I understood from
@Multitallented that players might not want to have redstone in the chest all the time because you'd be burning 90 souls per hour to get 3 power per hour. I understood the regions would still stand - but my concern is that without the reagents the town hall became vulnerable to TNT because of the flag I posted before - Village has "deny_explosion" - and I'm trying to understand the effect of this.
So quite apart from the redstone being stolen, I might have mis-advised the town members on this.
However! The town had 675 power when I headed off to bed last night. I don't see how this could all have gone in enough time to make the town vulnerable to a tier downgrade.
No, I think it's that flag issue. I'm guessing this is being discussed in game and on TS, but it would be helpful to have answers here where they're being asked, please.