1980 Orion Toilet Modified To Flush Properly by Plugging Siphon Jets (9-3-2017) скачать в хорошем качестве

1980 Orion Toilet Modified To Flush Properly by Plugging Siphon Jets (9-3-2017)

This old Orion toilet did not flush properly because the two siphon jets (which are hidden in the trapway) would send most of the water used during a flush down the drain, preventing the bowl from ever filling up with enough water for it to siphon properly, which resulted in weak and ineffective flushes which meant that the toilet had to be constantly "bucket flushed" just to keep it clean, which wastes a lot of water in addition to the poorly flushing toilet. So, to fix it, I simply plugged the two siphon jets in the trapway so that all the water used during a flush is now forced to go entirely through the rim jets, which causes the bowl to fill quickly and use less water to flush (exactly 3 US gallons-per-flush instead of 5, which is way more than this toilet should be using anyways since it should only need 3.5 US gallons or less per flush). An added bonus to all the now water coming entirely out the rim jets is extraordinary bowl wash, which keeps the toilet clean. The way this toilet flushes now, is by pushing waste out of the bowl and then sucking out the water. The tank has also been modified for a more powerful flush WITHOUT using extra water. I wedged two-half gallon plastic bottles into the right side of the toilet tank to displace exactly 1 US gallon of water in the tank to raise the water level by one (1) US gallon without using an extra US gallon of water. I set the tank to hold exactly 3.5 US gallons (3 US gallons and 2 US quarts) from the bottom of the flush valve (the lowest part of where the flapper sits) to just under the flush lever nut, though it is at the same height as 4.5 US gallons (4 US gallons and 2 US quarts). The extra height of the water in the tank causes the toilet to flush quicker than another toilet of the same age using less water (unless the toilet was designed to flush on less than 2 US gallons before 1994 even though toilets then could still use up to 3.5 US gallons) because the water is stretched like a rubber band and collapses onto itself with the force of gravity when the toilet is flushed. This toilet is set to not use a refill tube because the bowl is always full after a flush - which also saves water. The tank empties 2.875 US gallons (2 US gallons, 3 US quarts, and 2 US cups), plus the 0.125 US gallons (2 US cups) added to the flush from the fill valve during a flush, for a total of exactly 3 US gallons-per-flush. If low-flow toilet manufacturers would copy my use of water displacement (and design better bowls), then there would be no excuse for weak flushing toilets that clog and don't stay clean. NOTE: in the video, I say the toilet uses exactly 2.875 US gallons (2 US gallons, 3 US quarts, and 2 US cups) per flush, but at the time of this video, I didn't factor in the fill valve, which adds another 0.125 US gallons (2 US cups) to the flush, which makes the toilet actually flush exactly 3 US gallons per flush.