Dale wrote. that some use air pressure with the water. As the reservoir fills it displaces air under pressure which is captured and released behind the water to add a sort of jet effect.
Did I dream that up? No you didn't. Summer before last I stayed in a hotel in Jacksonville that had a retro fit into an older toilet. The was a clear water mark in the tank where it used to fill up to. The inserted equipment was a plastic thing that is like a fat capitol H with a third vertical piece in the middle. After you flushed it the plastic tank filled compressing the air to the same pressure as city water. There was no shut-off valve. It just flowed until it couldn't any more. I assume there was a check valve to keep water from flowing back out if the utility pressure should drop below what was in the tank. When it flushed it was like one of those tankless toilets that you often find in public restrooms. Quite a blast. Regards. Max. K 4 O D S. Email: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Transistor site http://www.funwithtransistors.net Vacuum tube site: http://www.funwithtubes.net Music site: http://www.maxsmusicplace.com To subscribe to the fun with tubes group send an email to, [EMAIL PROTECTED] ----- Original Message ----- From: "Dale Leavens" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: <[email protected]> Sent: Monday, January 07, 2008 5:45 PM Subject: Re: Re:[BlindHandyMan] water saver johns >I don't have any experience with low volume cans at all but it seems to me >I read somewhere that some use air pressure with the water. As the >reservoir fills it displaces air under pressure which is captured and >released behind the water to add a sort of jet effect. > > Did I dream that up? > > Could be! > > Dale Leavens, Cochrane Ontario Canada > [EMAIL PROTECTED] > Skype DaleLeavens > Come and meet Aurora, Nakita and Nanook at our polar bear habitat. > > > ----- Original Message ----- > From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > To: [email protected] > Sent: Monday, January 07, 2008 3:15 PM > Subject: Re:[BlindHandyMan] water saver johns > > > Hi Bob, > That "tip an inner bucket" idea sonds odd. But that is my ignorance > showing. > I do remember one "high wall tank" that seemed to work well consistantly. > As long as it works, I'm happy to have your guidence. > We have a hole in the floor, (covered) and I've been told a new vanity > and > shower door are being added to the job. hahaha > > On Mon, 7 Jan 2008, chiliblindman wrote: > > > Spiro, the standard toilet that most of us probably know, have the > valve in the bottom of the tank operated by the flush handle. > > The valve less have a kind of tank or bucket inside the tank that tilts > to dump. The push to make water saver toilets resulted in small tanks that > didn't work and inserts into older ones that didn't work right. They > displaced water volume in order to displace water usage. > > The newer ones kind-a have the same tank size and some have the same > water volume; but, only the top part of the water is used. The water, > located in the upper portion of the tank has the power and momentum. The > water mass gives pressure even if it is not all used and the height of > drop adds power to flush faster. > > I hope that makes it a little clearer and not muddied the whole idea. > The real old toilets with a water tank near the ceiling always flushed > good with a smaller water volume plus a roar and a half. Do you remember > those? It would not surprise me if they came back in designer fashion. > > ....................bob > > > > [Non-text portions of this message have been removed] > > > > > > > > > [Non-text portions of this message have been removed] > > > > To listen to the show archives go to link > http://acbradio.org/handyman.html > or > ftp://ftp.acbradio.org/acbradio-archives/handyman/ > > The Pod Cast address for the Blind Handy Man Show is. > http://www.acbradio.org/news/xml/podcast.php?pgm=saturday > > Visit The Blind Handy Man Files Page To Review Contributions From Various > List Members At The Following address: > http://www.jaws-users.com/JAWS/handyman/ > > Visit the archives page at the following address > http://www.mail-archive.com/[email protected]/ > > If you would like to join the JAWS Users List, then visit the following > address for more information: > http://www.jaws-users.com/ > For a complete list of email commands pertaining to the Blind Handy Man > list just send a blank message to: > [EMAIL PROTECTED] > Yahoo! Groups Links > > > > > > > -- > No virus found in this incoming message. > Checked by AVG Free Edition. > Version: 7.5.516 / Virus Database: 269.17.13/1213 - Release Date: 1/7/2008 > 9:14 AM > >
