Shunt Efficiency System: free power!

[SneakySneaky]

The Shunt Efficiency System A.C. Power Conditioner. This thing is the shit! It will be premiering in next months High Times. I worked out a deal with them and got one for al you guys to see.

How it works. Your breaker panel is only about 85% efficient with lots of frequencies being unusable as power. By attaching a 20 amp breaker this things transforms the unusable energy into usable energy and feeds it back into your box! I have a 400 a month bill, with energy base cost at .06 cents per kilowat hour. After taxes it is around .10 cents. This thing will generate 1 kilowatt+ per hour. That's about 3 dollars per day, for 30 days, saving $90 plus per month ( your taxes decrease, increasing the savings).

Its gonna almost cut ur bill by 25%. The commercial aspects are ridiculous! This will become an industry standard.

The unit costs almost $1000 unfortunately, but I got mine for much less . This will help people "mask" their bill and save money! With my setup, at their price, in 10 months it pays for itself, and pays me 100 a month for life. Obviously larger setups will save more and faster. He just sold 6.5 million worth to Wal-mart. $1000 a month bill would drop to 750ish and pay for itself in 4 months.

 

[prop215]

The Shunt Efficiency System A.C. Power Conditioner. I worked out a deal with them and got one for al you guys to see.

err, well let us SEE it then lol.. No pics, no links?

 

[SneakySneaky]

www.purepowersystems.net

 

[prop215]

cool thx.. I wish I could afford it lol.. Even though I dont even run 400W of power for my mini medi grow, saving money on bills is always a good thing. This could benefit everyone, not just ppl that use alot of wattage growing. We have 4 PC's in the house that are basically on 24/7 so this would surely help out alot of people..I will bookmark the link and keep an eye out for price dropage.

thanks alot for the link. +rep

 

[SneakySneaky]

Thanks, this is one step towards efficiency and ecofriendlyness. How can u say no to lowering ur bill and saving power.

This benefits everyone, hospitals, warehouses, and regular households as well. I'd call this thing a revolutionary product, like the hid bulb, sliced bread, and twinkies.

 

[The Southpaw]

color me an unbeliever... I bet it raises you miles per gallon in your car too

 

[cellardweller]

interesting..would like to see what some of the more experienced 'lectricians around here have to say first..

 

[Surrender]

wow those are awesome! Thanks for the link!

 

[PharmaCan]

From their website:

Recent tests at the Northrop Grumman Corporation demonstrated that the USES® Unit improves power quality and circuit efficiency by balancing the amps and volts in 3-phase systems.

Most residential power service is two phase, not three phase. The info on their website doesn't say anything about if the gadget even works on a two phase system, or how well. Maybe Cocktail Frank or madpenguin will chime in. They seem to have the best grip on electrical theory on the forum.

PC

 

[globel]

This is what they state it can doo. not 75%

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Reduces power costs, typically from 10-15%
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Reduces System Harmonics
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Increases system capacity
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Extends electrical equipment life
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Reduces electrical equipment maintenance costs (and associated downtime)
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Improves equipment functionality
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Improves radio, TV and telephone reception (thanks to less line noise)
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Provides a healthier, EMF-reduced environment
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Environmentally responsible - saves energy!

 

[FrankRizzo]

interesting..would like to see what some of the more experienced 'lectricians around here have to say first..

Not to mention if you download the pdf for the residential unit the operating life is 60,000 hours which is just shy of 7 years. While that still means savings, you shouldn't be giving the impression they last for ever.

 

[vicious bee]

This is probably large capacitors. Most loads in houses are inductive. Like motors. When the voltage and current are not lined up on a load some of it is wasted. The capacitors counteract the inductors and improve the efficiency. Large industrial sites have these to save money sometimes. It should work but you need to add up the cost to see if it works for you.

 

[prop215]

Its def not worth it for a mere 10% saving.. Hell it may cost that much just to run the damn thing lol.. And only 7 yrs lifespan? Na, ill pass..

 

[slappyjack]

A country-wide smart-grid would achieve the same result in every home. Too bad we spend all our infrastructure money on war and tax breaks for the rich.

 

[SneakySneaky]

Link to the specs for all u intelligent people to read.

http://www.dwaenergy.com/Company/Documents/DWA USES Write Up.pdf

If it didn't work I wouldn't have gotten it. Do a quick google search n check out more links. Or if ur still calling bullshit, just wait till the next issue of high times cause there's an aeticle about it and high times bought the patent from the guy.

 

[SneakySneaky]

Did I mention it also serves as a whole house surge protector, protects against lightning strikes as well as saves you tons of money in the long run.

 

[SneakySneaky]

Not to mention if you download the pdf for the residential unit the operating life is 60,000 hours which is just shy of 7 years. While that still means savings, you shouldn't be giving the impression they last for ever.

To clarify on savings; almost of my power cost is from taxes as the unit drops power consumption it drops tax costs, which to me is about 25% savings.

Free for life, didn't know it had a 7 year expectancy, but ay my bill rate and savings. It will pay for itself in 10 months, buy its replacement after 20 and still give 5 more years of paying me 100 a month in savings.

There are many diff units that they make, the commercial units and home units.


I'm typing feom the top of my init
" Shunt efficiency system ac power conditioner. Freq:50/60 Hz. Amps:20. Model NO. RDES-1. Volts:120/240. Phase:1. Serial NO. _699. The electrical watchdog USES"

Hope that helps yall. Hookn this badboy in . Gonna do a 24 hour without and 24 with and compare numbers.

 

[guest 77721]

Hi Sneaky, I've got an electrical background and have seen these products offered before.

Basically, there is a premium charge on electrical use on inductive loads. These are electrical motors and magnetically ballasted fluorescent lighting. What happens is there the inductive load causes a phase shift between the voltage and current waveforms and you are billed extra because of this shift. When measured this is called Power Factor.

These units are just capacitors that are added as a load. They draw current that is opposite in phase from the inductive load. The capacitive load will reduce the current drawn by the inductive load and if matched perfectly cancel it out completely.

The 25% claims made by this company is extreme, and they say on the website that 10-15% savings is made by most residential users is overblown.

The capacitive load is permanent and is always drawing current so it only works when the inductive loads are running.

If it is matched so it cancels out the light ballasts when the lights are on, it will generate an equal loss when the lights are off. On a 12/12 system, you're losing money when the lights are off.

These units work best for industrial use where there is continuous operation of the equipment.

 

[Eminem]

Hi Sneaky, I've got an electrical background and have seen these products offered before.

Basically, there is a premium charge on electrical use on inductive loads. These are electrical motors and magnetically ballasted fluorescent lighting. What happens is there the inductive load causes a phase shift between the voltage and current waveforms and you are billed extra because of this shift. When measured this is called Power Factor.

These units are just capacitors that are added as a load. They draw current that is opposite in phase from the inductive load. The capacitive load will reduce the current drawn by the inductive load and if matched perfectly cancel it out completely.

The 25% claims made by this company is extreme, and they say on the website that 10-15% savings is made by most residential users is overblown.

The capacitive load is permanent and is always drawing current so it only works when the inductive loads are running.

If it is matched so it cancels out the light ballasts when the lights are on, it will generate an equal loss when the lights are off. On a 12/12 system, you're losing money when the lights are off.

These units work best for industrial use where there is continuous operation of the equipment.

Is this device the same thing as power correction?

How would something like this work when running multiple lights in a flip flop? How many lights would make this worthwhile?

 

[dongle69]

Looks like the same thing as this:
http://www.power-save.com/
$300 and very few will save any money by installing one.
Actually costs most people money to run one.
Internet search says scam...
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=tIThybewb_o