why will my hopper not move items to the next hopper?

I have one hopper connected to the other, and the other to a chest. I know I have them connected correctly, because the second hopper deposits into the chest perfectly.

However, items do not transfer from the first to the second hopper. Why won't this work?

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2 Answers

Is the first hopper targeting the second hopper? You might have placed the hopper so that the little pipe on bottom isn't pointing at the second hopper.

Is there redstone running near the hoppers? A hopper receiving a redstone signal doesn't do anything.

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Make sure that you have shift-right clicked the hopper onto the target hopper and nothing is powering it, as powering a hopper will stop it from outputting items.