Got asked by a good customer today why his toilets sometimes have a good swirling action and at other times no real swirl and as a result do a poor job.
These toilets are not old and are not low end units
Anyone have the answer to this big mystery
Got asked by a good customer today why his toilets sometimes have a good swirling action and at other times no real swirl and as a result do a poor job.
These toilets are not old and are not low end units
Anyone have the answer to this big mystery
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Maybe marginal vent capacity for the entire system.
Maybe the wax rings are compromized and allow air into the system, breaking the vacuum of the outflow (especially in 3" drains). We've experienced (and fixed) this one.
Maybe when first and second floor toilets are flushed in rapid sequence, the "traffic jam" at the main tee slows the evacuation of the last in line. We experience this on occasion.
Cause of the swirl is the direction of the water outlets and rotation of the earth.
Swirls best right after a full moon, right ?
; )
Are we there yet ?
PFM Symplex. ( Pure Freaking Majic)
centrifugal force..and a couple of chorizo burritos....:>)
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I replaced the fill tower and flapper that came with a fairly new low-flow. The flush is now much more consistent.
jt8
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The swirling is caused by the earth's rotation. I guess the earth stood still a coupla times for you, eh.
cheers
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I've noticed that sometimes a room temperature tank of water will move a little less aggressively than a cold, dense, 45º from the main tankfull.
More likely than not, it's just the imprecision of a float valve being, oh, say only close by 3/8"±.
Let's round the dimensions to 6 x 24 x 3/4", the volume difference is then 108 c.i., or 0.0625 c.f. or about 4# of water (0.036127 #/c.i. or 62.4#/cf).
With the new 1.1 gpf units, there's not a lot of "wiggle" room on their valves to get a different flush. A four-gallon flush unit (about 32# of water can probably be "off" by 4-8# and still "work" reasonably well.
The toilet bowl is just like a river.
You drop in an obstruction and see how much it affects the flow (swirl).