A boiler with an electric energy source won't consume power, it will flash the yellow "unplugged" icon at all times, whether or not it's in range of a power pole. It places no drain on any electrical network it's in range of.Boiler has now dynamically specified energy source (as inserter and similar).
Entity definition used:
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kettle = util.table.deepcopy(data.raw["boiler"]["boiler"])
kettle.name = "electric-boiler"
kettle.minable.result = "electric-boiler"
kettle.energy_source =
{
type = "electric",
usage_priority = "secondary-input",
effectivity = 0.5,
emissions = 0.1 / 6.5,
}
data:extend(
{
kettle
})