I'm stuck... I’ve built my first castle/ugly shack and I’m trying to light it inside but can’t get it to work. I’ve placed a pylon right outside the building and a conduit on the building but none of them are working. I have plenty of juice to spare but they just won’t turn on. I assume there’s a way to power a whole property but there’s nothing obvious. I haven’t actually placed any other powered objects in the house yet because I was focussed on the lights but I assume they’ll all be the same… Anyone been able to power their stuff?

I'm not sure what you've done since obviously I can't see it. But first, you set up a generator near the building, then you build a pylon between the two if the distance between the generator and the building exceeds the limit of a wire strand. Then you run a strand of wire from the generator to the pylon and from the pylon to a conduit attached to a spot close to whatever fixture, jukebox, etc...you want to power up. I'm not sure how close the conduit has to be. I know that for my exterior light fixture I put the conduit right next to it. For my juke box inside my shack I put in on the ceiling and actually ran the cable through my shack too the conduit inside. Not sure you even need to do that, but I did. You can also attached the wire to a switch first and then from the switch to the conduit so you can flip your lights on and off. I'm not sure if any of this helps you or not, but just keep experimenting and you'll figure it out.

There is a ton to learn in this game and only so much play time! I've played for 20 hrs and have done 4 side quests, no main quest, but about 15 hrs of settlement building in Sanctuary and I still don't know what I'm doing half the time.

Just to test it I dropped one of the large high-tech lamps outside right next to a pylon and it wouldn't turn on and the inside stuff didn't work even when I removed a wall and ran a line to a conduit inside (though I'm hoping theres a more elegant way to electrify your properties than remove walls to run lines inside :S )

Sounds like your doing it right. Generator>Plylons>Conduit. I feel like it doesn't matter how far away an object that need's power has to be from a conduit in order to work as long as it's on the same floor as the conduit. At least thats my experience so far. Then again, it could just be because I have one light and one TV on the one side of my shack. There aren't any floor boards connecting the other structure that is on the same foundation, so essentially, I have 2 structure's going up on one foundation. I had to run another conduit for the separate side in order to power the lights and radio in that side. I think if the floor boards aren't connecting, and there are more powered item's on the floor that are connected to the conduit than the generator you build can handle, simply nothing on that floor will turn on. I think...

I had a lot of trouble with this last night. It seemed like it was a little buggy as to when the lights would work. Seemed to work better if you establish the conduits first and THEN build the lights. Never could light the flourescent over my island (in my house -- my original house). I did get the TV working though for all the good it did me. Cool idea though. I just wish I could have powered the whole house so that everything inside worked (appliances, water, etc.). Maybe if there were conduits for the house and you just connected high powered generators there, and then all the lights would work? Oh well.

Conduits do have a max distance. And stupid question, but I didn't see it asked. Is the generator on? They normally start on but for some stupid reason it may have been shut off.

Could also be that you moved one of the pylons.. if you move the pylons after you string wire to it it breaks it.. youll need to restring the wire after moving pylons in order for it to work properly.