[BUG] The Abyss Takes Over My Friend's Generator and Breaks Stuff

[ronondex2009]

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Issue description

 Twice now, my friend's generator has broken in an unexpected way. The rheostats (which are used to short the generator to ground) turn pitch black, the axle in the generator disappears; the wires and generator reads "NaNk" for every statistic. The NaNk Voltage bypasses switches, and destroys all cables (bypassing breakers, too) connected to the utility pole grid. This also creates indestructible wires, since the temperature becomes NaN Celsius permanently. The effects of this appear differently for different users, such as the rheostat looking normal or the axle still existing.
 So far, I don't know what is causing this. It does not cause any errors in the log, from what I have seen. Only one of the generators have exhibited this.

Steps to reproduce

 I have not been able to reproduce this bug. It appears to be random.

Electrical Age version

 1.17.0

[ronondex2009]

so far, I have seen that it behaves like an infinitely stepped down voltage source, which can be positive or negative.

[ronondex2009]

Update: while fixing the same issue at my friend's base, I discovered that disconnecting it from the source would set the voltage and current to zero but keep temperature at NaN. I was able to follow it back, and it lead to two things:

• A gas turbine (same effects as the post)
• An 800v Turret (reset to normal-ish after removed)

Both turrets and turbines hold onto this effect!