[Suggestion] another use for detector cables

Description: simple hit a detector cable with a wrench and it will begin to draw energy to emit a redstone signal instead of just working when another machine down the line is drawing energy useful for CF concealed redstone mechanisms and controlling the new 1.2 redstone lamps

it would make a detector able consume some like .05eu/t, it will always emit a signal as long as there is sufficient power available, and the power could be switched on and off with a splitter cable. it basically in a quick and dirty way kills 2 birds(redstone wire insulation, and luminator revamp) with one stone.

EDIT: never mind i just realized you could do this if you put an induction furnace in heat-up mode on the end of the cable to constantly drain the power to trigger the detector cables. like this
.[induction furnace]--[detector cable]--[spliter cable]--[power source]
............|.......................|...................|
..........[lever].........[redstone lamp]........[lever]

Quote from GregoriusT

What kind of Magic is that, oh its coloring of dots.

Good idea but it has to be optional with a GUI (like you suggested), because i want to know if my MFSU is emitting energy to another Machine and not to a stupid Cable.

i picked up the trick from FenixR (he uses it to toss in some extra snide remarks here or there) I think a gui would be over kill you will probably have the detector cables on a separate wire than you machines cause you'll be turning your redstone stuff on and off with a spliter cable or a transformer. the diagram above still renders this idea moot and obsolete

Snoochy luminators top off and start calling for power intermittently causing the redstone signal to flicker its potentially useful for clock driven stuff but not for lighting cause that will lag you out. and induction furnace will call for a constant feed