OK, so heres a plumbing problem with an object lesson on the importance of math skills (i.e., those things I *dont* have): Found out (the messy way) that the pipe which carries water from my sink, dishwasher, and washing machine to the sewer line is clogged. Toilets and showers are draining fine, so its somewhere downstream of the kitchen, but upstream of where those other sources drain into the main sewer line. So, I need to snake that pipe. But how long a snake do I need (oh, beHAVE!)? Using the siphon that I use to clean my turtles tank, Ive been pumping water down into the afflicted pipe from a 10-litre bucket (10,000 cubic centimeters at a time). The pipe is 1.5 inches (~3.8 centimeters) in diameter. My reasoning is that if I know the VOLUME (how many times I can empty the bucket before the pipe overflows) and the diameter, it will be possible to calculate the height/length of the column of fluid, and thus the length of the snake Ill need..... But Ill be buggered if I can remember how to perform that calculation! :-\ Anybody wanna walk me through this?
Posted on: Fri, 29 Nov 2013 05:53:20 +0000
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