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I'm actually serious, which button is the right one? Why are there two?
Also should a Pic of a toilet be considered NSFW?
IT IS FOR WATER CONSERVATION: The larger lever is to flush out around 6 to 9 liters of water, whereas the smaller lever is to flush out around 3 to 4.5 liters of water. Clearly, the larger one is to flush solid waste and the smaller one is to flush liquid waste.
I thought it was one for pee, two for poo.
Yes, in practicality, this is it.
That's very informative thank you! Might have to look into these myself for when/if I have the chance to buy a house in The future.
Get a bumgun/bidet hose, best thing ever for butt cleanliness and general ring health.
Gotta say if you're going far enough to do some additional plumbing, you might as well go the whole way and get a Japanese toilet.
No other toilet compares since
This is your standard dual flush. One is flush, the other is eject. Which is which depends on the manufacturer. Just be careful, the eject can be quite forceful.
As for which button is the right one, it's definitely the one on the right. The other is the left button.
ITT: A lot of Lemmy users showing their true colors. Someone asks for help, for information, and y'all decide to mock.
OP: one button does a full flush, the other does a half flush. In your picture, the button on the right, does the half flush. Button on the left, does the full flush. Full flush is usually just x2, though I don't think that's a hard rule.
Looks like this one breaks the rules. Only the big button works.
Actually the little button sends an SOS to local authorities, so chances are the little button works fine and you have an incoming SWAT raid with paramedics and police surrounding the building.
I explained it to my kids like this:
1 button for #1.
2 buttons for #2.
This is boringly not always true, for a while some genius, probably Elon Flush, decided to invert the functions so that when you pushed the bigger button you got the small flush.
This is so wholesome, never be concerned about asking questions like this. Most folks are lurkers, I'm sure your question educated more folks than you realize. Be well out there.
Bigger button is for solid waste, smaller button uses less water for liquid waste.
Is that common?
Nowadays I just don't know anynore. I find toilets where it's swapped.
I also want to say that I grew up with toilets where the bigger button is the one for your more common usecase - liquid waste. Oftern the smaller button is set up to push the bigger button as well - to clean solid waste.
If using a new toilet, I always try out the bigger button first, since it's easier to press and typically uses less water.
Big button = big flush
Little button = little flush
The little one is impulse power, the big one is warp speed. Press both for Stargate.
OP: "How do I push a button?"
Little button = peepee
Big button = poopoo
Both buttons for a toilet clogging doo doo
So the smaller seashell shape makes a small flush. The larger seashell shape makes a bigger flush, and the combined seashell shape (both buttons) makes a huge flush.
I’ve had 3 of these toilets for the last 4 years and I never knew you could COMBINE flush?!
It’s only two flush sizes. Pressing both doesn’t do anything more.
Allow me to introduce you to the scientific method.
Observation: The buttons are different sizes. Hypothesis: The size of the buttons could indicate the amount of flushing that occurs when the buttons are pushed. Experiment: video record the amount of flow resulting from the pushing of the one of the buttons. Wait 60 seconds. Record the amount to flow resulting from the pushing of the other button. Wait 60 seconds. Record the amount of flow resulting from the pushing of both buttons simultaneously. Then compare videos. Conclusion: __________________
Small one for a #1, big one for a #2 and both for a #3.
#3 is for what comes out your three-hole.
People are joking about this but I have a toilet where the large button is for a half flush. Pressing the small button depresses both buttons performing a regular flush. I have never found another toilet like this, thank the stars!
I am also in the large button, small flush gang. I assume it's that way so the flush you use most frequently is bigger, but it does seem counterintuitive.
This made me realise that this kind of flush must not be the defacto standard in some parts of the world
It is the defecal standard though.
The small one's Stun, big one's Kill
Welp. Isn't it obvious? The smaller one for your pee and the bigger one for your brown colored dump
But ONLY if it's brown. Any other color has a corresponding button under the tank.
Test it out. One is less water and the other releases more water.
