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Fluid Pipe
Mod	Galacticraft
Type	General
Tool	?
Stackable	Yes (64)

Latest revision as of 16:48, 26 May 2019

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Fluid Pipes can transport any liquid or gas and can be used them to connect tanks and machines in a system.

Usage

Place the pipe on the side of a machine, or on any face of a Fluid Tank. The pipe will automatically connect to anything it can connect to. It will only connect to a circular socket on a machine's face.

To pump fluids through the pipe, use a Standard Wrench and right-click the pipe block which is connected to the machine or tank holding the fluid. It will change visually to have a small grey/metal collar. It will pump fluid out of the tank or machine it is connected to. This is also known as the Fluid Pipe being in "pull mode".

A "pull" pipe will try to pump from any compatible block it is connected to. Therefore, a 1-block-long pipe will try to pump out of both ends, givng no results. A pipe system must be at least 2 blocks long, with the other pipe (in regular mode) flowing into the machine or tank requiring the fluid.

So, this will work, because the pipes are length 2.

However, this next one will not work, because the pipes are trying to pump both ways.

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-Fluid Pipes can transport any liquid or gas.  Use them to connect tanks to machines, or to connect machines to other machines.
+Fluid Pipes can transport any liquid or gas and can be used them to connect tanks and machines in a system.
 ==Usage==
-Place the pipe down (like any other block) on the side of the machine you want to pump liquids into or out of.  Or place it on any side of a [[Fluid Tank]].  The pipe will automatically connect to anything it can connect to.
+Place the pipe on the side of a machine, or on any face of a [[Fluid Tank]]. The pipe will automatically connect to anything it can connect to. It will only connect to a circular socket on a machine's face.
-To pump fluids through the pipe: use a [[Standard Wrench]] and right-click the pipe block which must become a pump.  It will change visually to have a small grey/metal collar.  It will pump fluid out of the tank or machine it is connected to.  This is also known as the Fluid Pipe being in "pull mode".
-'''Note that the pumping only works properly if your Fluid Pipe system is at least 2 blocks long.  So at one end, one Fluid Pipe is pumping liquids out of a tank.  At the other end, the other Fluid Pipe is inserting those liquids into another tank or machine.  It needs 2 blocks to be able to do this.  (One block is in "pull mode" and one block is in regular mode.)
+To pump fluids through the pipe, use a [[Standard Wrench]] and right-click the pipe block which is connected to the machine or tank holding the fluid. It will change visually to have a small grey/metal collar. It will pump fluid out of the tank or machine it is connected to. This is also known as the Fluid Pipe being in "pull mode".
-So, this will work OK - the pipes are length 2
+'''A "pull" pipe will try to pump from any compatible block it is connected to. Therefore, a 1-block-long pipe will try to pump out of both ends, givng no results. A pipe system must be at least 2 blocks long, with the other pipe (in regular mode) flowing into the machine or tank requiring the fluid.'''
-[[File:FluidPipeGood.png|600px|thumb]]
+So, this will work, because the pipes are length 2.
+[[File:FluidPipeGood.png|600px|thumb|left]]
-That one above is OK but this next one will '''not''' work - the pipes are length 1, which is too short
+However, this next one will not work, because the pipes are trying to pump both ways.
-[[File:FluidPipeBad.png|600px|thumb]]
+[[File:FluidPipeBad.png|600px|thumb|left]]