problem with Water flow to Coal Generators

[Elon's Musk]

Hello! I have 3 water extractors running for 6 coal generators, but the water isn't flowing into them correctly. It keeps draining or consuming very fast, and I keep tripping the fuse. The water it's self is flowing very slowly when it gets to the generator area. Is there something I'm doing wrong?

[Shane]

yes but i not played since like last update so i aint explaining it, but add a water turbine, upgrade one or something....

sry so long i only play this game for a moth between updates !!
and i dont recall how to best help you

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Originally posted by That one dude:

Hello! I have 3 water extractors running for 6 coal generators, but the water isn't flowing into them correctly. It keeps draining or consuming very fast, and I keep tripping the fuse. The water it's self is flowing very slowly when it gets to the generator area. Is there something I'm doing wrong?

It could be due to the lack of a pump. A single water generator is enough for at least 4 coal generators (can't remember exactly, I think it's more than that) so it isn't the amount of water generators. If the coal generators are above the water generators significantly, consider adding a pump on the lower end to pump the water upwards. Be sure the pump is facing the proper direction as well!

[Faustus]

Originally posted by That one dude:

Hello! I have 3 water extractors running for 6 coal generators, but the water isn't flowing into them correctly. It keeps draining or consuming very fast, and I keep tripping the fuse. The water it's self is flowing very slowly when it gets to the generator area. Is there something I'm doing wrong?

Assuming nothing is overclocked:
Do you need to add a pump to the system - i.e is it an issue of head lift?
Do you have enough pipes/mk2 pipes - 3 WEs give 360m3/min versus a mk1 pipe capacity of 300m3/min, although that is still less than the 270m3/min your generators require so not the issue.

[Elon's Musk]

I'm going to try to add some more pumps, I'll get back to you once I've done that.

[Capt. W. Schwartz]

Originally posted by bob:

A single water generator is enough for at least 4 coal generators

Not at 100%. The correct ratio for 100% efficiency is 3:8 or 4(@75%):8, BUT you must pipe correctly, 1 on each end, and 1 in the middle.
https://steamcommunity.com/sharedfiles/filedetails/?id=2310101341
3 Water Generators (@100%) for 8 Coal Generators
4 Water Generators (@75%) for 8 Coal Generators

[Elon's Musk]

Thank yall, I added some more pumps at the lower end and it filled the water water side of the generators. Thank yall again!

[Geomancer]

Originally posted by That one dude:

Thank yall, I added some more pumps at the lower end and it filled the water water side of the generators. Thank yall again!

Yeah, problem is head lift. Water extractors can only pump up to 10 meters vertically on their own which isn't very far at all. A MK1 pump will give you 30 meters. If you need to go further than 30 meters, you have to add additional pumps, one at least every 30 meters of height.

As mentioned, for 100% efficiency it's 3 extractors per 8 generators, spaced in a 2 gen - extractor - 2 gen - extractor - 2 gen -extractor - 2 gen pattern. That will keep the water usage under 300 m^3 per pipe. If you have MK2 pipes, you don't have to worry about that (they can do 600 m^3).

For a simpler setup, you can just do 1 extractor per 2 generators, and underclock the extractors to 75%.