rimworld player out there who receives any sort of fun factor from this. Nothing is being balanced by this event it's just a pain in the ♥♥♥, plain and simple.

Also to make the comparison to reality once again, whenever you are relying on a power source whose output is fluctuating, like wind or solar, you NEED batteries. It's that simple. Every time scientists theorize about bases on other planets in the future, or even just renewable energy here on earth, batteries are always part of it, for obvious reasons. Why on earth would you discourage their use in a game that has you run a colony on another planet?

So long story short, I believe the Rimworld short circuit event is complete ♥♥♥♥♥♥♥t and has no business existing in the first place because a) it has no foundation in reality and b) it is not even needed to balance anything in the game mechanics. It is bad game design on part of Tynan that this is in the game at all and in his place I'd remove it asap. I was actually looking for a mod that does just that when I found yours and thought this would be a cooler way to go about it. I still do, mind you, I can handle my batteries depleting for no good reason better than nonsensical explosions all over my base. It's still a minor annoyance and unnecessary in my opinion ;)

Keep up the good work, you had a great idea about how to go about this.