Electricity Saver
We were once distributors of a power correction based electricity saving device, what we called the “Electricity Saver”. A product which claimed 30% cost savings.After rigourous testing & after 3rd party independant tests, we decided to discontinue distribution of this product due to its false claims. Similar products are found all over the internet, all with the same false claims, many are still available. To help educate the public, we’ve kept this page online to help inform users.
So do these sort of devices work? Simply put. No
Products like these have been independently tested and have been found to NOT SAVE YOU MONEY OR REDUCE YOUR ELECTRICITY CONSUMPTION.
Since posting this we’ve received many threats from dubious retailers & distributors claiming of annecdotal evidence of “savings”. But all have declined to send a product for some real lab testing.
We’ve also heard reports of new products hitting the market under various names & packaging with similar claims. With some going as far as filming fake testings, or including test reports which don’t actually confirm any power savings.
Here are some links to some real testing of these types of products. If it isn’t listed here, don’t assume that it works. Any product using power correction to reduce consumption will not save any domestic users in Australia any money.
Electricity Saving Box – Reviewed & Debunked
Silicon Chip Magazine – November 2007 Issue
Silicon Chip Magazine – November 2007 Issue
For household users, who seem to be the target audience for this product, we can say categorically that this product will not save you any money, against the claim of the manufacturer. This is because there is a logical flaw with this product.As mentioned previously, the electricity supplier bills you for real power, yet provides apparent power. If this product corrects the power factor, which is the ratio of these, it can only save them money, not your household.The only conceivable way that it could save you money is if you are being charged extra by the electricity supplier for having a low power factor, something that does not happen with domestic users in Australia.
There has even been products like these advertised/reviewed on Television & even sold in a major retail chain – with the same false claims.
Enersonic Power Saver – Reviewed & Debunked
Silicon Chip Magazine – May 2008
Silicon Chip Magazine – May 2008
THE ELECTRICITY SAVING BOX DOES NOT SAVE ELECTRICITY. IT IS A FRAUD. …… It will not result in any reduction in real power as measured by any appliance energy meter or the meters in your power box at home. It will probably lead to a small increase.
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Please respond. THX! J
Thank You for saving me $40
The point is power factor correction will not save you money in residential installations.
We’re not claiming that these products do not fix the power factor, we are claiming that it will not REDUCE YOUR ELECTRICITY BILL as customers are only billed in KWHs.
For some expert reviews on these products, contact Silicon Chip magazine from the links above who have done REAL labratory tests on these types of products and have proven that these products DO NOT WORK!
If you want to save electricity – look at renewable energy options – Solar & Wind..
There is no, and will never be, a device that you can plug in to an outlet that can reduce your kWh power consumption. That being said, an energy monitor can help you identify which devices are using the most energy (kWh) and help you to reduce your consumption by turning off energy hungry devices when not in use. For example ~25% of an average homes energy consumption is due to standby power.
I agree that absolutely these things do not save you money for the reasons already stated.
Say I have a 300 W television, which to my understanding is 300 W per hour (Please correct me if I am wrong) and that for me to consume 1.2 kwh, the tv has to be turned on for 4 hours straight, right ?
(Because 300 W x 4 = 1200 W, which is 1.2 kW).
If this is correct then the cost of watching TV for 4 hours is only about 7 cents (~6 cents per kwh in where I live)
Thanks
Cheers
Have you done any tests on actual residential installations using plug in Power Correction Devices? As far as I now – Power correction can only reduce electricity costs in industrial situations.
This post was put up to inform consumers of SCAM electricity saving plug in adaptors which promise outrageous discounts off consumer electricity bills. Out of the 3 consumer devices tested – this has not been the case. With proof from electronics enthusiast magazine Silicon Chip.
I went back on the ebay as I have not look for some time and the same-mo stuff is there. Junk mostly 6uf plastic caps. I know there is one manufacturer in connecticut that makes the generic models that are most of what is advertised in USA and they are 30 uf and over priced.
In checking on the units I talked about they are not sold over the net. And I tracked down the Eand J distributors for Australia. They seem to have set up a well organized network of distributors throughout the country – I AM NOT A DISTRIBUTOR. The product is called PPS Power Savers/PPSmart Industries. Apparently it has multiple functions: PF increase, protection from spikes, surges, and lightning, Reduced EMF Radiation, Motor life extension by as much as 15%. Apparently they do not do internet marketing nor selling and no MLM. and for now the product is exclusive to Australia, S. Africa and Mexico. She went on about controlled laboratory testing results and extensive Certifications and a lot more stuff I did not write down. It is a device that is a plug in or can be hardwired to breaker panel for greater protection. I have really been studying the junk for sale and I have a list of what I DO NOT want and this PPS does not have anything on my do not want list. So I’m impressed.
Gracias, Thank you very much
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I = 1000/230
I= 4.3Amps
I=1000/230(/PF)
http://negergy.com.au/2011/02/13/today-tonight-and-aca-power-saver-scams/
1. Ensure that your inductive load receives a better power factor. Because of the reduction in amps the load will run cooler and therefore prolonge it’s life.
2. The capacitors will smooth spikes in what is a dirty sine wave, especially away from urban areas, which will be a lot better for all your electronics
3. Stop those annoying and damaging power fluctuations
I considered that fitting a power saver made sense for the above reasons alone.
of claims of 30-40% savings in powe4r bill. It never worked and I disconnected it
as I did not get reduced bill anytime. In fact I am sure it must be using a little power by itself as it has to be kept on continuously. Later I opened this unit to
see if there is any circuitry of anything inside. To my astonishment I found nothing
but a small capacitor inside, & the small indicator lights nothing else.
equipment as I had purchased from a salesman at my door.
Peut être en Australie et bien dans d’autre pays du monde, le dispositif power saver n’économise pas la consommation d’énergie résidentielle, mais chez nous au sénégal, moi j’en distribue parceque j’ai fais le test pendant 2mois et j’ai recçu ma facture avec une réduction de 33% et jusque là je ne plains pas par rapport au temps passés comme les période de canicule etc………
NB: les 80% de mes ventes sont opérées sur recommandation des clients qui en ont déjà vécu l’expérience. NB: je vends sur garantie de satisfaction pour trois facture au minimum (06mois) et jusque là nous sommes à 100% de satisfaction d’aprés mon service de gestion de relation client. Vive la science, la technique et la technologie. merci! mbmarketing04@gmail.com
I won’t buy this divice, no sence to do that.
feel fre to email to get more information. economizer@usa.com………regards pepe m.
When they asked for my card details over the phone at the start of the call to check their records, I made up a totally fictitious 16 digit credit card number, expiry date and security number. An hour later they phoned back saying they were having trouble processing the payment (of my fictitious card details) could they check the details ? Somehow even though at that point I told them that I definitely wasn’t interested and would report them to the Police as it was so obviously a scam, it turned up in the post today with an invoice from ITS Corps in Florida but posted within the UK. Apologies to the poor guy who’s credit card details match the ones that I made up on the spur of the moment !
Sadly. Some people obviously fall for this rubbish or they wouldn’t keep doing the cold call scam. “Neety”. You must work for one of them ? Don’t beleive a word. If these things actually worked and saved you money and energy use, I think we’d all have heard of them and the power companies would be selling them to us.
# VERY POOR CUSTOMER SERVICE BY NOT RETURNING CALLS, NOT ATTENDING TO MESSAGES; SAYING NO EMAIL, LETTERS OR COPIES OF ELECTRICITY BILLS RECEIVED FROM CUSTOMERS; NOT INVESTIGATING FAULTY EQUIPMENT;
# LIES BY PROMISING CUSTOMERS A THREE YEAR MONEY BACK GUARANTEE & RENEGING ON THAT PROMISE;
# OWES HIS FORMER NSW MANAGER MARK & HIS SALES REPS MONEY.