those little drain tornados why do they happen
2007-05-02 04:29:26 · 10 answers · asked by Anonymous in Science & Mathematics ➔ Physics
Because the toilet bowl is made so that the water swirls down in a certain way
If anyone tells you it's coriolis force (or that toilets go backwards in Australia), slap them for me.
Hehe--slap1 for usmcguy (invoking the earth's rotation counts as coriolis force)--any more takers
slap2 for the skinnywolf
slap3 for the eggman (are these serious answers now or are you just messing around now)
slap4 for evil genius (now I know you guys are just messing) :)
2007-05-02 04:32:16 · answer #1 · answered by Anonymous · 5⤊ 1⤋
The circular swirling motion when flushing the toilet is produced by the water pouring out of the tank.
The nozzles are angled in such a way that it runs around the surface of the bowl. The rushing water then glides around the bowl cleaning the whole surface.
Therefore, it is due by design.
2007-05-02 05:13:52 · answer #2 · answered by Rey Arson II 3 · 2⤊ 0⤋
The Contents Inside Go Down WAy Smoother
2007-05-05 11:57:38 · answer #3 · answered by Kim 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋
The real reason is because thats the most efficient way to clean the sides of the toilet, you're all leaving that out.
If you just sprayed straight down, you'd have to have a million jets to cover the whole thing.
By spraying out at a diagonal, it covers the entire bowl.
And no, it has nothing to do with the coriolis effect, sorry Lisa
2007-05-02 04:36:40 · answer #4 · answered by JamesDean 2 · 3⤊ 0⤋
That's the way it's designed. The water comes in at an angle and some people will tell you it's because of a thing called the Coriolis effect but that's just bad science.
2007-05-02 04:34:23 · answer #5 · answered by Gene 7 · 3⤊ 0⤋
The swirl is from the angle of the water jets in the toilet.
It is not the Coriolis effect (Coriolis is not a force.) This effect only acts on large areas over time.
check http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Coriolis_effect
2007-05-02 04:39:07 · answer #6 · answered by Captain Algae 4 · 2⤊ 0⤋
The water drains this way because of gravity. The water swirls toward the center of the earth. That is why it flows the opposite way in the southern hemisphere.
2007-05-02 11:09:18 · answer #7 · answered by Evil Genius 3 · 0⤊ 2⤋
It all depends on where you live. if you lived on the equater, the water woulod not swirl at all. If you live north of the equater the water goes down clockwise, South would go down counter clockwise. All of this is because of the world spinning.
2007-05-02 04:41:03 · answer #8 · answered by Skinny Man Flynn 2 · 0⤊ 6⤋
some toilets just suck it straight in.....
2007-05-02 04:35:49 · answer #9 · answered by Jim G 7 · 2⤊ 0⤋
From the force of gravity and the earths rotation.
2007-05-02 04:33:06 · answer #10 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 8⤋