diff --git a/src/main/java/com/hbm/items/tool/ItemWiring.java b/src/main/java/com/hbm/items/tool/ItemWiring.java
index fc694ee82..cd6b5d787 100644
--- a/src/main/java/com/hbm/items/tool/ItemWiring.java
+++ b/src/main/java/com/hbm/items/tool/ItemWiring.java
@@ -60,17 +60,24 @@ public class ItemWiring extends Item {
 
 						TileEntityPylonBase first = (TileEntityPylonBase) world.getTileEntity(x1, y1, z1);
 						TileEntityPylonBase second = ((TileEntityPylonBase) te);
-
-						if(TileEntityPylonBase.canConnect(first, second)) {
-
-							first.addConnection(x, y, z);
-							second.addConnection(x1, y1, z1);
-							player.addChatMessage(new ChatComponentText("Wire end"));
-
-						} else {
-							player.addChatMessage(new ChatComponentText("Wire error"));
+						
+						switch (TileEntityPylonBase.canConnect(first, second)) {
+							case 0:
+								first.addConnection(x, y, z);
+								second.addConnection(x1, y1, z1);
+								player.addChatMessage(new ChatComponentText("Wire end"));
+								break;
+							case 1:
+								player.addChatMessage(new ChatComponentText("Wire error - Pylons are not the same type"));
+								break;
+							case 2:
+								player.addChatMessage(new ChatComponentText("Wire error - Cannot connect to the same pylon"));
+								break;
+							case 3:
+								player.addChatMessage(new ChatComponentText("Wire error - Pylon is too far away"));
+								break;
 						}
-
+						
 						stack.stackTagCompound = null;
 
 					} else {
diff --git a/src/main/java/com/hbm/tileentity/network/TileEntityPylonBase.java b/src/main/java/com/hbm/tileentity/network/TileEntityPylonBase.java
index c55fe51d7..09e335094 100644
--- a/src/main/java/com/hbm/tileentity/network/TileEntityPylonBase.java
+++ b/src/main/java/com/hbm/tileentity/network/TileEntityPylonBase.java
@@ -19,13 +19,13 @@ public abstract class TileEntityPylonBase extends TileEntityCableBaseNT {
 	
 	public List<int[]> connected = new ArrayList<int[]>();
 	
-	public static boolean canConnect(TileEntityPylonBase first, TileEntityPylonBase second) {
+	public static int canConnect(TileEntityPylonBase first, TileEntityPylonBase second) {
 		
 		if(first.getConnectionType() != second.getConnectionType())
-			return false;
+			return 1;
 		
 		if(first == second)
-			return false;
+			return 2;
 		
 		double len = Math.min(first.getMaxWireLength(), second.getMaxWireLength());
 		
@@ -38,7 +38,7 @@ public abstract class TileEntityPylonBase extends TileEntityCableBaseNT {
 				(secondPos.zCoord) - (firstPos.zCoord)
 				);
 		
-		return len >= delta.lengthVector();
+		return len >= delta.lengthVector() ? 0 : 3;
 	}
 	
 	public void addConnection(int x, int y, int z) {