So, which way does YOUR water go down the plughole?

tarquin · Nov 14, 2001

Is it really a myth that water goes down the plughole clockwise or anticlockwise depending on the hemisphere you live it?
Calling al BuFfers!
Next time you empty a sink or bathtub, check the direction & vote.

(well actually all the stuff I've found on Google says it's more influenced by the shape of the plumbing... bah. what the heck! vote anyway!)

http://www.guardiancentury.co.uk/1960-1969/Story/0,6051,105599,00.html

http://www.abc.net.au/science/louts/coriolis.htm

mobace · Nov 14, 2001

it's not a myth, first thing i did first time i was in australia

Jesco · Nov 14, 2001

Northern & anticlockwise.

Got something to do with earth rotation and the coriolis power.

Warm Pudgy · Nov 14, 2001

i just checked my toilet, sink, and bathtub
and the all went Northern & anticlockwise

tarquin · Nov 14, 2001

Originally posted by Jesco
Got something to do with earth rotation and the coriolis power.

I did the maths behind it at uni

But it's also been said (by LordKhaine in this thread but also elsewhere on the web) that while the maths applies to large-scale phenomena, with something as small as household plumbing the shape has more of an effect on the direction than the hemisphere it's in.
hence the poll, to get a statistical view

Jesco · Nov 14, 2001

Hehe, I flushed my toilet several times and it goes anti-clockwise

DeaJae · Nov 14, 2001

hmmmm verticaly!

iolair · Nov 14, 2001

Originally posted by DeaJae
hmmmm verticaly!

When I first saw this post I wondered who would be the first to say that....

(I just couldn't be bothered to post it myself, for once)

CHRYSt · Nov 14, 2001

Which way does it go down?

It doesn't. I ate a lot of mexican food last night.

desperado · Nov 14, 2001

http://www.physics.ohio-state.edu/~dvandom/Edu/newcor.html

hyrulian · Nov 14, 2001

Hmmm...lemme check.

Northern Hemisphere, Counter-Clockwise.

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So, which way does YOUR water go down the plughole?

the great BuF coriolis poll

Northern & clockwise

Northern & anticlockwise

Southern & clockwise

Southern & anticlockwise

tarquin

design is flawed

mobace

rimmerlike :(

Jesco

New Member

Warm Pudgy

null

tarquin

design is flawed

Jesco

New Member

DeaJae

taking a month's break

iolair

Mostly Harmless

CHRYSt

You can't help that. We're all mad here.

desperado

New Member

hyrulian

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