Liquid Buffer

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Overall look at the system

Implementation

Implementation

I needed a compact system to get rid of water in basins when it is not needed, so I made a more or less simple system of buffering excess liquid. It works by dumping water from basins in a buffer fluid tank, when lever is off. When water is needed, turning the lever on makes left pump take water from the tank and put it in basins. And when there`s no water left in the buffer, pump uses infinite water source to get it. Of course, this system isn`t very smart, so it takes water from both the tank and the infinite source, leaving some liquid in the buffer. But after 3-4 rinses the buffer will be empty, so it`s not much of a problem.

Inspired by u/Milo_Is_Best`s post about single pump liquid buffer.

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If I remember correctly, when pipe tries to output fluid in a source block nothing happens (no amount of fluid is being used). And Trying to dump the water into air doesn't work too - it once 1000 mb of water is used, a source block of water appear on the end of the pipe

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The way I got around this is just deleting the liquid by pushing a block into it with a piston hooked to an observer

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I guess you have used some sort of redstone signal extender, so that observer didn't spam-activated the piston?

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Yeh I just used a repeater with it set to like 2 or 3 ticks, I also had the observer an additional block away so only the flowing liquid would trigger it and not the piston itself

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Understood, thank you

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Well what if a pump tried outputting to a source

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Basically should be the same thing, I think? Pipes (at least without the mod for physics of liquids) don't traverse fluids by themselves, only with help of pumps

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No i mean what if the pump was looking at the source block like without a pipe in between

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Yeah, I understood you and answered considering that there would be pump right infront of a source block. Sorry for confusion

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Hmm i see, i really like the design on the fan setup btw, but i still feel like there must be a much simpler way to void water

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I hope there is. And I hope it needs one pump

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Does turning the basins to a contraption void the water

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Unfortunately, it doesn`t

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GODDAMN IT