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[Azated]

I'm building an obsidian farm using water from a cavern and magma pumped up four levels from a tube. I've set the whole system up using pumps and a dwarven water reactor, which requires a total of two levers for the whole farm.

I placed a floor hatch over the intake of my reactor, and it started automagically. It wasn't even pumping water. Unfortunately, I already had all the axles linked up and the lower half of my fortress flooded.

I was wondering if floor hatches are bugged in some way that makes waterwheels activate without being powered.

[Quietust]

What you are seeing has nothing to do with floor hatches - the water inside your reactor merely has permaflow and will thus power waterwheels unconditionally.

[AutomataKittay]

What's your reactor's water source hooked up to? If it's aquifier or river, it's probably flowing without needing to pump.