There are two types of unloader valves: the pressure-actuated unloader and the flow-actuated unloader. The pressure-actuated unloader works by responding to increases and decreases in water pressure. The flow-actuated unloader relies completely on water flow; a halt in water flow increases the internal pressure. Most unloaders are designed to function with 5 to 10 percent of water flow in the bypass at all times.
It is a popular misconception that 900 followers of cult leader Jim Jones. committed suicide by drinking Grape Kool-Aid laced with cyanide at their. commune in Jonestown Guyana in the late 1970's. This is not true. The. followers of Jones actually drank cyanide laced Flavor-aid, a cheap. imitation of Kool-Aid.
What Was the Jonestown Massacre? On November 18, 1978, Peoples Temple leader Jim Jones instructed all members living in the Jonestown, Guyana compound to commit an act of revolutionary suicide, by drinking poisoned punch. In all, 918 people died that day, nearly a third of whom were children.