We were once distributors of a power correction based electricity saving device, what we called the “Electricity Saver”. A product which claimed 30% cost savings.
After rigourous testing & after 3rd party independant tests, we decided to discontinue distribution of this product due to its false claims. Similar products are found all over the internet, all with the same false claims, many are still available. To help educate the public, we’ve kept this page online to help inform users.
So do these sort of devices work? Simply put. No
Products like these have been independently tested and have been found to NOT SAVE YOU MONEY OR REDUCE YOUR ELECTRICITY CONSUMPTION.
Since posting this we’ve received many threats from dubious retailers & distributors claiming of annecdotal evidence of “savings”. But all have declined to send a product for some real lab testing.
We’ve also heard reports of new products hitting the market under various names & packaging with similar claims. With some going as far as filming fake testings, or including test reports which don’t actually confirm any power savings.
Here are some links to some real testing of these types of products. If it isn’t listed here, don’t assume that it works. Any product using power correction to reduce consumption will not save any domestic users in Australia any money.
Electricity Saving Box – Reviewed & Debunked
Silicon Chip Magazine – November 2007 Issue
For household users, who seem to be the target audience for this product, we can say categorically that this product will not save you any money, against the claim of the manufacturer. This is because there is a logical flaw with this product.
As mentioned previously, the electricity supplier bills you for real power, yet provides apparent power. If this product corrects the power factor, which is the ratio of these, it can only save them money, not your household.
The only conceivable way that it could save you money is if you are being charged extra by the electricity supplier for having a low power factor, something that does not happen with domestic users in Australia.
There has even been products like these advertised/reviewed on Television & even sold in a major retail chain – with the same false claims.
Enersonic Power Saver – Reviewed & Debunked
Silicon Chip Magazine – May 2008
THE ELECTRICITY SAVING BOX DOES NOT SAVE ELECTRICITY. IT IS A FRAUD. …… It will not result in any reduction in real power as measured by any appliance energy meter or the meters in your power box at home. It will probably lead to a small increase.
