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Meralco says “energy-saving” devices do not work

Meralco has purchased and tested some of the so-called “energy-saving” devices that are currently offered in the market to find out if it really helps in lowering your electricity bill.

In a report by ABS-CBN News, Meralco tested the devices by simulating a household with two lighting fixtures, a TV, and an electric fan. Meralco concludes that “energy-saving” gadgets are not effective in lowering your energy consumption.

Photo from Meralco Facebook page

Engineer Alfred Iporac, Manager of Meralco Power Lab, said that these plug-in devices show no evidence of savings and the devices’ no load consumption might even increase your power consumption. Meralco suggests other practices of saving electricity like taking advantage of energy-efficient appliances and lighting fixtures.

Hit the source link below for ABS-CBN’s complete video report.

source: ABS-CBN News

20 Comments

bern says:

9 years ago

it is one-sided claim, they would only want us to use more electricity to get more from us.
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DJ says:

9 years ago

Not surprising at all! Come on guys, it’s just the law of conservation of energy. You can’t just plug-in some magic device and expect your power consumption to go down without really changing your habits.

Unfortunately, as bern’s comment shows, people don’t trust Meralco.
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Henie says:

9 years ago

Those energy-saving devices claim to work only on certain appliances with eletric motors like refrigerators, washing machines, air conditioners, etc. It doesn’t claim to reduce power consumption on lighting fixtures, TVs, and electric fans. It’s clearly stated on their packaging, manuals and ads. Either Meralco didn’t bother to research properly before conducting their tests or they intentionally leave out this important detail.
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hahaha says:

9 years ago

Funny, i personally know some high ranking meralco official who uses that kind of device and claims it lowers his bill by as much as 30%. When I say high ranking I mean a senior electrical engineer and head of the dept.
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Analog says:

9 years ago

Meralco’s advice is indeed right and factual.
I usually see these devices being demoed and sold in ACE hardware and other stores and usually costs around 2000 Php.
Once opened one a device and found out that it only consists of capacitor banks and a running LED circuit. These scammers are selling the device for 2000 pesos from <50 peso BOM cost, i don't get why Meralco or any other agency is not filing a case against these companies and the sellers.

technical note: Meralco is charging us in KWhr unit of energy, which means this is a product of real power (KW) and time (hr).
Yet this device will only affect your "reactive power (KVAR)", thus also your "apparent power" (KVA), not your real power.
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Oona says:

9 years ago

The V3 device from Ace works for me. I use 2. I usually pay 11k before I bought the 2 devices, now my bill is usually around 7-8 monthly using the same load.
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pbomb says:

9 years ago

ito guys read nyo
http://electrical-engineering-portal.com/the-real-truth-behind-household-power-savers
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Circuit Breakers says:

9 years ago

I need to see more proof of this before I really believe it. I do understand the premise. To the general public we believe when someone or some company says it is an energy savings product but how do we really know for sure…we don’t! http://www.relectric.com
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UPS Battery Backup says:

8 years ago

This is really disappointing news, if it is really true. I would like to see the data of these claims.
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