How does water drain at the equator?
This is pretty damn cool.
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Put A Plug In It! Water, a Drain, the Equator, and the Coriolis Effect
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The coriolis effect doesn't work on such small scales. It would not have a varying impact over several feet no matter what the position on Earth. Small currents and the shape of the basin have a much larger impact. So whether this guy flipped the tub around or it had to do with how he poured the water in is the most likely cause. Just because a toilet is in the Northern hemisphere does NOT mean it will always drain clockwise and vice versa.
Posted Mar-21-2012 Byw0lf1o (47.50) 
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He appears to be shafting them.
"water rotation in home bathrooms under normal circumstances is not related to the Coriolis effect or to the rotation of the earth, and no consistent difference in rotation direction between toilets in the northern and southern hemispheres can be observed."
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http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Coriolis_effect#Draining_in_bathtubs_and_toilets
Posted Mar-21-2012 Byommadawn (3214.94) ommadawn View Channel Send Message
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Exactly my guess: he can decide wich way he wants the current to go by the way he poures in the water. This isn't science, it's illusion.
Posted Mar-21-2012 Bydutch-1 (116.12) 
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@dutch-1 I watched a TV show where they d-bunked this, your 100% right dutch-1 just a street performer making some bucks off dumb tourists
Posted Mar-21-2012 ByRivelyn (94.84) 
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@ommadawn The first time he drained it the water was perfectly still. He hadn't just poured water into it. The second and third time you can clearly see the water rotates based on the way he poured the water into the corner and put it in motion.
Posted Mar-21-2012 Byoisact (144.26) 
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@oisact exactly what i saw. The curved sink helps the water being poured keeps a momentum to initiate a vortex. 30 seconds later maybe, the water would have go straight down
Posted Mar-21-2012 ByDavaeron (165.58) 
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Yeah, I remember that simpsons episode when bart calls a kid in Australia ...Great.
Posted Mar-21-2012 Byingasuma (142.40) 
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LOL, 1:46, she tripped over the Equator !!
Posted Mar-21-2012 ByPhil_Mahoal (60.78) 
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@Phil_Mahoal ...lmao...classic...
Posted Mar-21-2012 BySpIderZ (2612.62) 
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@Phil_Mahoal The equator doesn't essist, numnut liberat.
Posted Mar-23-2012 Bymodelun88 (16.86) 
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FAKE !!! Watch which side he pours the water in the sink from, first time from the left side of the sink, water rotates to the right, second time he pours the water from the right side, water rotates to the left. It's all a set up and this Sh!t is fake as ever.
Posted Mar-21-2012 Byriverace (14.78) riverace View Channel Send Message
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Ok....i could be wrong but am I to believe that line is EXACTLY the half way point? and that moving only a few feet changes the direction?
ALSO he is pouring on opposite sides creating swirl in the desired direction.
Posted Mar-21-2012 Byniltomega (760.78) 
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@niltomega I new a real American would disprove this hole "Coriolis" affect sience bs. Sience is just another filthy way four liberats like these mexican to make money. And than they call US dumb...can you be leave that?
Posted Mar-23-2012 Bymodelun88 (16.86) 
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God it must be great siteseeing a country with no Arabs around.
Posted Mar-22-2012 ByZipperneck1321 (973.94) 
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Heres another amazing fact :pollution from the northern hemisphere dosnt cross the equator and pollute the south and vice versa.Thank god i live in Australia
Posted Mar-22-2012 BySabotage (82.40) 
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HES A WITCH!!! BURN HIM!!!
Posted Mar-21-2012 Bysullyscurve (114.70) 
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@sullyscurve But does he weigh the same as a duck??
Posted Mar-21-2012 Bynavy62802 (41.02) navy62802 View Channel Send Message
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@navy62802 No but he's made of wood
BURN HIM !
Posted Mar-21-2012 ByZombiespit (431.40) 
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He's been using that water for 5 years now, Talk about recycle
Posted Mar-21-2012 Bycatcher (6974.12) 
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Just to point out that he's pouring water into the bin on different sides each time to "prime" the vortex in the proper direction, but when he started the pour the first time the water was probably sitting for a while. It doesn't work on such a small scale, fucktards.
Posted Mar-22-2012 Byjustin1177 (3.70) 
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@justin1177 From what I understand, you are correct.
Posted Mar-22-2012 ByHunterseeker (108.90) 
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He's a wizard. Kill him with fire.
Posted Mar-22-2012 ByMarcone-XIII (163.40) Marcone-XIII View Channel Send Message
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@Marcone-XIII Its only fair to see if he drowns in the water if you throw him in a lake first. If he drowns hes not a wizard. If he lives then he is and you can safely burn him thereafter.
Posted Mar-22-2012 Bydrblodski (71.98) 
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Interesting that the water was already in the basin at the start of his demo... and he got no vortex. When he poured the water into the left side of the basin he got a clockwise vortex... then, when he poured it into the right side of the basin he got a counterclockwise rotation.
Seems fairly likely that by pouring the water in the desired direction, there is enough of a weak directional current that when the plug is pulled, it creates a corresponding coriolis effect. I could see the possibil More..
Posted Mar-21-2012 ByEventHorizon2012 (1858.08) 
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@EventHorizon2012 you got it ;-)
Posted Mar-21-2012 ByPeter42 (12.40) 
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I think you're right. I always took the myth to be true but a little googling put me right.
Posted Mar-21-2012 Bygonzomuse (68.12) 
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WHAT SORCERY IS THIS!?
Posted Mar-21-2012 Bychewmandew (42.12) 
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Just tourist parlor tricks. He fills it on different sides which causes the water to rotate different directions.
Posted Mar-22-2012 BySpicyTruth (123.70) 
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@SpicyTruth You sat down and figured this out? It doesn't have anything to do with being in the northern or southern hemesphire?
Posted Mar-22-2012 ByAlbuqBill (312.70) 
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@SpicyTruth Your avi proves you're a retard
Posted Mar-22-2012 ByLosAngelesFresh (35.70) 
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@AlbuqBill: Yes, Sherlok. It has nothing to do with with the hemispheres. How accurate do you think that red line is? That's pretty much a conventional line. The Coriolis effect doesn't influence the water drain. Google for Coriolis effect.
Posted Mar-22-2012 Bymoon-tea (80.48) moon-tea View Channel Send Message
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@moon-tea He was being sarcastic genius ... google 'Dumbass' you might find your liveleak profile
Posted Mar-22-2012 ByLosAngelesFresh (35.70) 
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This doesn't seem right to me... I assumed the Coriolis effect would only become noticeable a significant distance from the equator, not merely a few feet either side of it.
Posted Mar-22-2012 Bygeopanakas (66.96) 
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Yeah, thinking the same thing mate.
Posted Mar-22-2012 Bykrammer (111.74) 
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