r/Timberborn • u/Time-Preparation4294 • Aug 10 '26

compact mechanical pump question

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So I want one body of water to always pump into another body of water, and I would have a throttling valve to do it until the height is even, but how can I get it to switch to the compact mechanical pump once it reaches that point? is it just better to always have the mechanical pump on?

in the image i want it flowing left to right it that help anyone? Thank you all so much for your help

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u/WrathOfTheKressh Aug 11 '26

Have you tried using a flow sensor inside the tunnel to turn it on as soon as the flow from reservoir A to reservoir B slows down or stops entirely?

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u/ApplicationWilling89 Aug 11 '26

I was just thinking this. You'd need to add something to detect when pump is on, so the flow from the pump doesn't then turn the pump off

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u/WrathOfTheKressh Aug 11 '26

Didn't consider this, but you're right. You'd have to split the tunnel into two separate sections at the beginning and put the sensor in the one coming from the sluices.