How to fill a 5-gallon jug from a drinking fountain

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Kevin Pierce

We’re missing the step where the water was induced to squirt beyond the bounds of the fountain.
- http://BrianEaston.net/ Brian Easton
  
  Plenty of fountains shoot beyond the bounds of the basin.
  - Kevin Pierce
    
    Over carpeting?
    - Samuel Valentine
      
      Over carpeting. Fountains are jerks.
Pete Jacobson

It was turned 180.
grimc

Odds that “NOBODY TOUCH THIS!” was shouted down the dorm hallway before the engineer went back to his room?
- Boundegar
  
  I want to see the scenes of comedy starting in 20 minutes.
- sqyntz
  
  the solution would have been less elegant and more complicated if an engineer had been involved…
Mike Naylor

You increase the stream velocity by loosening the 4-5 screws at the very bottom of the fountain, and removing the metal shield. On the upper front of the fountain as you face it will be a screw. Twisting it back and forth increases/decreases the force of the water stream.

I know this because I mounted a fountain on the side of my house, under my patio, to get my kids to drink more in the summer (and to keep muddy footprints in my house to a minimum).
http://botaday.com mmrtnt

As someone who has regularly faced the challenge of refilling a water bottle from a drinking fountain while out on a bike ride (without carrying tubing and a funnel), I had hoped this would supply some clues.

It’s cute, but it doesn’t.
- Dave Pease
  
  if i had to do that, i’d push the flow button with one hand while holding the water bottle with the other hand such that the water lands inside the bottle.
  - grimc
    
    Sounds complicated, Instructable needed.
    - awjt
      
      I have a brain I can sell you first, so that the information lands somewhere.
- http://www.facebook.com/people/Steven-Lord/100001398346071 Steven Lord
  
  Carry a folded/rolled piece of wax paper that you can roll into a makeshift funnel (or fold via origami into a makeshift cup) as needed? Durable, lightweight, waterproof, and inexpensive.
  - grimc
    
    Lookit you, being all practical and stuff.
chuckmi

This looks like Central Michigan University did in 1990. Anyone know where this is?
- Boundegar
  
  In Central Michigan.
  - hymenopterid
    
    Conveniently located 600 feet below the surface of Lake Michigan.
- Veronica Beaty
  
  Reddits seems to have agreed its Northern Arizona University, which means more than one college has chosen that decorating scheme. Yikes.
  
  http://www.reddit.com/r/pics/comments/11xdwn/college_engineering/
TheMadLibrarian

Reasonably sure that bottle isn’t big enough to be 5 gallons.
- http://profile.yahoo.com/DS4OME72OGLQ6QH7LKM74LCWS4 .
  
  It’s those stunted American-style gallons.
sam1148

Why do I now feel the need to go to the bathroom?