Admin Why do drains go clockwise?
Likewise, the rotation of the earth gives rise to an effect that tends to accelerate draining water in a clockwise direction in the Northern hemisphere and counterclockwise in the Southern.”
What would happen if the Earth started spinning the opposite direction?
Answer 2: If the earth abruptly changed its rotational direction, probably many things we see every day would be destroyed. Skipping over the transition, however, an earth rotating in the opposite direction would, among other things, cause the sun, moon and stars to appear to rise in the west and set in the east.
Why does water swirl down a drain?
Water swirling down a drain does not always go a certain direction. You can get the same sink to swirl water clockwise one minute and counter-clockwise the next. This misunderstanding has its basis in a very real effect: the Coriolis force. The Coriolis force is in the same family as the centrifugal force.
Is the water in the Pan spinning clockwise or counterclockwise?
But if you were to look at the water in the pan from below, corresponding to seeing it from the south pole, it would appear to be spinning in a counterclockwise direction.
Does the Coriolis force affect the flow of water down the drain?
One can find both counterclockwise and clockwise flowing drains in both hemispheres. Some people would like you to believe that the Coriolis force affects the flow of water down the drain in sinks, bathtubs, or toilet bowls. Don’t believe them! The Coriolis force is simply too weak to affect such small bodies of water.
Do drains consistently drain in different directions in the two hemispheres?
If all extraneous influences (including air currents) can be reduced below a certain level, one apparently can observe that drains do consistently drain in different directions in the two hemispheres.”