Which way does water go down  the drain, counter or clockwise?
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I actually went into the bathroom to try this one out. Unfortunately my dwarf brother was taking a bath in the sink. I think today he must be "Grumpy" cos when I pulled the plug out to see where the water he went, he punched me in the eye with his tiny fist. As a result i am temporarily blinded and wont be able to answer your question cos I'm off to casualty to get some eye juice replacements.\n\nMy bro says hi..little bastard!
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No!  Yet more bad science frequently stated in classrooms around the world.  Students in science classes are often told that the coriolis effect causes water spiral out the toilet and drains in opposite directions in different hemespheres.  This is not true.\n\nCyclones (tornadoes, hurricanes, typhoons, etc) DO spiral in opposite directions in the two hemespheres as a result of the coriolis effect, counter-clockwise in the northern hemisphere, and clockwise in the southern hemisphere.
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No, you've got it backwards, it flushes counter-clockwiswe above the equator, and clockwise below. Right on the equator should flush counter-clockwise as well.
529744
Just make sure you are turning in a counter-clockwise direction when you drink.
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The Coriolis Effect has nothing to do with water down a drain. It is a broad phenomenon that mainly acts on the atmosphere as the earth rotates. On the small scale of a drain and the high density of water versus air, the Coriolis Effect is completely drowned by the force of gravity and fluid currents. In a normal sink, water goes down a drain randomly - left, right and straight down - no matter where it is in the world. In order for the Coriolis Effect to be seen in draining water, a VERY large amount of water has to SLOWLY drain over a LONG time.\n\nhttp://stratus.ssec.wisc.edu/courses/gg101/coriolis/coriolis.html
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Contrary to legend, it depends on the sink - not the hemisphere. The Coriolis force (which makes large scale currents and weather patterns turn clockwise in the Northern hemisphere and counter-clockwise in the Southern hemisphere) is really too small to matter in a sink/toilet. The geometry of the sink and the motion of the water before you pull the plug plays a much larger role.
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Ok, since you called me out! (Actually, I'm flattered) \nMatchams appears to be a road course and perhaps the design of that road course was for the Karts to run counter-clockwise. It's just the way it's done over there. For example, why does water in toilets swirl the opposite way in the Southern Hemisphere than it does in the Northern Hemisphere? WHO KNOWS??? It just is the way it is.
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The water going down a tub rotates in relation to the earth's magnetic field. Water rotates in anticlockwise direction north of equator and clockwise direction south of equator.
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just fill the washbasin to the upper limit of it , then suddenly take out the rubber plug from the drain hole , a small hurricane will generate , it rotates cw if u live in the northen part of earth , and ccw for southern part of equator
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radon360 is correct, dont listen to the others.\n\nThe way water drains just depends on which way you pour it down.\n\nIf toilets flush the other way in australia it is entirely due to australian toilet manufacturers or some sort of australian plumber conspiracy.
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The water comes from a point elevated far above the sink height (a reservoir in upstate NY).\n\nBecause its source is higher, the water will flow (downward)--even though the pipes might go 'up' a buiding. Its all about the conservation of energy laws you can learn about in physics.\n\nFrom the reservoir it is piped to the city, and it gets filtered and treated before it gets to the sink.\n\nThe sink valves hold it back until you open them, and let the force of the flow down your drain, where it goes out to the river.
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Hick_Ninja's answer is correct if as you say the current is flowing in one direction upward. The right hand rule will give you the answer. Here is an illustration of the right hand rule and how to apply it: http://hyperphysics.phy-astr.gsu.edu/hbase/magnetic/magfor.html\n\nIf however, you are using an Alternating Current, then the flow direction reverses with some frequency. The right hand rule will still work, but the field is reversing. Here is a good illustration of that:\nhttp://www.sunblock99.org.uk/sb99/people/DMackay/ac.html\n\nThe problem with clockwise and counterclockwise is that they are relative to point of view. So yes, it is counterclockwise in the horizontal plane, but only if looking down on it. Here's an illustration of that:\nhttp://hyperphysics.phy-astr.gsu.edu/hbase/magnetic/wirfor.html#c1
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they do not turn clockwise....... clocwise is a term that was coined after the invention of a clock.......the inventor decided to make the hands move in the same direction as the sun dial of the past.....
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90deg clockwise\n\na face\n\nooooh
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Think of a small "U" shaped tube. Do you agree that if you pour water through either opening, the water level on either sides will be the same?\nThe "commode" is one of the sides of that "U" shape tube, the other side is inside the toilet. At a certain height (aproximately at 30% the height of the commode) this other side twists down and connects to the drain pipe of the toilet.\nSo the "U" actually would look like an inverted capital "N"\n\nWhen you flush the toilet, water goes into the commode. Since there is more water in the commode than in the inside of the toilet, water will move into the toilet, and down the drain pipe. It will continue to do so, until the water is at 30% of the height of the commode on either side of the "U".\n\nPercentages are just approximations. Hope this helps.
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You are assuming that the water does flow in different directions when it actually doesn't.
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Well it depends on your frame of reference... it spins from west to east so if you were looking down on the earth from above the north pole then it's anti-clockwise. If you look from south pole, it's clockwise.