Hope everyone got that Thomas Dolby reference and it’s now stuck in your head. “She blinded me with science! And hit me with technology!”
Moving on- we’re draining the pool. How does one drain a swimming pool exactly? I had no idea other than to open the floodgates and probably piss our new neighbors off and flood our own basement. But leave it to my Dad to know exactly how to do it- with science!
I believe that if my Dad were not a master carpenter, he would be a high school science teacher. The man knows all kinds of crazy stuff about physics and astronomy. It’s like living with the cast of the Big Bang Theory!
So just how do you drain a pool using science? You create a siphon with a garden hose. For this to work, the water source (the pool) must be higher than the spot where the water will pour out (the drain on the street). The water hose has to be primed, then gravity takes care of the rest. Just make sure the hose is submerged in your water source at all times. If the water level falls below the end of the hose, you have to restart the siphoning process.
Here’s a step by step breakdown courtesy of eHow.com.
- Fill the hose completely with water. Keep the ends of the hose upward to prevent the water from draining back out.
- Place one hand over each end of the hose and turn it upside down. Place one end of the hose into the contained area you want to drain.
- Aim the other end of the hose to your draining location. This may be a bucket, floor drain or other acceptable destination.
- Remove your hands from both ends of the hose at the same time. Water should begin flowing out of the end of the hose that is not submerged.
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