Editing Water Wheel (section)

==Pre 0.5.1==
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The water wheel has a correct direction of rotation, shown by how the blades are oriented. Water flowing the wrong way around the wheel causes it to produce less rotational speed and stress capacity than if the water was flowing the right way. Having water flowing in the opposite directions might slow down the rotational speed or even stop it. The direction of rotation is counter-clockwise when placed standing, or clockwise when crouching. 
{| class="fandom-table"
|+Water wheel speeds
!Sides with flow
!Sides against flow
!RPM
!SU
|-
|1
|0
|8
|128
|-
|2
|0
|12
|192
|-
|3
|0
|16
|256
|-
|4
|0
|20
|320
|-
|1
|1
|6
|96
|-
|1
|2
|0
|0
|-
|1
|3
| -6
|96
|-
|2
|2
|8
|128
|-
|2
|1
|10
|160
|-
|3
|1
|14
|224
|-
|0
|1
| -6
|96
|-
|0
|2
| -8
|128
|-
|0
|3
| -10
|160
|-
|0
|4
| -12
|192
|}
[[File:Water Wheel Maximum Setup.png|thumb|Note that {{MC|Soul Sand}} bubble columns can also be used to increase the speed.]]
[[File:Max Horizontal Water Wheel.png|thumb|The maximum SU can also be achieved in a horizontal water wheel without Soul Sand by making a single water source block flow around the wheel. ]]
Lava can be used as well, but this is not recommended as it produces less power and is quite dangerous, and as such does not comply with OSHA standards.

To maximize the output from a Water Wheel (320 SU), have water flowing in the right direction around as much of the wheel as possible, like vertically or horizontally.

Water wheels can be placed side-by-side to add together their stress capacities.

Water wheels can also be powered by {{MC|Lava}} and [[Chocolate]] and will grant advancements upon doing so.
===Gallery===
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Two water wheels.png|Two water wheels powering a mechanical belt with water
Waterwheel Stress Demonstration 2.jpg|Water wheel set-ups with various powers generated.
Waterwheels_1.png|A column of two water source blocks over a block of soul sand can drive two water wheels in opposing directions.
Waterwheels_2.png|Two opposing water wheels can be linked with a pair of [[Gearbox]]es and a [[Shaft]].
Waterwheels_3.png|Multiple water wheels may be linked together along the same axis.
Waterwheels_4.png|Fourteen bubbled water wheels, in two rows of seven, generate enough [[Stress]] to run a pair of [[Crushing Wheel]]s at 256 RPM with the help of a [[Rotation Speed Controller]].
2022-05-26 19.42.27 horizontal water wheel.png
Example of waterwheels.png|An example of a 3 tall and 6 wide waterwheel setup using Diamond blocks for water sources
</gallery>