DIYer crafts robotic flusher to save time, impress guests
By Darren Murph 
posted Jul 25th 2007 12:27AM
posted Jul 25th 2007 12:27AM
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i've never used a toilet that took more than a second to flush
Same here. Weird.
Actually, many basement toilets require that you hold the lever for a "complete" flush. I think it's due to the fact that gravity does not assist a basement toilet in the same way it does an above-ground loo.
Have you ever used an old toilet? Many times the flush valve will fail to stay open long enough for the bowl siphon to carry the waste water out, unless you manually hold it open (i.e. flush the handle) for at least two seconds.
Ditto. 2-5 seconds to flush and for those who say ewwww. You are touching the handle that everyone else is touching to flush.
You should be washing your hands after to hit the can you disease carrying sicko. :-P ;-)
Alvin,
I've used toilets from the 1950's from the looks of it. These toilets still take about 2-5 seconds to flush once the water drops to a level where the floater can...well float. Again nowhere near the 10 seconds or so suggested by the article. But lets be honest here. Its a blog. Which was probably written in aprox the same amount of time it takes to flush a faulty toilet, so I'm not suprised that there are exaggerations in it. Engadget's bloggers have a solid history of pulling stuff out of....thin air for their posts. *shrugs* Whatever.
Well that's interesting, Gurgle Analytics for a loo.
It's missing bling and neons.
Nice... With the matches...
I think you need your toilet replaced or something because a normal toilet should flush instantly when you press the handle down, not make you hold it in, let alone for 10 seconds.
Pressing the button looks harder than pressing down on the handle for 1/4 of a second.
Poop Away
I just want to say that I also own one of those translucent, blue-loo colored toilet seats with the embedded fish.
He's a man of style and taste.
thankyou for listening.
Sensor-enabled toilets are much more effective.
They could have put a motion sensor on it. wave your hand over it and then it flushes. That would also be more sanitary.
I live in Stockholm and the lights, sink, and toilet (made by Ifö) in my bathroom all operate by motion sensors. And they look a hell of a lot better than this.
Most decent restaurants are equipped with those, even public high schools (here).
Oh the possibilities...Surprise! Robotic Bidet!
Surprised no one has come up with a half-witted "blue flush of death" comment...
We must all be slipping.
I prefer the brown ring of death.
What is the next step, a mobile toilet that comes to you an request?
Albert
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Three guys are peeing in a row of urinals.
First guy zips up, flushes, and proclaims, "I went to Stanford business school", hits the soap dispenser, washes his hands, and primps his hair.
Second guy zips up, flushes, and proclaims, "I went to the University of Michigan medical school", hits the soap dispenser three times and washes up to his elbows.
Third guy zips up, flushes, walks past the other two, and proclaims "I never went to no college, but my daddy taught me to not to pee on my hands, to flush a toilet with my foot, and to flush a urinal with my elbow".
Q: Whats wet, brown and travels faster than light?
A: Captains Log...
Its an oldie, but its the best tech/poo joke i could think of at short notice.