3000W Chinese Gensets Info.
professor95 wrote: EDIT ADDED 45/5/2013- When this thread started in March of 2005, I never expected to see it survive this long or amass the quantity of information that has been shared here. In...
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pritch272 wrote:Ken-55 wrote:
Snake oil?? or would this help get an A/C unit to start if you were right at the edge??
http://www.macroplusintl.com/Products/PowerSaver/power_savers_main.html
Not sure... SNIP
I'm sure the Professor will have some input on this, looking forward to it.
The Intelliworks Energy Saver Unit reduces the amount of power drawn from the utility by storing (in its capacitors) otherwise lost and wasted electricity (watts) caused by the inductive appliances in your home.
Read the above several times. Does it really make any sense?
You can charge a capacitor from a power source and use that stored power to give a kick start to an inductive device. Without the capacitor some of the power used to get the device moving is dissipated as heat, which is not a needed form of energy.
Unless you are constantly stopping and starting large inductive devices that the manufacturer has not properly designed, this device would be redundant and un-needed. IMPO, the inductive devices in a residence and RV are already designed for optimum energy use.
The energy stored in the advertised device's capacitors comes from the utility to start with - which you pay for. The concept of an add-on device such as this actually reducing the power consumed by an inductive device to the point of saving enough money on ones electrical bill to justify the cost of the device(s) is unlikely.
My vote is Snake oil :)
