Enema pumps

K2mmw

Susie said, "You could pump out a four quart bag and still run a 5K. It's no big deal. Maybe fifty or sixty squeezes depending on the size of your higgy bulb. It could be a lot less if you have an oversized bulb."Depending on the size of you pump, a gallon bag can be pumped out in 28 strokes or less and a time from short minutes to hours.

The piston enema pump that I have recently made from a child's soaker squirt gun, holds approximately four ounces and can push water from zero to 15+ pounds. When it's used for an enema, such a piston pump's volume and pressure are all technique!

And all this tecniques described with crazy impossibles NON METRIC VALUES is a real nightmare this Halloween day,

( I understand that aged people like me have problems with these differents values )

Adjust the high of the bag to have a slow flow, this means for a 8 mm diameter hose ( equivalent to 5/16 ) to be not higher than +/- 400 mm above the belly button ( 16" ) and this high will produce a nice flow ! Start with a elevation of 4" and increase progressively to obtain a slow flow,. You will use the "Higginson syringue" or "in line pump" to give some peaks to the flow.

Some silicone in line pump have a slower flow than rubber in line pump, you have to adjust the high in function with the equipment you are using.

Arthur--non metric measurements are a disaster and a nightmare any day of the year.

The rest of the world must think Americans are dumb.

The rest of the world must think Americans are dumb.

If they don't then they are the ones who are dumb. JFK in the sixties said we were going to the metric system......what the hell happened?

The ignorant voice of the lowest common denominator of the populace decided we should stay with archaic units. Yeah, that means YOU--the common non-thinking American who likes the stupid English/Avoirdupois system we're stuck with (for now). We should have gone metric decades ago with the rest of the world.

Everybody actually knows what a liter is. They buy soda in one and two liter bottles, but milk comes in quarts---go figure. Why don't they sell butter in 500g bars instead of 1/2 pound. Bread could be in 500g and 1kg loaves instead of one and two pounds. It's close enough for people to learn.

Canada went metric because the US said they were going to. Then the US screwed up and never followed through. The US is still the reason there are vestiges of non-metric measurements in Canada today.

This english user of stupid measurements can use both, so who is stupid ?

To sirwilliam55, do you think that decimal values are less accurate or less easy to use or to compare ?

The US/UK unit system is really less logic than decimal system don't you share this tought ?

We're not complaining about those who can use both. It's the ones stuck on the non-metric that's the problem.

The world doesn't need more people who can use drams, pennyweights and minims. GO METRIC!

The good thing about US measurement is that it is easy to figure and measure half of things, which makes it good for woodworking and such things. With metric, you have to do a bit more math in some ways, but with US, you have to do a bit more in other ways. When I do machine work, I use decimal divisions, regardless whether I am in US or metric, so it does not really make any difference. I work in both systems, and my choice depends on what I am doing. Neither is inherently more accurate than the other.

hankb

I agree with you hank, I'm a skilled machinist and have to use both. But I convert to decimal because most machines use that.

Accuracy has never been the question.

The metric system is just more logical and systematic.

So says suzie, she knows all.

Not quite, but I'm working on it! 😁

Forty years ago I was doing research and authored or co-authored several technical papers which were published in the journals of a couple U. S. professional societies. Even that long ago, professional societies in the U. S. required use of the metric system. Unfortunately, the rest of the country has not yet caught on.

An earlier post referred to JFK's edict that the US would go metric, finshing with "What happened?"...What happened was that corporate America lobbied hard in Congress to prevent the switch, because they did not want the expense of retooling and re-labelling. Given my scientific education, I think in both systems equally well, but still think we should get with the program! It is silly to constantly switch back and forth depending on where the product you are using is made in the US, or anywhere else in the world! Just my two cents worth! (Cents being part of a decimal based monetary system, kinda like the metric system! LOL!)

BTW: Whether it's a 4 litre enema, or a 4 qt enema, you're still going to get a great cleanout, and likely quite a tummy ache while it's in you!

How I wish we were on the metric system. Being a furniture maker, the English system can at times drive me wild. Addition of those fractions is a real pain; dividing measurements by two (or any other integer) can be a challenge.

"What happened was that corporate America lobbied hard in Congress to prevent the switch, because they did not want the expense of retooling and re-labelling."

Now look what the dumb asses are spending because they are having to compete globally. The metric system makes scientific sense. The medical community has been using it for decades........have you ever heard of a dose of something given in ounces? In this case we are the dumb asses.

I think the rest of the world should just switch over to the US system of weight and measures and abandon that silly metric system, its just a fad any way....... ;-)