Flow meters

I don't remember seeing any posts about flow meters. I have one I put in the line if my rig above the clamp. It is a little clear plastic disc shaped deal with an in and out pipe on each side and a little yellow pin wheel that spins when the water is flowing. It allows me to see how fast or slow the flow is. I find I am very fascinated watching the wheel spin then stop. It also is usefull when using my colon tube to see if I am at an obstruction, so I can pull back a bit to get some flow going then go deeper. Anyone else use one?

I have one I purchased from Klystra. I don't use it with my 2 quart Cara closed bag, because I usually hold the bag and have a pretty good feel for the flow - which I control by opening the clamp completely and lifting the bag to achieve the desired flow.

I like the wheel when using my 4 quart bag, for a couple of reasons. I need to hang this bag and the hose is larger in diameter - so I have to regulate the flow using a roller clamp. For some reason, the position I need to set the clamp is not always the same, so having the flow meter makes it easier to gauge the rate of flow and make adjustments as needed. I also like the positive reinforcement of knowing that the operation is proceeding as intended.

I also use a Klystra flow meter with my 4 qt bag and a clamp to regulate the flow. In that way, I know how fast the water is going in and can regulate it to be as slow as I want as well as being able to get the same setting each time. I would not be without it.

hankb

Ok, so I'm anal...both in an intellectual and physical sense.

I have used the flow meters in the past but don't have one at the moment. Your collective learned responses make me wonder of you could "map" the inside of your colon. Obstructions not withstanding I know that as I fill I definitely feel (and hear when sufficient water volume has accumulated to inflate the area around the Sigmoid Flexure and expand it enough to let the water flow more rapidly. Perhaps a few hours after a cleansing cycle it might be possible to use the meter indications to attempt to determine where in the colon you are at various volumes. This might be interesting to say use rapid low to fill up to the Sigmoid and then stop or slow the flow till the Sigmoid area expands and then increase the flow to fill the traverse and potentially understand where the end of the Transverse is in volume terms. I don't know how bagman46 feels about this but I share his fascination with the filling process...I guess that's just part of being an anal engineer. I see ordering another meter in my immediate future. Thanks all, for the stimulation posts.

Mine measures flow rate and total amount(digital flowmeter) plus i use an airation sight tube as the colon seems to really like that, its a foot long 2 inch acrlic tube with water entering the top and leaving the bottom i added a few leds so the water glows its easy to make and many might like it

What are the specs? I've considered trying a digital flow meter as well but it doesn't seem to be easy to find an accurate one for the required flow rate range.

I have one with a ball that whirls around as the enema flow into me. It's nice to watch as the enema fills me to capacity.

I use a flow indicator that I purchased from Optimal Health and after using it I wouldn't have an enema without one attached to the apparatus. It is nice to have a visual observation of how fast or slow the fluid is entering. I also use a ramp clamp so I pretty much set the flow to be the same each time according to how fast the wheel spins.

I agree with cleanout--a flow meter is necessary to control the flow rate and is fun to watch going around. I would not be without it.

hankb

Hmm, this thread is giving me ideas. I've been looking for a little electronics/coding project, and it shouldn't be too hard to rig an arduino or other programmable microcontroller to act as a data-logger for a little hall effect flow sensor. Might even add an LCD to give a real-time volume reading. Something like this (designed for drinks vending machines) might work: http://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/191364964657

The quoted flow rate is 0.1-3 l/m so that should cover a standard 2 litre enema taken in anything from 40 seconds to 20 minutes, which seems pretty likely to be enough. It doesn't give accuracy in the spec, but these things are good enough to keep a coffee cup from overflowing, which is good enough for these purposes.I'm intrigued by jagkar52's colon mapping idea - it might be interesting to see the fill-rate profiles for different positions. Although, to be properly accurate you'd need a constant pressure, which an enema bag doesn't provide. I can see a pressure meter being added as an upgrade (note to self, I should build in an additional port and make sure I have space for additional I/O, power and, if necessary, amplification to allow for this).

Edit: The only problem is that I need a cover story for what I'm doing when people see me with my soldering iron out - automated houseplant watering system maybe?

I have a ball type flow meter, and use it with all my enemas. It helps judge the speed of the enema, and when inserting a colon tube, tells you if the tube becomes kinked or blocked.

I also have one of those ball type flow meters. But, to be honest i rarely used it. I don't really see the benefit.

And to me it's also no turn on to watch it.