Automatic Toilet Easily Defeated

On a recent fishing trip to a Michigan state park, I found myself facing the ever spreading evil that is the Zurn Aquasense. The Aquasense is an automatic toilet flushing device which is widely used in commercial applications such as movie theatres, businesses, and sadly yes, state parks. The reason that the Aquasense is hailed as such a dastardly device and not the item of convenience that one would expect is not a matter of poor design, rather it is the device's habbit of being hypersensative. Often when adjusting one's position on the commode, or even when approaching the porcelian throne, one will find one's self faced with a quite unexpected flush which aside from being just plain annoying, is a blatant waste of water. I however have discovered a simple way of defeating the sensor once you are safely within the confines of the partitions.
The Aquasense's sensor technology detects when there is an object within a line of sight from it's electronic "eye" which is located behind a very dark translucent plastic covering. When an object (i.e. person) is detected, a small red LED (read: light) illuminates near the "eye" (this makes it easier to locate the "eye" if you are otherwise unsure). The perfect time to strike this silent enemy is when its light has lit. The easiest way to defeat the system and keep it from flushing until you are ready for it to flush, is to tear a small piece of paper (regluar typing, news, toilet [if desperite], or what I like best, receipt) lick it, and stick it right over the sensor! This obstacle will trick the sensor into thinking there is a constant presence, even if you walk away. You can therefore move about freely within the confines of your depository without worry of water waste or flushing haste. Simply remove the paper when you are done and bam it will flush.

Cherrio and have a good day.


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