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[Konis]

Okay, so, I had a waterwheel hooked up like this:

W
W = = *
W

W - Waterwheel
= - axle
* - gear assembly.

The waterwheel was hanging, everything was going fine, it was linked up to pumps and everything was running right and pumping.  Then, I pulled the lever attached to the gear assembly.  Everything stopped, which was also fine.  But then the waterwheel said "Inactive" and when I pulled the lever to re-engage the gear assembly . . . nuthin'.  Still inactive, wouldn't start up.  But it hadn't fallen down or anything.  What'd I do wrong?

[Scruga]

sometimes a waterwheel can't work because it's flood on the level it's built on. that was the reason my wheel stopped 

*PS* tell me if it worked

[DarkAvenger]

Does the water have to be moving?

[Konis]

Well, it's in a brook, and I know you have to channel down into the brook to make it work there, so just the center of the wheel is channeled out. 

I'm just weirded out that it worked fine until I turned it off, then the wheel itself went inactive.

[Corak]

Does the water have to be moving?

I don't know much about machines, but the water definitely has to be running. Otherwise you are just sort of dipping it in water

[soup_alex]

In reality, if you applied enough force to the wheel, it should keep turning whether the water flows or not. I think

[Micro102]

i belive that turning off a gear assmebly will disassemble everything connected to it. you need to build 2 gear assembelies connected to each other and turn off the one that isnt connected to the buildings.

[sneakey pete]

In reality, if you applied enough force to the wheel, it should keep turning whether the water flows or not. I think

The only reality that would happen in is perpetual motion. Which isn't a reality anyway

[MuonDecay]

i belive that turning off a gear assmebly will disassemble everything connected to it. you need to build 2 gear assembelies connected to each other and turn off the one that isnt connected to the buildings.

I think what you mean is that when you turn off a gear assembly, anything above it that it was supporting will lose that support, which can break machines or even collapse structures.

[Konis]

Right, I knew that turning off a gear assembly would remove the support for anything above it, i.e. a windmill.  Do we know if that's what's happening here?  Would this work:

W
W * = *
W

if the lever is attached to the gear on the right?

[Scruga]

W
W = * *
W


i think this would work, according that some previous things were right. (still the right gear assembly)