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Power Saver Max, Wattage-Zapping Device

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.

power-saver-max

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.

meralco-bill

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?

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Abe is the founder and Editor-in-Chief of YugaTech with over 20 years of experience in the technology industry. He is one of the pioneers of blogging in the country and considered by many as the Father of Tech Blogging in the Philippines. He is also a technology consultant, a tech columnist with several national publications, resource speaker and mentor/advisor to several start-up companies.

141 Responses

  1. Avatar for carlo carlo says:

    If it true, it is a really big help to the Pilipino people. It should be then produced at the cheaper price.

  2. Avatar for Carlos Cañanes Carlos Cañanes says:

    I’m interested your gadget in reducing my electric bill.

  3. Avatar for Ronaldo R Ronaldo R says:

    Hi, i have an electrical engineer desined a gasget that could be able to reduduce you bill effectively using a costomized gadget that is very effective. My bill before is 4000, now 2500, and i can still lower it down depends on my needs…ask me..thank
    rro****@****.***

  4. Avatar for JC John Sese Cuneta JC John Sese Cuneta says:

    We have PowerSaver Extreme and our experiment was very positive. We saved 40% to 50% monthly. We recommended it to our relatives and friends and they reported the same with PowerSaver Extreme.

    So yes, it works, however, I can not say the same for PowerSaver Max since again, we have the Extreme version.

  5. Avatar for Kenneth del Rosario Kenneth del Rosario says:

    I just passed by Handyman earlier today and they are selling this for P1,999. I was gonna buy one but decided to research online first. Well, with the amount of negative things I’ve read about it, I feel kind of good that I passed on buying it.

  6. Avatar for Mel Mel says:

    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.

  7. Avatar for dlacc dlacc says:

    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.

  8. Avatar for melmar melmar says:

    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.

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