WHICH way would the toilet flush if???

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Posted by dRale on Feb-06-2003 18:27:

WHICH way would the toilet flush if???

which way would the water turn when u flush the toilet if the toilet was in the middle of the prime meridian?

Posted by Lira on Feb-06-2003 18:38:

They actually did this test in a Brazilian city which is located between both hemispheres and guess what: it's randomic. 50% of the times the water goes clockwise and the other 50%, counterclockwise

Posted by dj2kTA on Feb-06-2003 18:50:

This makes me think of the Simpsons episode when Bart called that kid in Australia to ask him which way the toilet flushes.

Posted by KoreanDJ on Feb-06-2003 18:53:

lol wtf. University of Washington professor (HOUZE) did an experiment on this topic, and believe it or not. The water goes down the drain the same way disregarding northern or southern hemisphere. Tt's just how your toilet is built.

Steve

Posted by KilldaDJ on Feb-06-2003 18:55:

quote:
Originally posted by dj2kTA
This makes me think of the Simpsons episode when Bart called that kid in Australia to ask him which way the toilet flushes.

thats what i thought when i read this topic...

Posted by tu_face on Feb-06-2003 19:31:

quote:
Originally posted by KoreanDJ
lol wtf. University of Washington professor (HOUZE) did an experiment on this topic, and believe it or not. The water goes down the drain the same way disregarding northern or southern hemisphere. Tt's just how your toilet is built.

Steve

err.. no it does go the opposite way down a plughole, this is because of the magnetic pull etc... my mother has been to australia recently and proved this

Posted by DrUg_Tit0 on Feb-06-2003 21:25:

well, in toilets it is more important on how it is built because the force which makes water spin in a certain direction is a weak one, and if the toilet has mildly bended water pipes, it will spin in a desired direction. However, if you take a bathtub, and fill it with water and then let it go, it will usually spin in a same direction depending on the hemisphere.

quote:
this is because of the magnetic pull etc

I'd say it's more because of earths rotation, but I'm not quite sure about that.

Posted by U121 on Feb-06-2003 21:28:

err.... downwards?

Posted by Orbax on Feb-06-2003 21:29:

id say what you really should test is where it goes if its on th Equator Prime Meridian runs through greenwich on its way from the north pole to the south pole

Posted by U121 on Feb-06-2003 21:41:

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Posted by DJ Mikey Mike on Feb-06-2003 22:13:

If positoned directly over a point where the magnetic fields are equal on both sides (which would be near impossible to setup) they fields would repel each other and the water would just slowly sink straight down.

Posted by netw3rkd on Feb-06-2003 22:15:

k wtf most people think about ladies when they have nothing to do..but yuo think about how toilets flush? /me thinks drale needs a chick (assuming drale is a guy :])

Posted by Photo_bot_2k1 on Feb-06-2003 23:08:

the coriolis effect if VERY SMALL
shape of the toilet and other small factors would affect it way more then the coriolis effect

only when all other factors are minimized can u see it take place

Posted by DarkTrance on Feb-06-2003 23:56:

quote:
Originally posted by KilldaDJ
thats what i thought when i read this topic...

I second that :P

Posted by KoreanDJ on Feb-07-2003 01:15:

oh my gosh........

dude, it's how your toilet is BUILT!

I would bet you a million dollars that it's the toilet, it has nothing to do with earth's rotation. My professor made a bet with his collegues about this, and he has won over $50,000!!! I'm not kidding!

http://www.atmos.washington.edu/%7E...site/houze.html

Stevek