Toilets can appear to have flushed fully, but still have...material...stuck in the U-bend that hasn't completely evacuated the toilet. A subsequent flush won't work, even though the water in the bowl is clean.

Ask me how I know.

That said, this could almost certainly be better-solved in other ways. Maybe by preventing the tank from refilling if there's still something in the u-bend (then you'd know it needed attention because there'd be no water in it)?

[–] ArmoredThirteen@lemmy.zip 4 points 2 days ago (1 children)

How do you know?

[–] ilinamorato@lemmy.world 1 points 1 day ago

Let's just say this happens a lot in my house.

[–] zalgotext@sh.itjust.works 2 points 2 days ago (1 children)

A little display or indicator light somewhere on the toilet itself would be better than connecting it to some IOT app

[–] ilinamorato@lemmy.world 1 points 1 day ago

Oh, absolutely. I was responding only to "If it's clogged, you'd know beforehand when you look in the bowl."

An app for a toilet is a stupid idea, full stop.

[–] mj_marathon@programming.dev 2 points 2 days ago (1 children)

We don't know that the toilet has this sensing capability.
If it does, the actual fix is the same as if it were a regular toilet.

This just isn't an issue that needs technology as a solution.

[–] ilinamorato@lemmy.world 2 points 1 day ago

125% agreed. I was responding only to "If it's clogged, you'd know beforehand when you look in the bowl." I think there's potentially an engineering solution--a fluid dynamics engineering solution--but definitely not an app.