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Can you flush a toilet by pouring water into the bowl

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Originally posted by: Baked
If you take a piss large enough the toilet will flush itself.

You would have to piss like a cow to do that. Ever see a cow piss? It's like a 10 gpm watering hose! :Q -M

 
Originally posted by: Minerva
Originally posted by: Baked
If you take a piss large enough the toilet will flush itself.
You would have to piss like a cow to do that. Ever see a cow piss? It's like a 10 gpm watering hose! :Q -M
Orrr you could have a bunch of your friends stand in a circle and shoot simultaneously at the toliet bowl. :Q:shocked:
 
Originally posted by: FrancesBeansRevenge
Hey, I just had an idea, if you saved up all your pee for one year, and just pissed once a year, it would be enough so the toilet would just flush itself.
I must be the smartest man alive. Could I make money with this idea?

You must drink a teaspoon of water a day for that much time to be required.
 
Originally posted by: chuckywang
Yes of course. I've done this when I needed to unclog the toilet.

That could backfire say if you have a belly in your main line and it's backed up. Just makes more of a mess when the bowl spills over the side. -M

 
Well, while you're on the subject, I'll add that unclogging a toilet by vigorously pouring a gallon or so of hot water down the bowl will work as quickly, or quicker than a plunger. A nearby waste basket or toilet brush holder is a handy vessel. Had to do that many times till the mighty Toto was purchased.
 
Sure. Once I peed so much that I filled the toilet up and it flushed itself. Now I try to do that as much as possible to save myself the hassle.
 
Yup. First time (only time) I went to the Philipines that's how it was done. I took my dump, and there was no "flush lever." I was kinda freaked, until the maid came in poured the bucket of water, flushing the crap down! Exciting...
 
Originally posted by: her209
Originally posted by: Minerva
Originally posted by: Baked
If you take a piss large enough the toilet will flush itself.
You would have to piss like a cow to do that. Ever see a cow piss? It's like a 10 gpm watering hose! :Q -M
Orrr you could have a bunch of your friends stand in a circle and shoot simultaneously at the toliet bowl. :Q:shocked:


sure. there's always your way of doing things.
 
Oh and for the macho pissers that claim they can make it flush on their own the laws of physics must not apply to your abode. I'm willing to bet you can cook homemade grits in 5 minutes flat too! 😛

In order for the bowl to flush you must add water faster than the escape rate. This is why a crapper with a leaky flapper wastes so much water. That little trickle can add up to 100's of gallons a day and aside from the water running briefly to keep the tank topped off you never know. Unless you pay for your water. -M
 
Think about what you happens when you flush a toilet. Water streams in from the sides right? Have you never opened the back of a toilet and watched what it did as a kid?
 
Originally posted by: tfinch2
Speaking of flushing toliets, they were doing maintenance in my GF's dorm, and they were going to turn off the electricity. Her roommate said to the room, "hey guys they are turning off the electricity in 5 minutes, you better go to the bathroom now while the toliets can flush".

I proceeded to laugh my ass off for the entire time the electricity was out.

She probably grew up with a well.
 
Have you been convinced yet? I'm sure you don't need my imput but I'n gonna give it to ya anyway. OF COURSE YOU CAN!
 
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