diff --git a/src/main/java/resonantinduction/Utility.java b/src/main/java/resonantinduction/Utility.java
index cbd40288..5e143ee0 100644
--- a/src/main/java/resonantinduction/Utility.java
+++ b/src/main/java/resonantinduction/Utility.java
@@ -1,10 +1,12 @@
 package resonantinduction;
 
 import net.minecraft.block.Block;
+import net.minecraft.item.ItemStack;
 import net.minecraft.tileentity.TileEntity;
 import net.minecraft.world.IBlockAccess;
 import net.minecraft.world.World;
 import net.minecraftforge.common.ForgeDirection;
+import net.minecraftforge.oredict.OreDictionary;
 import codechicken.lib.vec.BlockCoord;
 import codechicken.multipart.TileMultipart;
 
@@ -33,4 +35,36 @@ public class Utility
 			return true;
 		return b.isBlockSolidOnSide(w, x, y, z, side);
 	}
+	
+    public static int isDye(ItemStack is)
+    {
+        String[] dyes =
+        {
+            "dyeBlack",
+            "dyeRed",
+            "dyeGreen",
+            "dyeBrown",
+            "dyeBlue",
+            "dyePurple",
+            "dyeCyan",
+            "dyeLightGray",
+            "dyeGray",
+            "dyePink",
+            "dyeLime",
+            "dyeYellow",
+            "dyeLightBlue",
+            "dyeMagenta",
+            "dyeOrange",
+            "dyeWhite"
+        };
+        
+        for (int i = 0; i < dyes.length; i++)
+        {
+            if (OreDictionary.getOreID(is) != -1 && OreDictionary.getOreName(OreDictionary.getOreID(is)).equals(dyes[i]))
+                return i;
+        }
+        
+        return -1;
+    }
+
 }
diff --git a/src/main/java/resonantinduction/battery/TileBattery.java b/src/main/java/resonantinduction/battery/TileBattery.java
index 9f1761e2..a123c9b6 100644
--- a/src/main/java/resonantinduction/battery/TileBattery.java
+++ b/src/main/java/resonantinduction/battery/TileBattery.java
@@ -117,7 +117,7 @@ public class TileBattery extends TileAdvanced implements IPacketSender, IPacketR
 	}
 
 	@Override
-	public void onReceivePacket(ByteArrayDataInput data, EntityPlayer player)
+	public void onReceivePacket(ByteArrayDataInput data, EntityPlayer player, Object... extra)
 	{
 		structure.isMultiblock = data.readBoolean();
 
diff --git a/src/main/java/resonantinduction/furnace/TileAdvancedFurnace.java b/src/main/java/resonantinduction/furnace/TileAdvancedFurnace.java
index e51f695e..c3cd26e2 100644
--- a/src/main/java/resonantinduction/furnace/TileAdvancedFurnace.java
+++ b/src/main/java/resonantinduction/furnace/TileAdvancedFurnace.java
@@ -240,7 +240,7 @@ public class TileAdvancedFurnace extends TileEntityFurnace implements IEnergyInt
 	}
 
 	@Override
-	public void onReceivePacket(ByteArrayDataInput data, EntityPlayer player)
+	public void onReceivePacket(ByteArrayDataInput data, EntityPlayer player, Object... extra)
 	{
 		try
 		{
diff --git a/src/main/java/resonantinduction/levitator/TileEMLevitator.java b/src/main/java/resonantinduction/levitator/TileEMLevitator.java
index 4bf915e2..9dc2eaa6 100644
--- a/src/main/java/resonantinduction/levitator/TileEMLevitator.java
+++ b/src/main/java/resonantinduction/levitator/TileEMLevitator.java
@@ -504,7 +504,7 @@ public class TileEMLevitator extends TileAdvanced implements IPacketReceiver, IP
 	}
 
 	@Override
-	public void onReceivePacket(ByteArrayDataInput data, EntityPlayer player)
+	public void onReceivePacket(ByteArrayDataInput data, EntityPlayer player, Object... extra)
 	{
 		suck = data.readBoolean();
 		dyeID = data.readInt();
diff --git a/src/main/java/resonantinduction/tesla/TileTesla.java b/src/main/java/resonantinduction/tesla/TileTesla.java
index 2454c06f..bea0f535 100644
--- a/src/main/java/resonantinduction/tesla/TileTesla.java
+++ b/src/main/java/resonantinduction/tesla/TileTesla.java
@@ -325,7 +325,7 @@ public class TileTesla extends TileElectrical implements ITesla, IPacketSender,
 	}
 
 	@Override
-	public void onReceivePacket(ByteArrayDataInput data, EntityPlayer player)
+	public void onReceivePacket(ByteArrayDataInput data, EntityPlayer player, Object... extra)
 	{
 		try
 		{
diff --git a/src/main/java/resonantinduction/wire/part/PartAdvancedWire.java b/src/main/java/resonantinduction/wire/part/PartAdvancedWire.java
index 646c7ab2..c7106da6 100644
--- a/src/main/java/resonantinduction/wire/part/PartAdvancedWire.java
+++ b/src/main/java/resonantinduction/wire/part/PartAdvancedWire.java
@@ -13,6 +13,7 @@ import net.minecraft.item.ItemShears;
 import net.minecraft.item.ItemStack;
 import net.minecraft.nbt.NBTTagCompound;
 import net.minecraft.util.MovingObjectPosition;
+import resonantinduction.Utility;
 import resonantinduction.wire.EnumWireMaterial;
 import universalelectricity.api.CompatibilityModule;
 import universalelectricity.api.UniversalElectricity;
@@ -179,16 +180,23 @@ public abstract class PartAdvancedWire extends PartConductor
 	{
 		if (itemStack != null)
 		{
-			if (itemStack.itemID == Item.dyePowder.itemID && this.isInsulated())
+		    int dyeColor = Utility.isDye(itemStack);
+		    
+			if (dyeColor != -1 && this.isInsulated())
 			{
-				this.setColor(itemStack.getItemDamage());
+                if (!player.capabilities.isCreativeMode)
+                {
+                    player.inventory.decrStackSize(player.inventory.currentItem, 1);
+                }
+
+				this.setColor(dyeColor);
 				return true;
 			}
 			else if (itemStack.itemID == Block.cloth.blockID)
 			{
 				if (this.isInsulated())
 				{
-					if (!world().isRemote)
+					if (!world().isRemote && player.capabilities.isCreativeMode)
 					{
 						tile().dropItems(Collections.singletonList(new ItemStack(Block.cloth, 1, BlockColored.getBlockFromDye(color))));
 					}
@@ -198,12 +206,16 @@ public abstract class PartAdvancedWire extends PartConductor
 				}
 				else
 				{
-					this.setInsulated(BlockColored.getDyeFromBlock(itemStack.getItemDamage()));
-					player.inventory.decrStackSize(player.inventory.currentItem, 1);
+					if (!player.capabilities.isCreativeMode)
+					{
+					    player.inventory.decrStackSize(player.inventory.currentItem, 1);
+					}
+					
+                    this.setInsulated(BlockColored.getDyeFromBlock(itemStack.getItemDamage()));
 					return true;
 				}
 			}
-			else if ((itemStack.itemID == Item.shears.itemID || itemStack.getItem() instanceof ItemShears) && isInsulated())
+			else if (itemStack.getItem() instanceof ItemShears && isInsulated())
 			{
 				if (!world().isRemote)
 				{