diff --git a/Barotrauma/BarotraumaShared/Content/Items/Electricity/poweritems.xml b/Barotrauma/BarotraumaShared/Content/Items/Electricity/poweritems.xml
index 5750f3dab..6e5bb8466 100644
--- a/Barotrauma/BarotraumaShared/Content/Items/Electricity/poweritems.xml
+++ b/Barotrauma/BarotraumaShared/Content/Items/Electricity/poweritems.xml
@@ -18,7 +18,9 @@
     </fixrequirement>
 
     <PowerTransfer canbeselected = "true">
-      <StatusEffect type="InWater" target="This" condition="-0.5"/>
+      <StatusEffect type="InWater" target="This" condition="-0.5">
+        <Conditional currPowerConsumption="lt -10"/>
+      </StatusEffect>
       <GuiFrame rect="0,0,350,160" alignment="Center" style="ItemUI"/>
     </PowerTransfer>
 
diff --git a/Barotrauma/BarotraumaShared/Source/StatusEffects/StatusEffect.cs b/Barotrauma/BarotraumaShared/Source/StatusEffects/StatusEffect.cs
index ba79c6577..e1a6a160a 100644
--- a/Barotrauma/BarotraumaShared/Source/StatusEffects/StatusEffect.cs
+++ b/Barotrauma/BarotraumaShared/Source/StatusEffects/StatusEffect.cs
@@ -272,10 +272,10 @@ namespace Barotrauma
                 if (target == null || target.SerializableProperties == null) continue;
                 foreach (PropertyConditional pc in propertyConditionals)
                 {
-                    if (!pc.Matches(target)) return false;
+                    if (pc.Matches(target)) return true;
                 }
             }
-            return true;
+            return false;
         }
 
         public virtual void Apply(ActionType type, float deltaTime, Entity entity, ISerializableEntity target)