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"There are a couple of reasons Australian toilets do not flush backwards. First, the Australian toilet flushes straight down. This question is generally asked by Americans. The toilet bowl in America holds a lot of water while the Aussie version hardly has any water in comparison. So when you flush an American toilet, what's there goes round and round before it disappears. An Aussie toilet simply flushes straight down. We have an article on our website all about Aussie toilets, with a bit of humour thrown in. Second, it's a common mistake that the direction water travels when a toilet, sink or bathtub empties is different in the Northern hemisphere where the USA is from the Southern Hemisphere where Australia is. This is often attributed to the Coriolis force and even some teachers incorrectly tell their students this. The Coriolis force only acts on large bodies such as the earth. Things such as toilets, bathtubs, and sinks are too small to be affected. What causes the water to spin clockwise or anti-clockwise is simply how the container is made and how the water empties from it." The above info was from the following link:
http://www.whatsthenumber.com/oz-v/aussie-blog/misc.htm
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∙ 16y ago
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∙ 15y agoThe idea that water flows down the sink in the opposite direction south of the Equator is a myth. In fact, it doesn't consistently flow in a particular direction north of the Equator.
This idea comes from the fact that a combination of forces known as Coriolis Effect causes air to circulate clockwise around low pressure systems and anti-clockwise around high pressure systems in the Southern Hemisphere, and the reverse in the Northern. Since the swirling in the sink is, in effect, a low pressure system, the principle supposedly applies there as well. However, Coriolis Effect acts only on large systems that cover huge areas, and is far too weak to affect the water in the sink. Water will swirl in whatever direction the pipework, underneath the sink is angled to.
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∙ 16y agoIt's a myth. It is based on something called the Coriolis effect, but in something as small as a toilet or sink, that effect cannot take place.
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Shorter showers. Dont flush everytime you pee.
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Do Roman toilets flush automatically?
Yes, but not in the way we think of flushing toilets. In private houses, a bucket or two of water was used to flush away the waste and prevent odor. In the public toilets latrines, there was a stream of running water beneath the seats to flush away waste.
How did the Chinese travel to Australia during the goldrush?
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How much water does a dual flush toilet use?
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Can you flush the toilet if the water is shut off?
If the holding tank is full you can flush it just once. Further flushes will have to wait until the holding tank is again full. If the tank is empty- no. If you have a way to refill the holding tank with water again, you can flush one more time for every time you refill it. When our water was going to be off for a time, I pre-filled the bathtub with water to use for this purpose.
