diff --git a/src/main/java/refinedstorage/network/MessageDetectorPoweredUpdate.java b/src/main/java/refinedstorage/network/MessageDetectorPoweredUpdate.java
deleted file mode 100755
index 9f4c95b2c..000000000
--- a/src/main/java/refinedstorage/network/MessageDetectorPoweredUpdate.java
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,66 +0,0 @@
-package refinedstorage.network;
-
-import io.netty.buffer.ByteBuf;
-import net.minecraft.tileentity.TileEntity;
-import net.minecraft.util.math.BlockPos;
-import net.minecraft.world.World;
-import net.minecraftforge.fml.common.network.simpleimpl.IMessage;
-import net.minecraftforge.fml.common.network.simpleimpl.IMessageHandler;
-import net.minecraftforge.fml.common.network.simpleimpl.MessageContext;
-import refinedstorage.RefinedStorageUtils;
-import refinedstorage.proxy.ClientProxy;
-import refinedstorage.tile.TileDetector;
-
-public class MessageDetectorPoweredUpdate implements IMessage, IMessageHandler<MessageDetectorPoweredUpdate, IMessage> {
-    private int x;
-    private int y;
-    private int z;
-    private boolean powered;
-
-    public MessageDetectorPoweredUpdate() {
-    }
-
-    public MessageDetectorPoweredUpdate(TileDetector detector) {
-        this.x = detector.getPos().getX();
-        this.y = detector.getPos().getY();
-        this.z = detector.getPos().getZ();
-        this.powered = detector.isPowered();
-    }
-
-    @Override
-    public void fromBytes(ByteBuf buf) {
-        x = buf.readInt();
-        y = buf.readInt();
-        z = buf.readInt();
-        powered = buf.readBoolean();
-    }
-
-    @Override
-    public void toBytes(ByteBuf buf) {
-        buf.writeInt(x);
-        buf.writeInt(y);
-        buf.writeInt(z);
-        buf.writeBoolean(powered);
-    }
-
-    @Override
-    public IMessage onMessage(MessageDetectorPoweredUpdate message, MessageContext ctx) {
-        BlockPos pos = new BlockPos(message.x, message.y, message.z);
-
-        World world = ClientProxy.getWorld();
-
-        TileEntity tile = world.getTileEntity(pos);
-
-        if (tile instanceof TileDetector) {
-            boolean wasPowered = ((TileDetector) tile).isPowered();
-
-            ((TileDetector) tile).setPowered(message.powered);
-
-            if (wasPowered != message.powered) {
-                RefinedStorageUtils.updateBlock(world, pos);
-            }
-        }
-
-        return null;
-    }
-}
diff --git a/src/main/java/refinedstorage/proxy/CommonProxy.java b/src/main/java/refinedstorage/proxy/CommonProxy.java
index 2c41ccca1..9938ebaca 100755
--- a/src/main/java/refinedstorage/proxy/CommonProxy.java
+++ b/src/main/java/refinedstorage/proxy/CommonProxy.java
@@ -37,7 +37,6 @@ public class CommonProxy {
 
         RefinedStorage.NETWORK.registerMessage(MessageTileContainerUpdate.class, MessageTileContainerUpdate.class, id++, Side.CLIENT);
         RefinedStorage.NETWORK.registerMessage(MessageControllerEnergyUpdate.class, MessageControllerEnergyUpdate.class, id++, Side.CLIENT);
-        RefinedStorage.NETWORK.registerMessage(MessageDetectorPoweredUpdate.class, MessageDetectorPoweredUpdate.class, id++, Side.CLIENT);
         RefinedStorage.NETWORK.registerMessage(MessageRedstoneModeUpdate.class, MessageRedstoneModeUpdate.class, id++, Side.SERVER);
         RefinedStorage.NETWORK.registerMessage(MessageGridStoragePush.class, MessageGridStoragePush.class, id++, Side.SERVER);
         RefinedStorage.NETWORK.registerMessage(MessageGridStoragePull.class, MessageGridStoragePull.class, id++, Side.SERVER);
diff --git a/src/main/java/refinedstorage/tile/TileDetector.java b/src/main/java/refinedstorage/tile/TileDetector.java
index 25407f35e..c46cc509a 100755
--- a/src/main/java/refinedstorage/tile/TileDetector.java
+++ b/src/main/java/refinedstorage/tile/TileDetector.java
@@ -10,7 +10,6 @@ import refinedstorage.RefinedStorageBlocks;
 import refinedstorage.RefinedStorageUtils;
 import refinedstorage.container.ContainerDetector;
 import refinedstorage.inventory.InventorySimple;
-import refinedstorage.network.MessageDetectorPoweredUpdate;
 import refinedstorage.storage.ItemGroup;
 import refinedstorage.tile.config.ICompareConfig;
 import refinedstorage.tile.config.RedstoneMode;
@@ -23,6 +22,7 @@ public class TileDetector extends TileMachine implements ICompareConfig {
     public static final String NBT_COMPARE = "Compare";
     public static final String NBT_MODE = "Mode";
     public static final String NBT_AMOUNT = "Amount";
+    public static final String NBT_DESC_POWERED = "Powered";
 
     private InventorySimple inventory = new InventorySimple("detector", 1, this);
 
@@ -49,7 +49,7 @@ public class TileDetector extends TileMachine implements ICompareConfig {
         if (ticks % 5 == 0) {
             ItemStack slot = inventory.getStackInSlot(0);
 
-            boolean lastPowered = powered;
+            boolean wasPowered = powered;
 
             if (slot != null) {
                 boolean foundAny = false;
@@ -87,12 +87,10 @@ public class TileDetector extends TileMachine implements ICompareConfig {
                 powered = false;
             }
 
-            if (powered != lastPowered) {
+            if (powered != wasPowered) {
                 worldObj.notifyNeighborsOfStateChange(pos, RefinedStorageBlocks.DETECTOR);
-            }
 
-            if (ticks % 4 == 0) {
-                RefinedStorageUtils.sendToAllAround(worldObj, pos, new MessageDetectorPoweredUpdate(this));
+                RefinedStorageUtils.updateBlock(worldObj, pos);
             }
         }
     }
@@ -167,6 +165,20 @@ public class TileDetector extends TileMachine implements ICompareConfig {
         RefinedStorageUtils.saveInventory(inventory, 0, nbt);
     }
 
+    @Override
+    public void readFromDescriptionPacketNBT(NBTTagCompound tag) {
+        super.readFromDescriptionPacketNBT(tag);
+
+        powered = tag.getBoolean(NBT_DESC_POWERED);
+    }
+
+    @Override
+    public void writeToDescriptionPacketNBT(NBTTagCompound tag) {
+        super.writeToDescriptionPacketNBT(tag);
+
+        tag.setBoolean(NBT_DESC_POWERED, powered);
+    }
+
     @Override
     public void sendContainerData(ByteBuf buf) {
         super.sendContainerData(buf);