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16 minutes ago, Yunru said:

two different liquids so that they sit atop each other.

That will not work for very long.

Instead use this 4 step process that actually works.

1) Build a U bend. Insulated tiles are the one you intend to keep.

2) Pour in 3 different liquids. The bottom one, typically crude oil, have to cover the bottom tile and some of the 2nd tile. The amount of liquid in the top 3 layers doesn't matter. The order they are poured in doesn't matter either as they'll arrange themselves.

3) Put in the roof tile and deconstruct one side to let excess fluids run out. Mop. Repeat for the other side. Typically requires multiple mop order on both sides.

4) Finish roof, and you're done.

The point here is that the dupe cannot stand inside the liquid and breathe which will break the liquid lock due to CO2 moving one of the liquids away. That's why it's two deep so standing on the bottom would not allow the dupe to breathe, and the dupe will just jump the one tile gap instead.

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7 minutes ago, Saturnus said:

That will not work for very long.

Instead use this 4 step process that actually works.

1) Build a U bend. Insulated tiles are the one you intend to keep.

2) Pour in 3 different liquids. The bottom one, typically crude oil, have to cover the bottom tile and some of the 2nd tile. The amount of liquid in the top 3 layers doesn't matter. The order they are poured in doesn't matter either as they'll arrange themselves.

3) Put in the roof tile and deconstruct one side to let excess fluids run out. Mop. Repeat for the other side. Typically requires multiple mop order on both sides.

4) Finish roof, and you're done.

The point here is that the dupe cannot stand inside the liquid and breathe which will break the liquid lock due to CO2 moving one of the liquids away. That's why it's two deep so standing on the bottom would not allow the dupe to breathe, and the jump will just jump the one tile gap instead.

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I've been looking for a consolidated guide on making water locks, this is awesome.

Have you done any experiments with the new isogel to make more compact water locks, or do they have the same pitfalls?

1 minute ago, crypticorb said:

Have you done any experiments with the new isogel to make more compact water locks, or do they have the same pitfalls?

I haven't as I don't do previews but I know for a fact that the same pitfalls apply with regards to having to make it 2 deep to avoid dupes breathing inside the liquid.

1 minute ago, Neotuck said:

In all my testing this seems to work as the best airlock so far with 0 heat transfer

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Assuming there's vacuum between the gel columns, wouldn't it eventually acquire a small amount of CO2 from dupes exhaling?

I'm fairly certain dupes in exosuits do not exhale at all, though I can't recall any experiments or examples where I checked this.

1 minute ago, crypticorb said:

Assuming there's vacuum between the gel columns, wouldn't it eventually acquire a small amount of CO2 from dupes exhaling?

I'm fairly certain dupes in exosuits do not exhale at all, though I can't recall any experiments or examples where I checked this.

Dupes only exhale when breathing oxygen they hold their breath both in and out when they cannot breathe

1 minute ago, crypticorb said:

Assuming there's vacuum between the gel columns, wouldn't it eventually acquire a small amount of CO2 from dupes exhaling?

I'm fairly certain dupes in exosuits do not exhale at all, though I can't recall any experiments or examples where I checked this.

Dupes do not exhale when they're holding their breath, so no.

Do note however that flatulent dupes will break wind there eventually if they have access to go through it. And it doesn't matter if they are in an exosuit/jet pack or not.

25 minutes ago, Saturnus said:

That will not work for very long.

Instead use this 4 step process that actually works.

1) Build a U bend. Insulated tiles are the one you intend to keep.

2) Pour in 3 different liquids. The bottom one, typically crude oil, have to cover the bottom tile and some of the 2nd tile. The amount of liquid in the top 3 layers doesn't matter. The order they are poured in doesn't matter either as they'll arrange themselves.

3) Put in the roof tile and deconstruct one side to let excess fluids run out. Mop. Repeat for the other side. Typically requires multiple mop order on both sides.

4) Finish roof, and you're done.

The point here is that the dupe cannot stand inside the liquid and breathe which will break the liquid lock due to CO2 moving one of the liquids away. That's why it's two deep so standing on the bottom would not allow the dupe to breathe, and the dupe will just jump the one tile gap instead.

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I've seen an example with a vent tile at the base, I'm assuming that this is just placed once the vertical column is completed?

Just now, Craigjw said:

I've seen an example with a vent tile at the base, I'm assuming that this is just placed once the vertical column is completed?

Or used to pour in the liquids instead of the bottle emptier. Full tiles of crude oil doesn't block vents.

2 minutes ago, Neotuck said:

Oops, it might. Just replace with an insulated tile that uses the new insulation material and it should be fine

I seem to remember a post not so long ago about the vent tiles in a vacuum not transferring heat, can anyone confirm this?

Thanks for the input, very helpful and saved me a bunch of time peeing against the wind, so to speak.

7 minutes ago, Craigjw said:

I seem to remember a post not so long ago about the vent tiles in a vacuum not transferring heat, can anyone confirm this?

Any tile that allows gases through takes the properties of said gas, so in the case of a vacuum...

14 minutes ago, Saturnus said:

Dupes do not exhale when they're holding their breath, so no.

Do note however that flatulent dupes will break wind there eventually if they have access to go through it. And it doesn't matter if they are in an exosuit/jet pack or not.

Even this could be solved with a mini gas pump, to retain the vacuum. 

31 minutes ago, crypticorb said:

I've been looking for a consolidated guide on making water locks, this is awesome.

Have you done any experiments with the new isogel to make more compact water locks, or do they have the same pitfalls?

Come to think of it, I now remember that there was a post discussing the various types of air locks, I don't have the link though.

11 minutes ago, crypticorb said:

Even this could be solved with a mini gas pump, to retain the vacuum. 

Not quite, flatulent dupes can fart inside the liquid which will break the liquid lock, so don't allow flatulent dupes to go through at all.

49 minutes ago, Neotuck said:

In all my testing this seems to work as the best airlock so far with 0 heat transfer

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Do dupes get sopping wet from this if they aren't wearing exosuits?  Because there was a time when they wouldn't. 

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