when you flush a toilet does the water spin the same direction in Australia as it does in U.S.?

Answer 1

i dont know i dont watch

Answer 2

Yes. The same direction.

This urban legend is attributed to the Coriolis force, which is real and does have an effect on things such as air currents. But for the Coriolis force to be exerted on something, it takes time and huge distances.

The Coriolis effect is simply the fact that you will be moving faster through space if you are at the equator than further north or south of it. This is because the curvature of the earth would bring you closer to the center of the axis of spin of the earth as you go further north or south. If you are at the exact north or south pole, you wouldn't be moving at all. If you have 20" tires on a car that has it's speedometer going at 50 miles an hour, then magically change those tires to 25" while keeping the same setting on the accelerator, you will find that you are going faster. The speedometer is going to read 50 mph, but that is only because it is set to read the amount of spin at the axis of the wheel.

Although the Coriolis force is exerted on the water that flows down toilets, it is too small to effect its direction. Other factors, such as the angle that the water goes into a drain, the action by which it is drawn in, the incongruities of the surface, etc, have considerably more influence on how it spins around the drain, and greatly overwhelms the influence of the Coriolis force.

Answer 3

The direction of the spin is determined by the way it flows out of the holes under the rim. I'm in the states, and mine spins the "wrong" way. I'm a physics teacher, by the way, and I know all about the Coriolis effect.
Only very large fluid masses like an air system or an ocean are big enough to be affected by the Coriolis effect. A pan of water or a bathtub or a toilet is not. The direction of spin is determined by the fluid dynamics induced by the shape of the plumbing when they're draining, usually. In order for something to be affected by the Coriolis effect, one side of the mass has to be significantly closer to the equator than the other. For a large weather air mass or an ocean that is the case. For a bathtub, essentially one side of the tub is as close to the equator as the other, and Coriolis effect is insignificant.

Answer 4

I just had to go and have a push at the button on my toilet. It does seem to flush anti clockwise, the water seems to go that direction. But it does go straight down as well. Which way does it go in America? Now Im curious

Answer 5

No, the Coriallis Effect causes the water to flush in the opposite direction.

Answer 6

It depends on the shape of the toilet bowl, no matter whether the toilet is north or south of the equator.

Answer 7

as AUS and US are friendly countries the water spin in the same direction.

Answer 8

it depends upon the amount of water flowing through the holes.

this flow decides the direction of spin of water

Answer 9

The water in my rest room (isn't this interesting??) jets to the left and the water spins counterclockwise. O DANG IT! too a lot tp in dere! even with the incontrovertible fact that, Will's (RUSERIOUS) in elementary terms flushes immediately down, which makes his rest room much less valuable than mine. His rest room is in uk and mine is in u . s . a .! YAY! AND HE LIETH. HE DOES HAVE ONE. YETH I DEW TOO FLUTH! U DORK.

Answer 10

No. Clockwise US Counterclockwise S of Equator.

Answer 11

Yes it does-if it spins up at you instead of down away from you then you need to call a plumber.