diff --git a/src/main/java/com/elytradev/infraredstone/api/IEncoderScannable.java b/src/main/java/com/elytradev/infraredstone/api/IEncoderScannable.java
index a9b4a06..aee5329 100644
--- a/src/main/java/com/elytradev/infraredstone/api/IEncoderScannable.java
+++ b/src/main/java/com/elytradev/infraredstone/api/IEncoderScannable.java
@@ -6,7 +6,8 @@
 public interface IEncoderScannable {
 	/**
 	 * @return a value from 0-63 depending on the state of your object.
-	 * It may be helpful to format the value in binaru: `0b00_0000`
+	 * See the Encoder Guidelines page on the InfraRedstone wiki for usage examples.
+	 * It may be helpful to format the value in binary: `0b00_0000`
 	 */
 	int getComparatorValue();
 }
diff --git a/src/main/java/com/elytradev/infraredstone/api/ISimpleEncoderScannable.java b/src/main/java/com/elytradev/infraredstone/api/ISimpleEncoderScannable.java
index 457e73c..e5eec51 100644
--- a/src/main/java/com/elytradev/infraredstone/api/ISimpleEncoderScannable.java
+++ b/src/main/java/com/elytradev/infraredstone/api/ISimpleEncoderScannable.java
@@ -17,7 +17,8 @@ public interface ISimpleEncoderScannable {
 	 * @param state the current blockstate of your object.
 	 * @param inspectingFrom the direction the infra-comparator is looking from.
 	 * @return a value from 0-63 depending on the state of your object and the given parameters.
-	 * It may be helpful to format the value in binaru: `0b00_0000`
+	 * See the Encoder Guidelines page on the InfraRedstone wiki for usage examples.
+	 * It may be helpful to format the value in binary: `0b00_0000`
 	 */
 	int getComparatorValue(World world, BlockPos pos, IBlockState state, EnumFacing inspectingFrom);
 }
diff --git a/src/main/java/com/elytradev/infraredstone/tile/TileEntityEncoder.java b/src/main/java/com/elytradev/infraredstone/tile/TileEntityEncoder.java
index 83b2a35..3da7680 100644
--- a/src/main/java/com/elytradev/infraredstone/tile/TileEntityEncoder.java
+++ b/src/main/java/com/elytradev/infraredstone/tile/TileEntityEncoder.java
@@ -26,6 +26,11 @@
 import net.minecraft.world.WorldServer;
 import net.minecraft.world.chunk.Chunk;
 import net.minecraftforge.common.capabilities.Capability;
+import net.minecraftforge.energy.CapabilityEnergy;
+import net.minecraftforge.energy.IEnergyStorage;
+import net.minecraftforge.fluids.capability.CapabilityFluidHandler;
+import net.minecraftforge.fluids.capability.IFluidHandler;
+import net.minecraftforge.fluids.capability.IFluidTankProperties;
 import net.minecraftforge.items.CapabilityItemHandler;
 import net.minecraftforge.items.IItemHandler;
 
@@ -60,12 +65,27 @@ public void update() {
                     // no encoder API, so check for a tile entity
                 } else if (world.getTileEntity(backPos) != null) {
                     TileEntity te = world.getTileEntity(backPos);
-                    // check for a capability on the tile entity, make sure we only move on if we don't find one
+                    // check for capabilities on the tile entity, make sure we only move on if we don't find any
                     if (te.hasCapability(CapabilityItemHandler.ITEM_HANDLER_CAPABILITY, back.getOpposite())) {
                         IItemHandler inv = te.getCapability(CapabilityItemHandler.ITEM_HANDLER_CAPABILITY, back);
                         signal.setNextSignalValue(getInventoryCapacity(inv));
                         markDirty();
                         return;
+                    }  if (te.hasCapability(CapabilityFluidHandler.FLUID_HANDLER_CAPABILITY, back.getOpposite())) {
+                        IFluidHandler fluid = te.getCapability(CapabilityFluidHandler.FLUID_HANDLER_CAPABILITY, back);
+                        IFluidTankProperties[] props = fluid.getTankProperties();
+                        for (IFluidTankProperties prop : props) {
+                            if (prop.getContents() == null) signal.setNextSignalValue(0b00_0000);
+                            else signal.setNextSignalValue(((prop.getContents().amount/prop.getCapacity()) * 62) + 1);
+                        }
+                        markDirty();
+                        return;
+                    } if (te.hasCapability(CapabilityEnergy.ENERGY, back.getOpposite())) {
+                        IEnergyStorage energy = te.getCapability(CapabilityEnergy.ENERGY, back);
+                        if (energy.getEnergyStored() == 0) signal.setNextSignalValue(0b00_0000);
+                        else signal.setNextSignalValue(((energy.getEnergyStored()/energy.getMaxEnergyStored()) * 62) + 1);
+                        markDirty();
+                        return;
                     }
                     // this if is the reason for all the markDirty(); return; garbage up above
                     // check for a vanilla comparator interface
@@ -76,7 +96,7 @@ public void update() {
                     // redstone first so inred's redstone-catching doesn't override it
                     int sigBack = world.getRedstonePower(backPos, back);
                     if (sigBack != 0) {
-                        signal.setNextSignalValue(4*sigBack);
+                        signal.setNextSignalValue(sigBack);
                     } else {
                         signal.setNextSignalValue(InRedLogic.findIRValue(world, pos, back));
                     }