Pumps

Pumps are mechanisms used to transport liquids.

To use pumps, an Inlet Pump must be connected to an Outlet Pump using wire. When the wire is activated, a small amount of liquid is removed at the inlet and created at the outlet. For continuous pumping, a timer must be used.

Pumps can be used to transport lava as well as water. However, a loose pump floating in lava will be destroyed, making it difficult to relocate them.

If the intake is completely submerged before pumping and the outpump feeds into it, the outpump will pump more fluid than previously existed. This will compound over time, producing infinite fluid while the outpump is not submerged. This has been used by many players for a more automated and less buggy obsidian farming machines. For similar information on infinite fluid production, see Guide:Making liquid.

Pumps will not operate over long distances. There may be no more than 1000 wires in the connection, so if you make a straight line you can operate over a maximum distance of 1000 blocks, or 2000 feet.

Notes:

 * It is possible to connect two outlets to a single inlet.
 * You can connect multiple inlets and outlets using a single Wire. The fluid transfer rate is increased accordingly, without the need for additional Wires to act as "pipes".
 * If you dig a hole and put some water in the bottom with an inlet pump in it, then connect it to an outlet pump that will drop in the same hole (to create a fountain effect) and attach it to a lever it will fill the hole more and more with each activation of the lever. Each lever click only pumps a bit of water, however, if you would like to Rapidly fill the hole you may put a one second timer switch on the outside of the lever to keep the water constantly pumping.