I’m actually serious, which button is the right one? Why are there two?
Also should a Pic of a toilet be considered NSFW?
I just pushed both buttons because I didn’t know how this thing worked
Button press it! Which one you say? Any of the two if not enough press again the same or the other. hope it helps.
The right button is the right button.
One extra feature most of these have is small=3L, large=6L, large but hold the button down=9L.
I hope those volumes are discharge and not…err… discharge
The small one’s Stun, big one’s Kill
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.
The secret of the 3 shells finally revealed!
The ones I’ve seen have symbols like “I / II” on the buttons, so you know which is which. Others here have explained the purpose. I guess in your picture, the #2 button is the bigger one.
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 just push both, to be safe.
I thought it was one for pee, two for poo.
Yes, in practicality, this is it.
The one at my gas station is labelled I and II.
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
It’s quite difficult to find them in the west though. Depending on where you live.
I still prefer the pipe, for flow and power alone.
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!
From my experience, the large button does the flush, but the size of the flush depends on how far you push it down. The small one simply pulls the large flush button down with it, but stops it from going more than half-way, resulting in a smaller flush.
Small flushes are more common, so it makes some sense to make that button larger.
I think your button had been rotated
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 is insanity.
Pure anarchy.
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.
ITC: username checking out. It was a really dumb question
A question is a question… Just answer the damn question without judging it.
Better let someone know what the thing does instead of forcing them to experiment with it and (possibly) break it.
It was a very low stakes experiment. I wasn’t going to say anything until the high and mighty came to shame those razzing them about it
Ultimately I think my question, being smart or dumb is irrelevant, it brought activity to the community and that’s a great thing I think. The bad thing was the memes. The ‘how do I flush this’ posts kinda got wild.
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.
Nothing like developing trust issues after taking a massive shit I suppose.
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.
These swat raids are getting out of hand!
I explained it to my kids like this:
1 button for #1.
2 buttons for #2.TIL, I always pushed both
The point of these things is to save water on a smaller flush when you only pee.
Small for pee, big for poo.
Both for burrito.
Big button = big flush
Little button = little flush
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.
Even if it wasn’t, it should not require instructions.
I can kinda understand. Perhaps op pressed the low flush button trying to get rid of a massive turd and panicked.
OP: “How do I push a button?”
Push both of them in and hold it until the flushing finishes
