How to construct a liquid erchius fuel generator

You will require the following:
2 units of liquid erchius fuel,
An ocean planet
Wooden fence gates (2 for every generator you make)
and optionally:
Wiring to close the gates (i.e. a liquid sensor and a not gate, or just a switch)

Once you land on the ocean planet, find a sizable island to construct in, and hollow it out, as shown in the image below.
(If you wish, you can construct your own holding tank instead of hollowing out an island.)

once you do this, you will want to mark the sea level with platforms, or a similar object you can walk over that is not solid, and permits movement.
then, create a bell shape with its top open block at sea level, as shown below.

this bell should have a cup underneath it with a 1 block high lip.
then, construct secondary cups at either side of the cup, with another lip 1 block below the original cup's lip.

After this, deposit 1 unit of liquid fuel in both lower cups, and dig out the background of the top open block.

If done correctly, it will be exactly at sea level, (which you do not need to place it at, but I did because i'm a perfectionist that wastes tons of time) and will begin generating liquid fuel into the tank below.

This last part is mostly optional, as if you want to turn it off, you could just fill in the background again.

But for convenience, you can add gates which can be opened and closed to cut off the water flow into the fuel.

these can be wired up however you want, with a switch, or a liquid sensor connected to a not gate, it doesn't matter a ton.

You can also connect a liquid sensor and switch to an XOR gate with the wiring shown below

to close off the gates when it reaches too high, if you do this, I advise you to fill in the vacant spaces below the generators, as they seem to cause problems with detection of the fuel.

If you want both a switch and a liquid sensor, this is the way to go.

This has been known to be somewhat unreliable at times, but i suggest you experiment and try different methods if it does not properly create fuel.

• Completely drain the tank using drains
  
• Try a planet with a different level of gravity
  
• Make sure the bell is only producing a small drip, and that water is not simply flowing over the fuel

If you have any further suggestions, please put them in the comments.