I know that the toilets in our local shopping mall are marked with liters
per flush first, and gallons per flush second. They're the typical public
type, with a controlled flush valve, rather than a tank.
Bill Potts, CMS
San Jose, CA
http://metric1.org [SI Navigator]
> -----Original Message-----
> From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]]On
> Behalf Of Nat Hager III
> Sent: January 03, 2001 14:24
> To: U.S. Metric Association
> Subject: [USMA:10209] metric commode
>
>
> Just got a new toilet installed in my house. When the repairmen
> was done he
> said it's one of those "1.6 gallon" models recommended by the government,
> which sounded like an odd size to me. Flush with excitement I ran for the
> calculator, and sure enough when multiplied by 3.78 it came out to an even
> 6L.
>
> Does anyone know if the feds are at least getting their toilet
> specifications right?
>
> Nat
>
>
