To think I used to go to the little suction pumps at the community pool when I was a kid and push leaves and bugs in to it. Amazing I survived the 90's.
I used to be obsessed with pool drains. Cause of how shaped their covers are. I would always think of a monster that's similar to a lamprey that has the mouth of pool drains.
European laws are even stricter than in the US, requiring a vaacum breaker valve which will shout down the pump when suction pressure rises above a certain point.
I wonder if it would be possible to have one near the drain that you could bump to shut things off if your swimming by yourself like a lot of people do in their own private pools and spas.
Just an additional idea popped into my mind at the end of this. They should have some sort of building around this as well, with holes thin enough for the water to get through but nothing else. I pictured something like an upside down laundry basket over top of that drain area to keep kids and things FAR away, and adding a secondary protectivefeature. It doesn't make sense to me that we are combining something this dangerous along with something priceless and the MOST PRECIOUS (children happily swimming in the pool) -- Why are we even letting something with that much suction or power anywhere NEAR where any of us swim?! There should be some sort of protective area that is much bigger over it as a back up.
Newer pools actually do this. The drains you see in the pool lead to surge tanks which have drains in the tank that are directly connected to the pump. The water suction starts in the tank. This way water flow into the pool drains is gently led by gravity. There’s basically no suction in these designs
All pool drains should be turned off during swimming time and there should be a camera under water or a alarm if something or someone is near the a drain And life Guards near the pool make sure changing drains every year or so I know Pools have to circulate water if you can’t turn off the suction know we’re the switch is
In new york they are banning that very drain cover beacause 3 kids got killed by that drain cover! One kid got his head stuck to it and he got his hair ripped out of his head,but he drowned. This is a serious problem and i know beacuase tgis happened to me my arm was stuck for a good minuit but i was luckly able to stay awake enough to be able to be saved by my freind we were having a pool party! We instulled new very safe drain cover I have never been sucked in again!
I agree. My dad tells me our pool has three drains and you cant even open them. they only go on a tiny bit of suction just like the skimmers. they are on every time and the toys get sucked down (like pool toys for fetching) and if i try to make it suction on me, it doesnt bc it knows im heavier and it doesnt have enough suction anyways
@@MrBmxbrawler I've been doing pools for ten years and here in new York we don't have that. We have shut off valves (hopefully) but that requires someone to be aware and to get to the valve and to hope it's not broken and can be turned.
@@MrBmxbrawler also ever since this event all drain covers have to be VGB certified to even be sold, let alone installed, which is supposed to help prevent entrapment
When I was a kid my parents told me about some kid who was dared to sit on the pool drain and it sucked his insides out. No wonder I'm afraid of pool drains and wave generators in wave pools and stuff like that.
it's true i think but it was a female who got her insides sucked out, she was very young then so it was so easy for the suction to suck up most of her organs those including liver, intestines etc
@@faithgarcia8660 most pools have dual drains which are 2 drains atleast 4 feet apart from each other and it can save you from getting stuck when you accidentally sit on it because let’s say a person accidentally sat on one of the dual drains, all of suction will go to the other drain
@@faithgarcia8660 I just found a video about it and I came here to see how it happened ru-vid.com/video/%D0%B2%D0%B8%D0%B4%D0%B5%D0%BE-GXHYOlsrRqs.html
@@slimypeanut9313, its still possible for two people to get entrapped so i think an svrs system would be the safest option, florida pools are still dangerous
There should be an emergency shut off switch that lifeguards can pull, it’s that simple, there are too many preventable accidents like this, or even a box type grate cover to prevent accidents such as this, there has to be something mandatory done across the board.
Don’t leave anyone and I mean anyone un attended around water especially elders and young ones.. If you have children or you are in charge of children you watch them like a hawk around even kiddy pools.
Dude one time my arm got stuck in one when I was 13 I survived because it was not deep also it dose actually hurt when a large pump is pulling on your arm
I had a nightmare that I was a little kid again and I got too close to a pool drain and It sucked my whole body inside it and I couldn't escape and that's when I woke up just as got sucked in I will always have a big fear of those wretched things!!!
bro when i was a kid i used to stick my finger in the thing on the side of the pool because it sucked and felt funny but you could always pull your fingers out dunno what there called tho
Does the sucking force of the drain rip off skin and suck your intestines out (for that kind of accidents)? I don't get why the skin is ripped off from the first place.
If you sit on the drain, as several kids have, the suction is so intense that it can cause lacerations in the rectum and pull the intestines out (through the rectum), especially if you’re pulling on the child to try to free them.
Watch the video "delta P" . You basically have thousands of pounds of water pressing down onto you. In big delta P accidents, yeah people get dismembered horrifically.
How bout just remove the drains and then if you wanna drain the pool there's a hose connected to the pool pump that you put the hose in the pool and it drains
