I’m sure a lot of you have seen this on HSN or in the malls — that wattage-zapping device which claims could lower your electricity bill by as much as 30%. I got curious so we tried it out several months ago.
The theory behind the device is that it normalizes the current running thru the house (hundreds of meters of copper wiring running thru the walls) and thus reducing the power consumed thereby lowering the electric bill. I’m no electrical engineer so I can really explain it very well so an actual test should be in order.
The device, named Power Saver Max, is plugged into a wall socket and does all the trick. And it costs a whooping Php3,500 a pop. It used to be Php7,000 several years ago when it first became public.
Of course, there are various other factors that might affect the fluctuations in power consumption around the house but by taking monthly samples, we may be able to see some sort of a trend.
For the last 9 months, our Meralco bill has been pretty consistent with power usage in the vicinity of 750 kilo-watt hours. Then in October, we tried that wattage-zapping device. The sales guy guaranteed that if we don’t get lower bill in 3 to 6 months, we can return it and get my money back.
The October usage went down but the following month, it went back up again only to go down in December. Those drops accounted for just 11% and 16% reduction on the bills. I’m not yet convinced so I’m giving it another 2 months.
Anybody else had this one at home? Did you notice any changes in your electricity bills?
how can i purchased this gadget when i am in catbalogan samar is there any outlet that i can buy this item if you have a net cafe with 11 units of pc and a i horse power of air conditioned how many units that i need to buy to save more of my money
good day, how could i purchase the product?
Hi Oliver… Still interested in Power Saver Max? Where are you? we can meet in Q.C. I recently bought that Aug.3, 2011 in Handyman. The price is 1,500. I immediately bought it coz they’re having a demo. Pls. let me know if ur interested. Thanks.
sa quiapo mas mura daw 1,000 php lng,di kaya peke un?o pareho lang?
Hi All, Tulad ng sabi ko sa dating post hindi totoo na nakakabawas ito ng consumption sa kuryente. Para sa residential kwh yung singil ng distribution companies (like meralco) hindi considered yung power factor unlike sa industrial na me target yung mga companies and may multa from the distribution company kung hindi ito tama.
Twitter: Dintervenor
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Hello Luckster
You are RIGHT when you say that Meralco penalizes low power factor for commercial and industrial customers, but you are WRONG in saying that residential customers are not affected.
Power factor correction capacitors are SINGLE
PHASE Units connected in parallel to the line.
Since Capacitors are SINGLE PHASE UNITS…..
They do work in Single phase connections like residential houses and commercial establishments
If you want to cut down electricity expenses, energy conservation and efficiency is the number 1 step.
1. Kill phantom loads (search the internet about this)
2. Buy energy efficient appliances particularly those that have high wattages and used often like refrigerator, washing machine, and air conditioners. Usually more expensive but will save you in the medium term. (I have a way to compute the ROI based on the EER, reply to this post if you are interested)
3. Change your life style. Turn off appliances and lights when not in use.
4. Convert to CFL or LED bulbs.
5. Improve your homes insulation and air flow. Invest on the right insulation.
6. etc.. etc..
how to compute the ROI? saka anong procedure alam mo para bumaba naman electric bill ko.. masakit na sa ulo eh.. kakastress..:-)
ayus.. buti mern kang ganitong post..kasi ang kulit ng mama ko mapilit bumili ng powersaver.. yung alok nga samin 7.5k..
Twitter: marjunegarcia
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Last year ng march at april.. my bill was 7000-8000… now from january to april,, my bill went down by 50-60%.. how..
dito lang kasi ako nag work sa bahay.. so what I did… change my computer from desktop to laptop.. always kasi sa taas ako nag work.. so pag araw dito na lang ako sa baba.. para di na ako mag aircon sa taas.. so thats it.. kasi desktop consume.. 250-350watts.. depende sa ginagawa.. yung 26″ ko na monitor.. tapos syempre minsan bukas pa yung tv sa taas.. so ngayon yung tv na lang sa baba..
change lifestyle or working condition.. para makatipid.. this april 2900 na lang kuryente ko.. last march 2400 
@Marjune, good for you, you are on the right path. Totally agree na change of lifestyle ay malaking bagay sa pagbawas ng konsumo sa kuryente.
Wala bang paraan para hindi na mag bayad ng kuryente sa meralco? Halos hindi ko na kayang magbayad.. Wala ba dyan no pay power saver max? Kung meron please tell me kung saan makakabili.
Napaka husay ng power saver max!!!!!
dalawang buwan palang gamit ang dati kong binabayaran na 5,000 sa kuryente, 100 nalang ngayon.
kahit saan po toh ilagay pwede halimbawa nakalagay yung saksakkan ng computer doon sa una tapos naka lagay yung power saver doon sa huli dapat po ba una ang power saver ???? oh kahit saan basta nakalagay lang po ??
ive been using the power saver for 2 months.. di pa din bumababa ang electric bill…am giving it another 1 month..pag wala pa din isosoli ko nalang
gumagamit po kmi ng power saver max..bakit wla naman difference sa binabayaran namin ganon pa din.. dati 3500-4000 bill namin bakit ngayon 4800 na almost 1year ko na gamit minsan ko lang bumaba bill namin nag 3800 ata nung december.kz di masyado gamit ng aircon.. pano ba magandang pagamit sa power saver to lower your electric bill?
Maybe you’re frequently using the microwave, toaster, flat iron, or even electric range. Power saver won’t work on these appliances.
tira kayo probensya nang malaman nyo kung bakit maatas bill nyo sa kurente… hindi sa pagamit nyo ng appliances kundi sa scheme ng Meralco… maraming hidden charges na hindi mo naman DAPAT bayaran…. hehehe
The power saver’s a complete Bullshit to your houses people! I have two friends of mine who also has their own stories of their own supposedly “power” savers. I live alone and before I decided to get one, normally my monthly electricity bill would be around 5-7k php. The first month I got mine, I tried minimizing the use of some appliances that would normally make my electricity bill grow higher and when mine came, low and behold my bill from a simple 5-7k became 11,425php. This device is complete bullshit. waste of money pa.
Twitter: Dintervenor
says:
It seems that you minimized on the usage of your inductive load, but maintained the usage of your
resistive load.
Power Saver Max WORKS on inductive load, that is the reason why your bill shot up.
Power Saver Max BOOST the consumption of resistive loads
guys,power saver is power corrector device,pag marami losses electricity m malaki savings m..
How to use Power Saver
punta ka nlng s mga certain mall n my tinda ng device..matagal n ung sakin eh..binili ko pa un s
farmers
dalawang bese na ko nagsauli ng power saver na to. Ang unang buwan ay nagreduce ng kaunti ang bill ng 10%, sumunod lumaki ng 30% kaya ipina-check ko sa brother ko na isang electrical engr. at advise nya ay isoli ko sa binilhan dahil hindi nagpa-function. After having a new one, later on the next month billing ay tumaas pa ng 20% ang aming electricity bill.
Recommend not to purchase this product.
i have power saver natural process
Twitter: Dintervenor
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I officially retired my ORIGINAL POWER SAVER MAX unit when I bought the 5KW unit. It still functions though reducing from .95 to .79 the current ampere reading at the Handyman at Gaisano Mall of Davao.
The original unit is a 3KW model which saw our electric bill go down by more than 50% from P5,800 to P 2,700, of course our inductive load then was the 1.25 HP aircon, refrigerator, electric fan (1),lighting load, with resistive loads comprising the rest.
Our total load now is 2 x .75 HP Aircon units, one 8 kg washing machine, refrigerator, and 3 units electric fan, for the inductive part. CFL Lighting for the lighting load, 2 shower heaters
1 desktop and two laptop units, one rice cooker and one electric kettle, three cellphones, and one unit power quality analyzer.
Our current consumption reaches 600 Kwhs when climate change unleashes its might, and goes down to 500 kwhs when the rains fall and the aircon units just undergone cleaning.
Compare that with our consumption of 750 – 900 kwhs per month when we were still one aircon unit three years ago.
gud day….totoo po ang energy sa
ver…dati binabayaran ko sa meralco bill 5k pataas…now almost 2800 to 3k nlang…
dti,3000 ngayon,sa sobrang galing ng power saver,wala na kaming binabayaran,sila pa ang nagbabayad samin!
I would like to know how to purchase this energy saver decvice Thank you.
i’ve been using power saver for almost a year me pumunta sa haus namin nataon malaki bill namin so sinubukan ko so far ok naman pati brother ko bumili din 7,500 bili namin kala ko nung una naloko kmi pero maganda naman pala bawi na investment ko.
This device makes the people want to save BILL not ELECTRICITY. Oooh, i have this big a*s power saver now. My bill is lower now, so I’ll increase my energy use.
Yup, humans can be an idiot… most of the times.
Study the PHANTOM LOAD (not the metallica song)
Standby power comprises to upto 10% of our total consumption. (i.e, remote controlled appliances, etc.)
Common sense people, unplug unused appliances or, if you are a lazy b*astard plug your appliance into a power strip with switch(es).
Simply turn off the switch after using the appliances.
Igot myself a differentpower saver guarranteed to save me 50% of my bills it has a ten ampere rating and i used it in my ten unit internet cafe. Truly it worked according to promise. Five years after it got busted but i do not know where to buy it again. Its brand is “Power Ace” made somewhere in Caloocan. Any lead to where i can buy that plug-in device that has a 220 volt socket? It looks like a low profile AVR.