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:: Where the northernmost gears and vertical shafts are all lined up above one another. It does, sort of, work... but the water doesn't spread fast enough to keep it running smoothly. So wheels kick on and off, sometimes it freezes up until the water sloshes back under enough water wheels, etc. etc. So I'm gonna just trash that section - it's much less headache-inducing just to build some separate DWR's to power a simple pump stack. --[[User:DeMatt|DeMatt]] 06:24, 3 November 2010 (UTC) | :: Where the northernmost gears and vertical shafts are all lined up above one another. It does, sort of, work... but the water doesn't spread fast enough to keep it running smoothly. So wheels kick on and off, sometimes it freezes up until the water sloshes back under enough water wheels, etc. etc. So I'm gonna just trash that section - it's much less headache-inducing just to build some separate DWR's to power a simple pump stack. --[[User:DeMatt|DeMatt]] 06:24, 3 November 2010 (UTC) | ||
::: I agree, no reason for it to be listed if it doesn't work right, the problem is inherent in the design. To work, the water would need to flow through each water wheel in turn, which means the pumps could not be in a vertical stack, which means incredibly complicated gearing and axles to make the whole thing work, which means it won't be as efficient as any other DWR. Just put in a standard DWR and a pump stack. That being said, I believe the best way to connect a DWR to a pump stack is vertically, so you do not have to worry about water flowing from the DWR to the stack through the axle tunnel. I have that problem on my current fort, it means that I need to refill the DWR every now and then. [[User:GhostDwemer|GhostDwemer]] 19:52, 3 November 2010 (UTC) | ::: I agree, no reason for it to be listed if it doesn't work right, the problem is inherent in the design. To work, the water would need to flow through each water wheel in turn, which means the pumps could not be in a vertical stack, which means incredibly complicated gearing and axles to make the whole thing work, which means it won't be as efficient as any other DWR. Just put in a standard DWR and a pump stack. That being said, I believe the best way to connect a DWR to a pump stack is vertically, so you do not have to worry about water flowing from the DWR to the stack through the axle tunnel. I have that problem on my current fort, it means that I need to refill the DWR every now and then. [[User:GhostDwemer|GhostDwemer]] 19:52, 3 November 2010 (UTC) | ||
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== Waterwheel Reactors -DO- need southern walls == | == Waterwheel Reactors -DO- need southern walls == | ||