Just in case you didn't notice,I really love quack products. I've taken apart similar units to this in a plug-in version, but this is a stand-alone aluminium case version.
OK, it's smaller than I was expecting, but that's just one of those things. It uses pretty much the same circuitry, basically a capacitor in parallel with the mains, but has a more sensible LED drive circuit and a fuse too.
These things claim to lower your electricity bill by filtering/improving the mains sinewave. They're loosely based on power factor correction, but as that has no effect on a home electricity meter they won't show an effect. They are also just a random capacitor value permanently applied across the mains, whereas proper power factor correction should be matched to a specific load.
This version is quite stylish.
This video also shows how accurate the capacitive reactance formula is.
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OK, it's smaller than I was expecting, but that's just one of those things. It uses pretty much the same circuitry, basically a capacitor in parallel with the mains, but has a more sensible LED drive circuit and a fuse too.
These things claim to lower your electricity bill by filtering/improving the mains sinewave. They're loosely based on power factor correction, but as that has no effect on a home electricity meter they won't show an effect. They are also just a random capacitor value permanently applied across the mains, whereas proper power factor correction should be matched to a specific load.
This version is quite stylish.
This video also shows how accurate the capacitive reactance formula is.
If you enjoy the channel you can help support it with a dollar for coffee, cookies and quack overunity devices at https://www.patreon.com/bigclive
Nearly as cost saving as electricity free phone systems….2 bean cans on opposite ends of a taught length of string….no EMC worries as well.
Excellent result with the correct capacitor meter and the measurement values and the result is spot on. Nice case and at least no loose items in the box. The 200kW may relate to the power savings over a year, in a lightly loaded house.
A guy named Michael who was a programmer working for the power company along with top engineers came up with these energy savers . Poor Mike was fired for telling customers how to save money on their home energy bills. But it sounds like he is doing ok because these things are flying off the shelf at a big discount.
Those capacitors, as proven by another engineer who cut it in half on camera…..showed it had "pixie dust" inside. Try it sometime……LOL….🤣
Wow how dangerous no earth wire on a metal casing 💀
Could you make a video explaining how to limit current with capacitor instead of resistor?
I need to connect an optocoupler to mains to detect its presence and when I tried to calculate the required resistor it turned out that I need a 5W one.
I admire your critical thinking and research for the truth. I hope it's contagious.
Guess where it's made. Why it doesn't other than to get people's money and load landfill
electric boom made video on this and he said it only useful for reactive power which is used in heavy motors so this device is useless if you use in home unless you run a factory in it
I’d say those tiny leads from the power connector are only good 197kW. 🤣
I laugh at all that crap they sell to uneducated people on eBay. Thank you for another interesting video.
I imagine if such a device exists, it would have to be wired in series before the main fuse of the house
just think what 1000 of these could do…the power company might pay you
" a naulty charlton devise" 🤭 Right on!
I suspect most of the price was for the aluminum housing haha