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{{Machine_component|name=Water wheel|key=w | {{Machine_component|name=Water wheel|key=w | ||
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To get it working, you must start the pump manually.* | To get it working, you must start the pump manually.* | ||
− | :''(* Exceptions are [[ | + | :''(* Exceptions are [[aquifers]], which can sometimes have naturally occurring [[flow]]. This is sometimes a good thing, because then a wheel simply works by itself - or a bad thing, if, for example, you want the wheel to '''not''' provide any power while you build a pump adjacent to it. It's not clear what causes an aquifer to have flow and then keep it - it's difficult to replicate reliably, and can be lost with additional [[channel]]ing, so designs will have to be adapted if such are found.)'' |
It is good to have a ready source of water to refill the machine, as water tends to escape and evaporate, and once the water falls below a certain level, the machine stops. Below an earlier level, the power supply becomes intermittent. | It is good to have a ready source of water to refill the machine, as water tends to escape and evaporate, and once the water falls below a certain level, the machine stops. Below an earlier level, the power supply becomes intermittent. | ||
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Dig the V-shaped channel and fill it with water (either from an outside source or by designating it as a [[pond]]). Meanwhile, construct the pump, pumping from the South. Construct the two water wheels. Start the pump manually ( {{k|q}}, {{k|Enter}} ) - if there is enough water*, the "reactor" will start immediately and the pump operator will leave. The water from the north end of the pump will spill over the top-most floor tile, filling that to 7/7 and the two tiles east and west of it to ~5/7, but will not overflow back past the water wheel to the walkway area. Note that for the upper level, no southern walls are shown as none are needed. | Dig the V-shaped channel and fill it with water (either from an outside source or by designating it as a [[pond]]). Meanwhile, construct the pump, pumping from the South. Construct the two water wheels. Start the pump manually ( {{k|q}}, {{k|Enter}} ) - if there is enough water*, the "reactor" will start immediately and the pump operator will leave. The water from the north end of the pump will spill over the top-most floor tile, filling that to 7/7 and the two tiles east and west of it to ~5/7, but will not overflow back past the water wheel to the walkway area. Note that for the upper level, no southern walls are shown as none are needed. | ||
− | + | :''(* Have not determined the minimum depth needed. For better flow, you might try a "U-shaped" channel, rather than V-shaped, but that requires 2 more tiles to be filled with water.)'' | |
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