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[dik]

Does this device advertised on Eng-Tips really work... or just more advertising stuff?

Rather than think climate change and the corona virus as science, think of it as the wrath of God. Feel any better?

-Dik

 

[waross]

I can see from the pictorial schematic that they have set up circulating currents.
They then tap of some of the centrifugal force of the circulating currents.
Ingenious. It has to work.
Wait for the news of a Noble Prize award. LMFO grin.

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Ohm's law
Not just a good idea;
It's the LAW!

 

[Pud]

I'm surprised it's not cold fusion...


Politicians like to panic, they need activity. It is their substitute for achievement.

 

[3DDave]

Absolutely - it works to move electrons, in the form of money, from one wallet to another.

 

[Ron247]

It works by not letting but 10% of the electricity you need through. Ingenious. I love a refrigerator running at a cool 74 degrees or a flood light that is no brighter than a night-lite.

 

[dik]

Thanks... I thought it might be snake oil, but wasn't certain.

Rather than think climate change and the corona virus as science, think of it as the wrath of God. Feel any better?

-Dik

 

[che12345]

Dear Mr. dik (Structural)(OP)6 Nov 21 17:43
"...Does this device advertised on Eng-Tips really work... or just more advertising stuff?... I thought it might be snake oil, but wasn't certain..."
1. It is certainly a "snake oil".
2. There is NO logic at all, that you can cut your electricity bill by 90%. You can't cut a single cent from the bill. You pay what you consume.
3. I had seen it in Singapore with my own eyes that a "snake oil" vendor demonstration; showing a significant decrease in current, with the device plugged in. Note: it is a amperemeter NOT a wattmeter . The current decrease is due to improvement of the power-factor. The wattage remained the same, but was NOT shown. The billing is based on the wattage x time (kWh).
4. Note: In most cases, for (low voltage small domestic consumers) billing, there is [no penalty on low power-factor]. There is no incentive to improve it with any devices on your own expenses.
Che Kuan Yau (Singapore)

 

[dik]

Thanks, che... I didn't think it made sense, but it was on this well known engineering site... bad choice of advertising.

Rather than think climate change and the corona virus as science, think of it as the wrath of God. Feel any better?

-Dik

 

[Sparweb]

I can see from the pictorial schematic that they have set up circulating currents.
They then tap of some of the centrifugal force of the circulating currents.

If you disconnect the supply wires, the current keeps going round and round, lighting the bulb forever, right? You probably have to immerse it in liquid helium for that to work.

 

[dik]

are there no room temperature superconductors?

Rather than think climate change and the corona virus as science, think of it as the wrath of God. Feel any better?

-Dik

 

[zeusfaber]

Just out of curiosity, I had a quick skim of the advertiser's website. Looks like the claim is that their box is intended to filter harmonic distortion induced by downstream loads.

No idea what the layout in the illustration has to do with that and no idea either whether the device as sold actually does anything useful to the waveform.

I have a vague memory that some of the early smart meters had a problem with dirty load waveforms that made them over-read quite heavily (I think I saw a piece Skogsgurra wrote after investigating it). Perhaps this toy was originally conceived as a fix for that.

A.

 

[dik]

Thanks... I wasn't aware of this issue and the potential increase in cost.

Rather than think climate change and the corona virus as science, think of it as the wrath of God. Feel any better?

-Dik