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I use lots of power switches, usually connected to the circuit network, to turn parts of my factory on and off as needed. But a lot of the time I want to cut power to an area while I make alterations, and the power switch is circuit-controlled, so can't be switched manually. Usually what I do then is alter the circuit condition and change it back when I'm done, but it would be convenient to be able to manually override the switch state. I realise I could put two switches in series but that seems redundant.

Could you put a constant combinator near it set to change the values of its inputs such that it turns off?

The constant combinator has a builtin on/off function that would make it suitable for this.

OdinYggd wrote:Could you put a constant combinator near it set to change the values of its inputs such that it turns off?

The constant combinator has a builtin on/off function that would make it suitable for this.

They do? I'll do that then thanks

another solution is to have a power switch in series with the networked one. you could shut the networked one off with that.
if you wanted a bypass you could wire one parallel with the networked switch.