# Buckets do not work with funnels

**URL:** <https://discourse.cataclysmdda.org/t/buckets-do-not-work-with-funnels/11836>\
**Category:** The Garage\
**Created:** [May 7, 2016, 10:43am UTC](https://discourse.cataclysmdda.org/t/buckets-do-not-work-with-funnels/11836 "2016-05-07T10:43:01Z")\
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**Author:** ![Firn](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/f/ea5d25/32.png) [@Firn](https://discourse.cataclysmdda.org/u/Firn)\
**Post date:** [May 7, 2016, 10:43am UTC](https://discourse.cataclysmdda.org/t/buckets-do-not-work-with-funnels/11836/1 "2016-05-07T10:43:01Z")

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I searched the wiki and the item browser, but couldn’t found the entry for a bucket. Probably this bug is known, I saw some discussions about that item-type.  
I have noticed that a bucket under a funnel will not collect water. A gallon jug with a funnel one tile beneath it collects well.  
The bucket is watertight, as well as the gallon jug (which has resealable too)

I currently use build 0.C-13783-gbac446c

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**Author:** ![123nick](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/flex016/user_avatar/discourse.cataclysmdda.org/123nick/32/13320_2.png) [@123nick](https://discourse.cataclysmdda.org/u/123nick)\
**Post date:** [May 7, 2016, 11:17am UTC](https://discourse.cataclysmdda.org/t/buckets-do-not-work-with-funnels/11836/2 "2016-05-07T11:17:52Z")

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maybe it only works with resealable items?

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**Author:** ![rremyroy](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/a183cd/32.png) [@rremyroy](https://discourse.cataclysmdda.org/u/rremyroy)\
**Post date:** [May 11, 2016, 8:03pm UTC](https://discourse.cataclysmdda.org/t/buckets-do-not-work-with-funnels/11836/3 "2016-05-11T20:03:02Z")

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There is a lot of funky code surrounding watertight/resealable containers and bucket type containers (watertight but not resealable)!

It is really hard to understand the why and the how it got to be this way. Initially, @atomicdryad defined a watertight container [as a container being both watertight and resealable](https://github.com/remyroy/Cataclysm-DDA/commit/cc025699a8035cbed2cb9a4a9765dba061f52674). Later on, @BevapDin [defined a funnel container to being a watertight container](https://github.com/remyroy/Cataclysm-DDA/commit/d83b722d746ecb31ba881b401b9ba1c6abece121) to [fix cardboard box from filing up water with funnels](https://github.com/CleverRaven/Cataclysm-DDA/issues/6411).

I might try to fix this issue but I feel any fix I could come up with has a low or zero chance of being accepted.