Dew Collector, How To Use???

[vom]

I put up a dew collector and it just has a yellow flashing water drop where the water normally appears. There's no indication anywhere what that means or what the problem could be.

 

[SylenThunder]

That means that it is filling. You just need to wait and come back later, and then once it has been filled, a jar of water magically appears.

[vom]

Ah, it used to be a different color, I assumed yellow was an error.

[Riamus]

Just now, vom said:

Ah, it used to be a different color, I assumed yellow was an error.

Yellow is murky water.  When you add a filter, it will be blue for regular water.

[vom]

Yes I see, thanks. Bad situation when even the rain water is polluted!

[Manch]

And it will be red if you put it in the wrong place

[Gamida]

You should see the bar on side of the drop fill as it progresses.

[Krougal]

54 minutes ago, vom said:

Yes I see, thanks. Bad situation when even the rain water is polluted!

Meh, that is every day most places now.

I wouldn't drink it without purifying it.

[AbatedElm5]

what do the red water drops mean in the dew collector

[theFlu]

6 minutes ago, AbatedElm5 said:

what do the red water drops mean in the dew collector

Insufficient access to sky. Put them outside.

[Maharin]

12 hours ago, AbatedElm5 said:

what do the red water drops mean in the dew collector

 

It means that you should remove the zombie from the top of the dew collector so its blood stops draining inside.

[Pernicious]

22 hours ago, theFlu said:

Insufficient access to sky. Put them outside.

But... they're dew collectors, not rain collectors!

[theFlu]

7 minutes ago, Pernicious said:

they're dew collectors

Indeed, and as a magical sci-fi-contraption, the rules for them are set by the author. Like bleeding zombies, they need not make any sense.

[Suxar]

41 minutes ago, Pernicious said:

But... they're dew collectors, not rain collectors!

Have you often seen dew indoors?

[Pernicious]

17 hours ago, Suxar said:

Have you often seen dew indoors?

When it's indoors, we call it condensation instead. So, every day?

[Suxar]

46 minutes ago, Pernicious said:

When it's indoors, we call it condensation instead. So, every day?

There is no such temperature difference in the room as outside, so condensation of water from the air is a rare occurrence.