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File:BasicSteamRCTankBuffer.png|thumb|alt=Dark brown wooden water tank on fence legs, feeding water via wooden fluid pipes into three bronze solar boilers. Orange bronze pipes connect the boilers to a white 3x5 tank with glass windows. Lower bronze pipe on the other side connects to machines.|Solar boilers, with [[Railcraft Tank]] as buffer

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All boilers need ~~both~~ water ~~and~~ fuel to produce steam, except the simple solar boiler, which needs access to the sky and resetting every few hours. ~~They~~ ~~produce~~ ~~steam in~~ different rates and use more fuel the more advanced they are. In most GT boilers 1L of water equals 150L of steam. ~~The Lava Boiler creates 300L of steam from 1L of water.~~

All boilers need water. They use fuel to produce steam - except the simple solar boiler, which needs access to the sky and resetting every few hours instead. Different boilers have different production rates and generally use more fuel the more advanced they are. For most GT boilers 1L of water equals 150L of steam.

Non-solar boiler sides can be used for both steam or water. The bottom side only accepts water and the top only outputs steam - these are the recommended faces to use since it avoids the possibility of getting water or steam in the wrong pipe. A steady water supply, such as a [[Water Tank]], must be provided to boilers to avoid explosions. If a boiler is allowed to heat up dry or runs out of water while heated, and water is then added to the hot boiler it will explode, potentially taking out other nearby machines.

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=== High Pressure Lava Boiler ===

This is the most efficient single block Boiler. It uses lava as fuel and produces 30L/t of steam while heated and 20 pollution/s. One bucket of lava equals to 200,000L of steam at full heat. The downside is the difficulty of collecting or creating lava to run it, and the 15 steel crafting cost.

This is the most efficient single block Boiler. It uses lava as fuel and produces 30L/t of steam while heated and 20 pollution/s. One bucket of lava equals to 200,000L of steam at full heat. The downside is the difficulty of collecting or creating lava to run it, and the 15 steel crafting cost. The Lava Boiler creates 300L of steam from 1L of water, twice as much as most boilers.

=== Railcraft Boilers ===