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HV Cable

HV Cable


Name	HV Cable
Source Mod	IndustrialCraft²
ID Names	IC2:itemCable:5 IC2:blockCable:5
Type	Cable
Stackable	Yes (64)
Solid	Yes
Transparent	Yes
Affected by Gravity	No
Emits Light	No
Flammable	No
Required Tool	Any tool
Max. Voltage	2048 EU/t

HV Cable is a Cable added by IndustrialCraft². HV cable is the strongest conventional cable. HV cable has 3 different levels of insulation, with higher levels providing less energy loss per block.

Version Changes

Name

Icon	before 1.6	1.6-1.7	1.8-1.12
	HV Cable
	Insulated HV Cable	N/A	Insulated HV Cable
	2xIns. HV Cable	N/A	2xIns. HV Cable
	4xIns. HV Cable	Insulated HV Cable	3xIns. HV Cable

Max.Voltage

If the cable will connected to an EU storage device or an electric generator with a voltage higher than permissible, it will melt.

Icon	before 1.6	1.6-1.12
	512 EU/t	2048 EU/t

Energy Loss

Icon	before 1.6	1.6-1.8	1.9-1.12
	1 EU every block	no loss	0.80 EU/block
	1 EU every 1.05 blocks
	1 EU every 1.11 blocks
	1 EU every 1.25 blocks

Recipe

Since 1.6

Before 1.6

GregTech 4

Note: These recipes are added to default ones.

Before 1.6

Automatic Wiremill

EU: 400
Time: 10 secs
MaxEnergy: 2 EU/t

1.6

Automatic Wiremill

EU: 400
Time: 10 secs
MaxEnergy: 2 EU/t

Extruder

EU: 512
Time: 0.4 secs
MaxEnergy: 64 EU/t

GregTech 5

GT5 makes the HV Cable unavailable, as adds its own cable system.

Usage

HV Cable can be used to create the following items:

Notes

Cables can be hidden inside Construction Foam blocks.
Before 1.6, a bare wire under voltage caused damage when a player, mobs, etc. touched it.

IndustrialCraft²

Armor

Bronze	Bronze Helmet • Bronze Chestplate • Bronze Leggings • Bronze Boots

Nano	NanoSuit Helmet • NanoSuit Bodyarmor • NanoSuit Leggings • NanoSuit Boots

Quantum	QuantumSuit Helmet • QuantumSuit Bodyarmor • QuantumSuit Leggings • QuantumSuit Boots

Hazmat	Scuba Helmet • Hazmat Suit • Hazmat Suit Leggings • Rubber Boots

Utility	Adv.Batpack • BatPack • CF Backpack • Composite Vest • Energypack • Jetpack ( Electric ) • Nightvision Goggles • Solar Helmet • Static Boots

Agriculture

Blocks	Booze Barrel • Crop • Crop-Matron • Crop Harvester

Crops	Aurelia • Blackthorn • Carrots • Cocoa • Coffee • Cyazint • Dandelion • Ferru • Hops • Melon • Nether Wart • Potato • Pumpkin • Redwheat • Reed • Rose • Stickreed • Terra Wart • Tulip • Venomelia • Wheat

Produce	Coffee Beans • Coffee Powder • Hops • Terra Wart • Weed

Beverages	Stone Mug • Coffee • Cold Coffee • Dark Coffee

Tools	Cropnalyzer • Electric Hoe • Fertilizer • Grin Powder • Hydration Cell • Seed Bag • Weed-EX • Weeding Trowel

Energy and Wiring

Cables	Copper ( Insulated ) • EU-Detector • EU-Splitter • Glass Fibre • Gold ( Insulated • 2xIns. ) • HV ( Insulated • 2xIns. • 3xIns. ) • Tin ( Insulated )

Charge Pads	BatBox • CESU • MFE • MFSU

EU Storage Blocks	BatBox • CESU • MFE • MFSU ( MFSU Upgrade Kit )

EU Storage Items	Single-Use Battery • RE-Battery • Advanced RE-Battery • Energy Crystal • Lapotron Crystal

Charging Items	RE Battery • Advanced Battery • Energy Crystal • Lapotron Crystal

Transformers	LV • MV • HV • EV

Machines

Components	Basic Machine Casing ( Advanced ) • Blades ( Wood Rotor Blade • Iron Rotor Blade • Steel Rotor Blade • Carbon Rotor Blade ) • Block Cutting Blades ( Iron • Refined Iron • Diamond ) • Coil • Copper Boiler • Electric Motor • Electronic Circuit ( Advanced ) • Heat Conductor • Power Unit ( Small ) • Rotors ( Wood Rotor • Iron Rotor • Steel Rotor • Carbon Rotor ) • Shafts ( Iron • Steel ) • Steam Turbine ( Steam Turbine Blade ) • Turning Blanks ( Iron • Wooden )

Gatherers	Advanced Miner • Miner ( Mining Pipe ) • Pump

Electric Generators	Condenser • Generator • Geothermal Generator • Kinetic Generator • Nuclear Reactor ( Reactor Chamber ) • Radioisotope Thermoelectric Generator • Semifluid Generator • Solar Panel • Stirling Generator • Water Mill • Wind Mill

Kinetic Generators	Electric Kinetic Generator • Kinetic Steam Generator • Kinetic Water Generator • Kinetic Wind Generator • Manual Kinetic Generator • Stirling Kinetic Generator

Heat Generators	Electric Heat Generator • Fluid Heat Generator • Fluid Nuclear Reactor ( Reactor Access Hatch • Reactor Fluid Port • Reactor Pressure Vessel • Reactor Redstone Port ) • Liquid Heat Exchanger • Radioisotope Heat Generator • Solid Heat Generator

Processors	Blast Furnance • Block Cutting Machine • Bottling Plant • Compressor • Electric Furnace • Extractor • Fermenter • Fluid-Solid Canning Machine • Induction Furnace • Iron Furnace • Macerator • Mass Fabricator ( Pattern Storage • Replicator • Scanner ) • Metal Former • Ore Washing Plant • Recycler • Solar Distiller • Solid Canning Machine • Steam Generator • Thermal Centrifuge • Turning Table

Utility	Electric Sorting Machine • Electrolyzer • Energy-O-Mat • Fluid Distributor • Fluid Regulator • Item Buffer • Magnetizer • Personal Safe • Teleporter • Terraformer • Tesla Coil • Trade-O-Mat

Upgrades	Ejector ( Fluid ) • Energy Storage • Overclocker • Pulling • Redstone Signal Inverter • Transformer

Terraformer Blueprints	Chilling • Cultivation • Desertification • Empty • Flatification • Irrigation • Mushroom

Nuclear Reactor Components

Cooling	Heat Vent ( Advanced • Component • Overclocked • Reactor )

Heat Management	10k Coolant Cell ( 30k • 60k ) • Heat Exchanger ( Advanced • Component • Reactor )

Plating	Reactor Plating ( Containment • Heat-Capacity )

Radioactive	Fuel Rod ( Uranium • Depleted Uranium • MOX • Depleted MOX ) • Dual Fuel Rod ( Uranium • Depleted Uranium • MOX • Depleted MOX ) • Quad Fuel Rod ( Uranium • Depleted Uranium • MOX • Depleted MOX )

Reflectors	Neutron Reflector ( Thick )

Materials

Generic	Carbon Plate ( Raw Carbon Fibre • Raw Carbon Mesh ) • Coal Ball ( Compressed ) • Coal Chunk • Industrial Credit • Iridium Ore ( Iridium Shard ) • Plantball ( Bio Chaff ) • Rubber • Scrap • Scrap Box • Slag

Crushed Ores	Copper • Gold • Iron • Lead • Silver • Tin • Uranium

Purified Crushed Ores	Copper • Gold • Iron • Lead • Silver • Tin • Uranium

Dusts	Ashes • Bronze Dust • Clay Dust • Coal Dust • Copper Dust • Diamond Dust • Energium Dust • Gold Dust • Hydrated Coal Dust • Iron Dust • Lapis Lazuli Dust • Lead Dust • Lithium Dust • Obsidian Dust • Silicon dioxide • Silver Dust • Stone Dust • Sulfur Dust • Tin Dust

Tiny Dusts	Bronze • Copper • Gold • Iron • Obsidian • Lapis • Lead • Lithium • Silver • Sulfur • Tin

Construction	CF Powder • Construction Foam • Construction Foam Wall • Iron Fence • Luminator • Reinforced Construction Foam • Reinforced Door • Reinforced Glass • Reinforced Stone • Rubber Sheet • Scaffold ( Iron )

Containers	Empty Cell ( Biogas • Biomass • Compressed Air • Construction Foam • Coolant • Distilled Water • Electrolized Water • Hot Coolant • Lava Cell • Pahoehoe Lava • Steam • Superheated Steam • Water Cell • UuMatter ) • Fuel Rod (Empty) • Tin Can • Universal Fluid Cell

Explosives	Dynamite ( Sticky ) • Industrial TNT • Nuke

Natural	Basalt • Copper Ore • Lead Ore • Rubber Tree Leaves • Rubber Tree Sapling • Rubber Wood • Sticky Resin • Tin Ore • Uranium Ore

Radioactive	Enriched Uranium Nuclear Fuel • MOX Nuclear Fuel • Pellets of RTG Fuel • Plutonium ( Tiny Pile ) • Uranium 235 ( Tiny Pile ) • Uranium 238

Liquids/Gases	Biomass • Biogas • Construction Foam (Fluid) • Distilled Water • Hotspring Water • IC2 Coolant • IC2 Hot Coolant • Pahoehoe Lava • Steam ( Superheated ) • UU-Matter

Ingots, Blocks, Plates

Ingots	Bronze • Copper • Lead • Mixed Metal Ingot • Silver • Steel • Tin

Blocks	Bronze • Copper • Lead • Silver Silver • Steel • Tin • Uranium

Plates	Advanced Alloy • Bronze • Copper • Gold • Iridium Reinforced • Iron • Lapis Lazuli • Lead • Obsidian • Steel • Tin

Dense Plates	Bronze • Copper • Gold • Iron • Lapis Lazuli • Lead • Obsidian • Steel • Tin

Item Casings	Bronze • Copper • Gold • Iron • Lead • Steel • Tin

Tools

Conventional	Bronze Axe • Bronze Hoe • Bronze Pickaxe • Bronze Shovel • Bronze Sword

Electric	Chainsaw • Electric Treetap • Electric Wrench • Mining Drill ( Diamond • Iridium ) • Mining Laser • Nano Saber • Obscurator • OD Scanner • OV Scanner • Windmeter

Transmitters	Dynamite-O-Mote • Frequency Transmitter

Transportation	Carbon Fiber Canoe • Electric Boat • Rubber Dinghy ( Damaged )

Utility	CF Sprayer • Containment Box • Crystal Memory ( Raw ) • EU-Reader • Forge Hammer • Cutter • Lathing Tool • Painter • Tool Box • Treetap • Wrench

Miscellaneous

Not Yet Implemented	Plasma Launcher

Debug	Debug Item

Deprecated	Fuel Rod (Lithium) • Fuel Rod (Tritium) • Industrial Diamond • LZH-Condensator • RSH-Condensator

Food	(Filled) Tin Can

Removed	Bio Cell • Biofuel Cell • Canning Machine • CF Pellet • Coalfuel Cell • Compressed Plantball • Depleted Isotope Cell • (Empty) Fuel Can • Filled Fuel Can • H. Coal • H. Coal Cell • Lappack • Near-Depleted Uranium Cell • Re-Enriched Uranium Cell • Refined Iron • Refined Uranium • Small Pile of Iron Dust • Ultra-Low-Current Cable • Uranium Ore (Item) • Heating Cell • UU-Matter (Item) • Zero

IndustrialCraft² Add-ons

Advanced Machines • Advanced Power Management • Advanced Solar Panels • CompactSolars • Compact Windmills • Gravitation Suite • GregTech • MFFS • MFFS Calclavia • Nuclear Control

Tutorials

Current Tutorials	Getting Started (IC 2 Exp) • Creating Diamonds • Old UU-Matter in IC2 Exp

Old Tutorials	Getting Started (IC 2)

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This page was last edited on 15 April 2026, at 12:59.
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