Power Saver Max, Wattage-Zapping Device

oh great it may guide to many users of electricity because you had already use of it.

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the salesman at the mall said that you need to plug the device closest to the appliance that uses the most power and is always on. i guess that means the refrigerator.

i don’t know if this is just sales talk but he also suggested to get at least two of these for homes that consume about 650 to 1000kwh.

Those are actually good results, considering you [I’m assuming here] have Christmas lights up during the Christmas season. Yeah, I suggest further trial and testing. Keep us posted. :)

i haven’t used one of these ‘power savers’ but the first thing that came to mind was the device was mainly a capacitor. sylv3rblade mentioned that it’s basically adding capacitance, and i think he’s correct.

in general, capacitance is added to the system to counteract the effect of inductive devices, i.e. refrigerators, air conditioners, large motors, transformers. by convention, a capacitor supplies ‘positive’ reactive power that would otherwise be supplied by the system (through Meralco). this supply of ‘positive’ reactive power generally lowers the current magnitude since it brings the power factor from negative to unity (1.00 pf).

if it’s truly a capacitor, precaution needs to be taken here – add too many of these ‘power savers’ and you risk having an overvoltage inside your house if you unplug/turn off your ref, aircon, etc. that is, if the ‘power saver’ does not have sensing of the power factor and doesn’t turn itself off automatically in the event of an oversupply. an oversupply of reactive power will bring the power factor to positive, and that will generally raise the voltage at your end.

in my opinion, it won’t matter where you plug the ‘power saver’ so long as you plug it after the electric meter.

also, Meralco’s residential billing structure and metering does not meter your consumption of reactive power (kVar) and reactive energy (kVarh). in commercial and industrial billing structures, kVar and kVarh is metered, and they are penalized if their power factor is below -0.80 or above ~1.00 and given a discount if it is in the region of -0.95 and 1.00.

however, i advice you to go ahead with testing, maybe there’s something else there that we don’t know of that would truly lower your consumption. like i’ve said, i haven’t used this device yet, and if it does what it promises to do, then i’m all for it :)

hi!
does it work?
i think since october… two months are up now… =)

please advise. thank you!

I bought that a couple of months ago and it seems that it didn’t really brought my electric bill down.

Halos ganun pa din.

If you open the device, it is actually a capacitor and some electronics to do the “knight rider” led driver.

we’ve been using this device for 2years now, there’s a significant decrease in kw/hr. We bought ours for 9k, that was 2 years ago.

i just bought mine couple of hours ago and i bought it on sale at 1,900 per unit plus a 10% discount. I decided to have 2 units for the actual size of our structure. It seems that the way these capacitors & resistors work is to reroute unusable “leak” electricity into usable, much stable electric current that would generate electric power for various appliances. Therefore, practically speaking, the 20-35% power savings we’re talking here is actually the electric losses naturally occuring through copper wires, hysteresis (electric motors) and other forms of ripple. And perhaps the most effective way of utilizing this device is to have it closest to your main switch as it would greatly bypass incoming electricity to other electric outlets.

I will be using these units starting tomorrow and observe the effects on my bills for the next few months. Any significant kW/H drops on my electric consumption, i’ll let you guys know.

I saw it on 20% discount sale this morning at Handyman. Does it really work? Any updates? Thanks.

Can you possibly give me the contact numbers or email address of the manufacturer of this POWER SAVER MAX??

THE HANDYMAN STORE cannot tell me whom to communicate, there is no contact details on the box or even inside ( the piece of paper ):

On the month prior to purchasing the POWER SAVER MAX, our consumption was 885 kwhs, with the Aircondition unit open overnight ( with an average
14 hours a day operation )., after I bought the
unit, we were able to use the Airconditioning Unit even in the hot afternoon. Our consumption nevertheless fell to 820 kwhs.

With the almost 24 hours operation, our Aircon Unit
suffered lost compression, being more than 14 years old. but still delivers some cooling.

A couple of factors, the POWER SAVER MAX, classes resumption, and other factors brought our current consumption to 400 kwhs.

i just bought this powersaver yesterday.. this morning it made a somewhat zapping sound, it goes on for a few seconds then the sound stops.. after a few minutes it made the same sound..

does your powersavers happen to made the same sound?

thanks..

I bought one.ill let u guys know if it does what it promises.

i bought mine 2mos ago at sm for only php 1500. when i open it its just a capacitor & some circuits for the blinking lights. am a bit disappointed because it’s just a simple device. anybody with a little knowledge in electronics could have done it but our monthly bill went down by 6kW so it’s a little bit effective but not as effective as advertised w/c is 20-35% savings. anybody got any idea what will happen if we 3 or more capacitors to the device?

the device is worth buying… i am using my aircondition unit 24 hrs 7 days a week. This is amazing. from 5000 a month now im only paying 1 peso… hahahhahaha

guys,
kiddin aside. i’m planning to buy one.
does it really work?
my monthly bill is ranging from php6000 to 7000.
i really need to know if it really work:)
thanks.

guys, the power saver max is really work, i already prove it.for my bill before P5,ooo it becomes 4k something…

i bought 1 yesterday. the salesman said that if your monthly electric bill is ranging from 5k and above(mine is 7k to 9k), you should use 2 to 3 devices. but of course, he IS a salesman. so updates will still be greatly appreciated.

For Aldrin : Thank you for explaining the running light (LED), which I always term as “Knight Rider”.

My unit has been serving its purpose since May this year, and it has so far paid for itself many
times over.

One tip I would like to share, count all your operating loads at the time you want to test the product, and then determine the KW load by adding the total wattages of the appliances running.

If the total load is 1000 watts or 1 kw., read the electric meter and read it after one hour, if the
difference between the 2 readings is one (1). Then you have an accurate electric meter, and your electric consumption is just right.

Reading from comments of users here,the power saver device can give significant savings if used for houses, offices, busines establishments with electric bills starting from 4000 pesos and up. I think it can also work for lower electric-usage houses,those ranging from 3000 – 2000 pesos or below but the amount saved will only be minimal.

Well any savings by any device whether in hundreds or even a few pesos is a better alternative than being charged monthly with transmission and system losses which apparently also include, aside from illegal connections, Meralco’s and their payment branches’ electric usage in a given electric grid.

is this really works? i bought it yesterday in handyman the sales girl have a geat tounge to let the customer purchsd it

i also bought 2 units during a supposed sale in trinoma which costs P1500 from P3,900(which i just found out that it really cost P1,500 only. the fact that they are saying it was on sale was very misleading and therefore the electrical savings they advertise might also be misleading. i’ll find out in the my next month’s bill.

pls compare same month on different years…

my friend has been using 2 units of power saver on their home… their usual electrical bill is around 10kphp on the first month of usage it turn 9,800php. but this month which the 3rd month that they have been using it their bills turn out to be 8,700php.

not bad…

im still wondering if they could still add another unit to still lessen the bill…

As I was reading all comments, our water tank got filled and overflowed. It dawned on me that this is the same as the claim of the Power Saving Devices. The water tank is like the Capacitor, and at peak hours where electricity source is less, it supplies (partly) what’s needed. However that electricity stored has already passed the electric meter and we are all billed by KWh used not on amperes or voltage. In short, if all the drop of whatever happened after the meter, there is no savings.