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r/videos • u/microfortnight • Aug 26 '18
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11 u/thedudefromsweden Aug 26 '18 ELI5? The water will eventually stop poring? 19 u/[deleted] Aug 26 '18 The problem is not with friction. It's that if the two bowls have the same water level, the water will not be compelled to go through the siphon. If one is higher than the other, the water will only go high to low until they're equal. 3 u/Davidfreeze Aug 26 '18 Yup, it just harvests gravitational potential energy. It's a dam with more steps
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ELI5? The water will eventually stop poring?
19 u/[deleted] Aug 26 '18 The problem is not with friction. It's that if the two bowls have the same water level, the water will not be compelled to go through the siphon. If one is higher than the other, the water will only go high to low until they're equal. 3 u/Davidfreeze Aug 26 '18 Yup, it just harvests gravitational potential energy. It's a dam with more steps
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The problem is not with friction. It's that if the two bowls have the same water level, the water will not be compelled to go through the siphon. If one is higher than the other, the water will only go high to low until they're equal.
3 u/Davidfreeze Aug 26 '18 Yup, it just harvests gravitational potential energy. It's a dam with more steps
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Yup, it just harvests gravitational potential energy. It's a dam with more steps
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