Divemedic

On Aquanta

I previously recommended the use of a controller for your water heater as a way of controlling power consumption. Now that I have the solar up and running, the Tesla app is a great way to monitor and check up on your electrical loads.

Now that I have the ability to do this, I am convinced that the Aquanta water heater controller doesn’t actually DO anything. Whether I am home or not, using hot water or not, the amount of electrical power that the Aquanta is claiming I am using to heat water doesn’t change, at about 15kwh per day. The only time the amount of power the Aquanta was claiming went down is when we put the system in “Away” mode- telling it to turn off the hot water while we were out of town. At that point, the Aquanta reported that we were using about 1 kwh per day. The only problem? The amount of power we were using for the entire household didn’t change, according to the Tesla app.

At this point, I began suspecting that the Aquanta is a random number generator. It reports to you how much money it is saving you, but isn’t actually doing anything. I decided to test it and see what was going on. I am going to make a serious accusation here, so let me state that I did all voltage readings using a FLUKE 115 True RMS multimeter.

I measured the voltage across the output of the Aquanta while it was in “efficient” mode with a green LED showing and got a reading of 249 VAC. The water heater uses power consumed of 4500 watts (4.5kw), so a little application of Ohm’s law results in 18 amps and 14 Ohms of resistance. We can directly use Ohm’s law because the water heater has no capacitance or inductance, it is a purely resistive load.

Then I put it into “Away” mode. The LED on the unit turned red, so I measured the output voltage and got 70 VAC. Another application of Ohm’s law using the same 14 Ohms we calculated before tells us that the water heater is now using 5 amps and 50 watts of power. Take that 50 watts of power and multiply it by 24 hours in a day, and you get about 1 kWH per day.

So it doesn’t shut off the water heater, it merely lowers the voltage from line voltage down to about 70 VAC. I am not sure when or how it does this, other than in vacation mode, but I don’t think I am saving any power.

I just don’t think that this is a good unit to use if you want to save power, so I am withdrawing my recommendation of the Aquanta unit. My recommendation is to either use an electro-mechanical water heater timer, or a smart pool pump relay.

By Divemedic, ago

Army

This is the officer that the left wants leading the charge to disarm Americans. This fatass is a female Lieutenant in the 29th Infantry, I believe. The only place she is leading anyone is into the chow line.

By Divemedic, ago

Defending Democracy(tm)

President Biden is set to announce major Supreme Court reforms on Monday, likely including term limits and an enforceable ethics code. He’s also expected to advocate for a constitutional amendment to limit presidential immunity.

Let’s parse this. Term limits are unconstitutional. Read Art. III, Sec. 1:

The judicial Power of the United States, shall be vested in one supreme Court, and in such inferior Courts as the Congress may from time to time ordain and establish. The Judges, both of the supreme and inferior Courts, shall hold their Offices during good Behaviour, and shall, at stated Times, receive for their Services, a Compensation, which shall not be diminished during their Continuance in Office.

Term limits would require a Constitutional Amendment, not an executive order. Biden can’t legally do shit about term limits.

An ethics code: Biden can’t do that by executive order, either. At the least, it would require an act of Congress, and even then, the court is likely to rule that such an act would be unconstitutional.

Which brings us to the final point- limiting officeholder immunity through Constitutional amendment.

Passing an Amendment is extremely difficult, and it’s meant to be. There is no way that they are going to get the two thirds vote of both houses of Congress, nor are they likely to get the approval of 38 state legislatures. I just don’t see this happening without the left finally admitting that they use COTUS as toilet paper.

They are simply pissed because the court is not ruling in their favor. They will stop at nothing to destroy Trump, and once they do, you are next.

By Divemedic, ago

Something I Noticed

I know that I have posted before about Biden having a double. I pointed out that the Biden of today had different earlobes than the Biden of the past, and many of you blew it off, saying that it was because he had had a facelift. So let’s look at another subtle hint.

Here is Biden during last night’s address:

Now look at the Biden that was sworn in as President in 2021:

Here is Biden from June of 2021:

Here he is from his days as Vice President:

In each of these photos, compare the length of the index and ring fingers. The relationship between them, called the 2D:4D digit ratio, is determined by the testosterone and estrogen levels that are present during puberty. Some studies even show that the ratio is tied to performance on standardized tests like IQ tests and SAT tests.

In any case, it looks like the 2D:4D ratio on Biden’s hand is not constant. Even though there are not a lot of pictures of Biden’s hand that clearly show his fingers, the ratio does appear to vary somewhat when you look at some of them as opposed to others.

By Divemedic, ago

Biden Speech? You Decide

Biden gave an address from the Oval office last night. Something about it was off. It looked more like an AI fake to me, because his mouth wasn’t moving like a normal person’s mouth. Not only that, but he didn’t look right. See what I mean, with Biden from last night on the left, looking much younger and fitter:

His eyes aren’t even the same color as they were in past photos.

By Divemedic, ago

This is Why the US Will Fall

I want you to look at this story. The left entered the House gallery and “protested” in an attempt to derail Congress. Not one of them was charged with interfering with the government before being locked up for years while awaiting trial.

The “protesters” grabbed a cop and dragged him across the ground. None of them were arrested.

The left is going to overthrow the government, and the right will do nothing but sit around arguing about shit that is completely irrelevant. It’s the biggest problem that I have with libertarians, and it keeps rearing its head. The left is using violence to alter an election, again. Meanwhile, the right is busy arguing about semantics.

This is why the left will win.

By Divemedic, ago