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What factors affect water temperature? When I try to set up a system for generating electricity I'm basically just guessing with my placement of boilers and engines.

Hi,
I should probably do wiki page about that ...

• Water temperature never drop in pipes over time. (for now)
• Boiler works just like regular pipe, and the water in the pipe gets heated by the burner.
• Boiler consumes only energy for boiling the water up to 100 degrees.
• Generator works like regular pipe as well, it also consumes some of the water in the pipe and generates electricity depending on the temperature.

So, 1-2 boilers will heat the water to 100 degrees, if the water flows slowly (so it has time to heat up), when one generator is connected.
When you connect more generators to one pipe, they consume water more quickly, so it goes more quickly through boilers, so they don't have time to heat it so much (you need more of them in line to heat it to 100 degrees)