Eli5: Why are most public toilets plumbed directly to the water supply but home toilets have the tank?
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Public toilets need to be able to deal with anything the public can throw at it. Plumbing it directly to the water supply means they can generate a very forceful jet of water to “get rid of things”.
I’m sure you’ve seen public toilets, people put all kinds of stuff in there that shouldn’t be in there.
Home toilets, well, you don’t want to mess up your own plumbing, so you’re going to care a lot more about not clogging it up. So you end up being a lot less destructive, because it’s YOUR toilet.
And because of that, you don’t need the full jet of water. Just the siphon effect from a tank, is all you really need.
Also, public toilet water supplies might have more water pressure than that in your own home.
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