Peggy, When sailing south of the equator the water in the bowl will rotate in the opposite direction when flushed. Will this have any deleterious effect on the equipment or is it designed for both clockwise and counterclockwise rotations? Best Regards Dave
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Will be no problem... Dave Mark has been fushing his way down under and nothing has floated up this way. Sorry Mark.... Jim
Will be no problem... Dave Mark has been fushing his way down under and nothing has floated up this way. Sorry Mark.... Jim
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I know that no one probably wants to here this, but most heads are "designed" to flush one way from the start and they are not going to change when you go over the equator. Sorry. But if you look at a regular drain the liquid content will change the direction of rotation based the on where you are located. --Dan
I know that no one probably wants to here this, but most heads are "designed" to flush one way from the start and they are not going to change when you go over the equator. Sorry. But if you look at a regular drain the liquid content will change the direction of rotation based the on where you are located. --Dan
Sheesh...everybody thinks he's a comic...
It's a valid question. However, the answer is, the direction of centrifugal flow doesn't matter...toilet pumps don't have any openings that rely on water from one direction only. So your toilet will work the same way whether you're above OR below the equator.
It's a valid question. However, the answer is, the direction of centrifugal flow doesn't matter...toilet pumps don't have any openings that rely on water from one direction only. So your toilet will work the same way whether you're above OR below the equator.
Homer Simpson
HAH! Obviously Peggy has not seen the episode when the Simpson family went to Australia! There are complex devices used there to adapt plumbing to rotate clockwise!!
HAH! Obviously Peggy has not seen the episode when the Simpson family went to Australia! There are complex devices used there to adapt plumbing to rotate clockwise!!
sailing south of the equator
Dave, you need to spend some more time in the shade,or else Hank has become a serious influence on you! Just how long does it take you to reach the equator and remember to make sure you sail backwards(do not motor) across the equator.If you do so not only will you please the sea gods but you will also fool the head and it will flush clockwise and everything will be O.K. An added bonus will be that you will be headed in correct direction to come home!Let me know when you go so I can take pictures and if you don't mind I will put my boat in your slip just to see what it feels like to be on the other side of the equator.
Dave, you need to spend some more time in the shade,or else Hank has become a serious influence on you! Just how long does it take you to reach the equator and remember to make sure you sail backwards(do not motor) across the equator.If you do so not only will you please the sea gods but you will also fool the head and it will flush clockwise and everything will be O.K. An added bonus will be that you will be headed in correct direction to come home!Let me know when you go so I can take pictures and if you don't mind I will put my boat in your slip just to see what it feels like to be on the other side of the equator.
Pete's Right as Usual
Dave, You know what they say, don't mess with mother nature ot there'll be a terrible price to pay. I believe that goes as well for the Head Mistress. Or at least you should have gotten Hank to ask the question. Sounds like it will be a good Labor Day weekend on E dock. Enjoy!!! The Crew of Calico Dragon
Dave, You know what they say, don't mess with mother nature ot there'll be a terrible price to pay. I believe that goes as well for the Head Mistress. Or at least you should have gotten Hank to ask the question. Sounds like it will be a good Labor Day weekend on E dock. Enjoy!!! The Crew of Calico Dragon
Dave
In case this is not a joke, you are referring to the Coriolus Force. Think about taking off in an airplane from a point on the equator, and heading due North. Looking at a globe you could run your finger in a straight line and point to where you would land at 40 deg North, right? Wrong! the Earth would rotate under you and your path would appear to cuve to the right (clockwise). It works the opposite way in the Southern Hemisphere, because the equator is the widest part in relation to the Earth's axis. This plays true for large weather systems - Southern Hem low pressure systems spin clockwise - counter in the North, but toilets are not really subject to this, it's just their design. Flush away and don't worry.
In case this is not a joke, you are referring to the Coriolus Force. Think about taking off in an airplane from a point on the equator, and heading due North. Looking at a globe you could run your finger in a straight line and point to where you would land at 40 deg North, right? Wrong! the Earth would rotate under you and your path would appear to cuve to the right (clockwise). It works the opposite way in the Southern Hemisphere, because the equator is the widest part in relation to the Earth's axis. This plays true for large weather systems - Southern Hem low pressure systems spin clockwise - counter in the North, but toilets are not really subject to this, it's just their design. Flush away and don't worry.
Good try Steve G....
your interpretation of Coriolis "force" (actually acceleration) seems logical and simple but is unfortunately wrong. Imagine you are 20 degrees south of de equator and you conduct the same experiment pointing with your finger to 20 degrees north of the equator. The earth will still rotate and your path would still curve to the right as in the northern hemisphere instead of making the zigzag that your interpretation would lead us to believe. The actual explanation of Coriolis acceleration is a little more complex and certainly too complex to be discussed in detail on a Friday afternoon unless it is washed down with substantial beer or equivalent intoxicating fluid. Suffice to say that Coriolis is the acceleration of a rotating object as it changes it's radius of rotation. (Ups, this is getting thick but lets try once): In the northern latitudes, a movement from south to north gets you closer to the axis of rotation of the earth and the same is true when you move south in the southern latitudes. Close to the equator, the object moving in either direction would not change its radius of rotation and thus Coriolis is zero. I am out of here guys, the ocean and a cold Guinness are calling me.
your interpretation of Coriolis "force" (actually acceleration) seems logical and simple but is unfortunately wrong. Imagine you are 20 degrees south of de equator and you conduct the same experiment pointing with your finger to 20 degrees north of the equator. The earth will still rotate and your path would still curve to the right as in the northern hemisphere instead of making the zigzag that your interpretation would lead us to believe. The actual explanation of Coriolis acceleration is a little more complex and certainly too complex to be discussed in detail on a Friday afternoon unless it is washed down with substantial beer or equivalent intoxicating fluid. Suffice to say that Coriolis is the acceleration of a rotating object as it changes it's radius of rotation. (Ups, this is getting thick but lets try once): In the northern latitudes, a movement from south to north gets you closer to the axis of rotation of the earth and the same is true when you move south in the southern latitudes. Close to the equator, the object moving in either direction would not change its radius of rotation and thus Coriolis is zero. I am out of here guys, the ocean and a cold Guinness are calling me.
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